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An Apple ad: Frankenstein and Christmas

Apple released a weird and heart-warming Christmas ad starring Frankenstein’s monster.

The 2016 Christmas ad by Apple features Frankenstein’s monster.

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Internet firm Zhongtopia aims to bring financial relief to needy Chinese patients

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Trans-Pacific Partnership failure may be China’s gain, Asia’s loss

China Overseas Land reassures investors after CEO’s sudden resignation

Hong Kong developers jump on MTR’s Ho Man Tin land parcel, undeterred by city’s stamp duty

Privately-owned Anbang Insurance has assets worth more than 800 billion yuan (HK$900.2 billion). Photo: AP

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China's Anbang may buy Japanese property assets from Blackstone Group, say sources

21 Nov, 10:20pm

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Dalian Wanda’s backdoor listing deal with Beijing Soft Rock called off

21 Nov, 10:22pm

Smog hovers over a main road in Beijing last week. Neighbouring Hebei province has ordered drugmakers to stop production until the smog eases. Photo: EPA

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Chinese drugmakers suspend trading after orders to stop production amid worsening smog

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The JPMorgan headquarters in New York. Photo: Reuters

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JPMorgan hiring ‘scandal’ settlement shows US regulators justifying their existence

21 Nov, 11:02pm 6

Mainland Chinese banks lag global rivals in digital investment, says McKinsey

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Mainland Chinese banks lag global rivals in digital investment, says McKinsey

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China’s Kingsoft back in black on hefty mobile games growth

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China’s Kingsoft back in black on hefty mobile games growth

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JPMorgan hiring ‘scandal’ settlement shows US regulators justifying their existence

21 Nov 2016 - 11:02pm 6

Rules covering unsolicited phone call and other electronic communications could be needed in Hong Kong to protect retirees from fraud. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

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It’s time to think about ways to stop criminal networks from targeting cash-rich pensioners in Hong Kong

21 Nov 2016 - 9:36pm

LeEco has shifted to focus on developing cash flow from existing markets only two weeks after chief executive Jia Yueting warned the company was running of cash. Photo: Reuters

Business

‘Actually, we’re okay for now’: LeEco raises US$600m in abrupt U-turn from cash shortage

15 Nov 2016 - 10:59pm

The buyer of a property in this HK$301.8 million development on Blue Pool Road in Hong Kong’s Happy Valley is facing a stamp duty bill of HK$90.54 million. Photo: Nora Tam

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Tax man rejoices as Happy Valley villa buyer hit with HK$90.54 million stamp duty

15 Nov 2016 - 11:28pm 4

Evergrande has amassed 10.2 per cent of Vanke, but has kept its intentions hidden

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Vanke delays restructuring plan as Evergrande keeps its hand hidden

15 Nov 2016 - 10:19pm

The exchange rate for yuan against the US dollar traded within China broke the key level of 6.8 last week. Photo: Reuters

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How a Shanghai white-collar worker is joining frantic scramble to shift cash overseas as yuan hits seven-year low

15 Nov 2016 - 11:23pm 9

Beijing turns up the heat on China’s steel mills with call for faster consolidation

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Beijing turns up the heat on China’s steel mills with call for faster consolidation

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More than 54 per cent of people aged 18 to 34 say they have no plans to buy a property in Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang

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Dream of owning a home is over for most young Hong Kong people

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IMAX China’s profits expected to improve from an estimated 4pc growth this year to 42pc next year, says Nomura

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Blockbusters and virtual reality could help IMAX China turn its fortunes around, say analysts

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The ad is called ‘Frankie’s Holiday’

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An Apple ad: Frankenstein and Christmas

Apple released a weird and heart-warming Christmas ad starring Frankenstein’s monster.

The 2016 Christmas ad by Apple features Frankenstein’s monster.

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The Origami Labs Orii ring uses Bluetooth and bone conduction technology to transmit messages from a user’s smartphone directly into their ear. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Hong Kong start-up takes wearable tech to the next level

21 Nov, 10:22pm

IMAX China’s profits expected to improve from an estimated 4pc growth this year to 42pc next year, says Nomura

Companies

Blockbusters and virtual reality could help IMAX China turn its fortunes around, say analysts

21 Nov, 9:21pm

Chinese consumers are shopper for luxury goods closer to home amid rising costs of overseas travel and a depreciating yuan. Shoppers visit an upmarket mall in Shanghai on October 25, 2016. Photo: Bloomberg

Companies

Chinese consumers are making a major pivot as the falling yuan dampens appetite for overseas shopping holidays

21 Nov, 11:02pm

Companies

Tencent-backed Hollywood studio STX Entertainment eyes Hong Kong IPO

21 Nov, 11:02pm

Last week’s surprise resignation of COLI chairman and CEO Hao Jianmin sent the company’s share price tumbling. Photo: David Wong

Companies

China Overseas Land reassures investors after CEO’s sudden resignation

21 Nov, 9:36pm

People grab virtual red envelopes with their mobile phones during an augmented reality event held by Alibaba ahead of Singles’ Day, at a shopping mall in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters

Companies

Alibaba transforms wealthy shopaholics into an online marketing squad

21 Nov, 10:39pm

Smog hovers over a main road in Beijing last week. Neighbouring Hebei province has ordered drugmakers to stop production until the smog eases. Photo: EPA

Companies

Chinese drugmakers suspend trading after orders to stop production amid worsening smog

21 Nov 2016 - 10:22pm

The JPMorgan headquarters in New York. Photo: Reuters

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JPMorgan hiring ‘scandal’ settlement shows US regulators justifying their existence

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Coolpad forecasts HK$3 billion loss as ‘fierce competition’ hits smartphone sales

China’s overseas buying spree will gather pace, despite weaker yuan

Chinese pork giant WH Group may eye major acquisitions by end of 2017

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Chart of the day: Keep an eye on rubber futures

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Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing chief executive Charles Li said in Shenzhen on Friday that the cross-border trading platform launch was approaching. Li appears at a press event in Central on September 1, 2016. Photo: Dickson Lee

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There’s no date yet, but it’s coming... Shenzhen-Hong Kong Connect remains on track, says HKEX chief Charles Li

18 Nov, 3:41pm

SFC and HKEX say they will publish the results of the consultation in due course

Markets

Hong Kong’s regulator, exchange to assess listing reform submissions, may take months

18 Nov 2016 - 11:15pm More on SFC

US dollar charges to 14-year top on Trump bets, but pullback in the cards

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US dollar charges to 14-year top on Trump bets, but pullback in the cards

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Chart of the day: Chinese yuan goes with the flow

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Hong Kong stocks fall to 3-month low on soaring US bond yields

Chart of the day: Shanghai copper on bull run

Yuan weakens after PBOC sets fixing below 6.8 for first time since 2010

Revenue at the world’s largest e-commerce company jumps on strong online sales and cloud computing growth

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Alibaba’s second-quarter revenue soars 55pc to 34.3 billion yuan, beating analysts’ forecasts

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Putin optimistic about OPEC deal; Russia ready to freeze oil output

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Putin optimistic about OPEC deal; Russia ready to freeze oil output

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Global Economy

Don’t expect US, Russia and China’s emerging superpower club to help global recovery

21 Nov, 10:39pm

China is in negotiations on a parallel free trade agreement in Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Photo: AFP

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Trans-Pacific Partnership failure may be China’s gain, Asia’s loss

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Greenland Hong Kong’s new fund abandons plan to invest in Silk Road countries

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President Xi Jinping pictured at the Apec summit in Peru. Photo: EPA

Economy

As TPP falters, China steps up charm offensive to woo Asian nations on board Beijing-led trade pact

21 Nov 2016 - 3:15pm 5

Domestic migrants in big Chinese cities have to share public loos, buy their own drinking water and burn coal to keep warm, and the authorities are rolling out a campaign to drive them out of the capital

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No toilets, water or heating ... China’s migrants still living on margins despite promise of reform

21 Nov, 10:46am 3

Pan Gongshen,director of China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Photo: Simon Song

Economy

Chinese watchdogs team up to track forex flows in race to close tax loopholes

21 Nov 2016 - 9:33am

Online nut seller Three Squirrels opened its first bricks-and-mortar store in Wuhu, Anhui province, in September. Photo: Tom Wang

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Why China’s biggest online nut vendor Three Squirrels takes management lessons from Mao

21 Nov, 8:53am 4

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Panel urges ban on Chinese state firms buying US companies

Michael Enright is a professor of business administration at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Economy

China would be ‘mistaken’ to undervalue foreign investment, says business researcher

21 Nov, 3:11pm 7

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Money & Wealth

This is what stalled the Shenzhen-HK trading link

21 Nov 2016 - 2:48pm More on CNBC

Apple’s revenues on the mainland are falling amid fierce competition from other tech companies. Photo: AFP

Economy

Apple quizzed by China’s consumer watchdog over iPhone 6 shutdown ‘fault’

16 Nov, 9:44pm 2

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Timothy Tse resigns as CEO of Hong Kong fund house Value Partners

China’s middle class to rise to more than third of population by 2030, research firm says

60 per cent of China’s richest people plan to invest abroad and emigrate in next three years, says survey

Hong Kong braces for the world’s largest online shopping spree on November 11

Starbucks is aiming to more than double its store count in China to 5,000 by 2021. Photo: Reuters

Companies

Starbucks to double its China stores in five years as Chinese middle class adopts coffee culture

8 Nov, 10:58pm 2

More than a dozen firms are now providing consumer finance on mainland

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Small loans prove big step in encouraging China’s switch to consumer culture

7 Nov, 9:57pm

Completion of new flats fell to 3,300 units during the July to September period from 5,600 in the previous quarter

Property

Hong Kong likely to miss its official home supply target this year

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A view of the Mount Nicholson development. Photo: Edmond So

Business

Buyer who will pay HK$912 million for Asia’s pricest apartments is unveiled

22 Nov 2016 - 12:16am 1

The report showed that housing accounted for the bulk of spending – 36 per cent of monthly expenditure. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Economy

Hong Kong debt levels double in a decade as property boom takes its toll

21 Nov, 11:21pm 6

Privately-owned Anbang Insurance has assets worth more than 800 billion yuan (HK$900.2 billion). Photo: AP

Business

China's Anbang may buy Japanese property assets from Blackstone Group, say sources

21 Nov 2016 - 10:20pm

Wang Jianlin, chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, seen at the Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties IPO in 2014. He has now delisted the firm from Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Business

Dalian Wanda’s backdoor listing deal with Beijing Soft Rock called off

21 Nov, 10:22pm

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20 Nov 2016 - 10:07am 8

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20 Nov 2016 - 2:04am 9

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‘The future of Hong Kong is not ours’: Minority groups feel shut out of one of Asia’s richest cities

19 Nov 2016 - 9:23am 28

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21 Nov 2016 - 3:10pm 5

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19 Nov 2016 - 12:06pm 1

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