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1. Business - Companies

   AIG, PICC Group ink deal to sell life insurance in China

   Posted Nov 22nd 2012, 03:04pm by Reuters in Hong Kong

   ... closer to its roots in China, where the company’s predecessor was founded more than 90 years ago, and is part of AIG’s plan to invest US$500 million in PICC’s planned Hong Kong initial public ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1088254/aig-picc-group-ink-jv-sell-life-insurance-china
2. Business - Money

   Hang Seng jumps 1.3pc to 15-month closing high

   Posted Nov 02nd 2012, 04:54pm by Reuters in Hong Kong

   ... Business Money Stock Talk Hang Seng Index Reuters in Hong Kong Hong Kong shares had their best week in seven, with the Hang Seng Index hitting a 15-month high as fund inflows buoyed hopes ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/stock-talk/article/1074631/hang-seng-jumps-13pc-15-month-closing-high
3. News - Hong Kong

   Jackie Chan’s China appointment draws Hong Kong ire

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 02:24pm by Agence France Press in Hong Kong

   ... seen actors from Hong Kong and Macau drafted into patriotic movies that glorify the country’s past, from the mighty Han Dynasty to the early Communist Party era, Ho added. The appointment ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1169587/jackie-chans-china-appointment-draws-hong-kong-ire
4. Business - Companies

   Hong Kong's Victor Li, son of 'Superman', has hard act to follow

   Posted Oct 15th 2012, 04:07pm by Reuters in Hong Kong

   ... to the hospital where victims were sent, both men immediately pledging money to support the families struck by the tragedy. Within the worlds of Hong Kong business and politics, however, a different ...

   http://www.scmp.com/node/1061660
5. Business - News - TELECOMMUNICATIONS

   Huawei, ZTE pose security threat, US lawmakers say

   Posted Oct 08th 2012, 08:37am by Reuters in Washington and Hong Kong

   ... or controlled by the Chinese government. “ZTE should not be a focus of this investigation to the exclusion of the much larger Western vendors,” it said. ZTE’s Hong Kong-listed shares fell as much as 3.9 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1056268/huawei-zte-pose-security-threat-us-report-says
6. News - Hong Kong - SHOPPING

   ‘Golden week’ shopping arrives amid uncertain times

   Posted Sep 30th 2012, 05:04pm by Agence France-Presse in Hong Kong

   ... Fischer, head of consumer research at Hong Kong-based brokerage CLSA. “I think with the current political climate, and a bit of a clampdown on corruption, and also a desire to reduce the level ... tourism will come back and bite Hong Kong severely. With the Chinese economy slowing dramatically, and Mainland China drastically reducing taxes and duties on imported goods in an effort to spur domestic consumption, this dependency may wee signal the beginning of the downfall of Hong Kong economy sand property market. Hong Kong'ers have to come to terms with the fact that is only ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1050882/%E2%80%98golden-week%E2%80%99-shopping-intersects-uncertain-times
7. Business - Banking & Finance - PROPERTY

   HKMA curbs home loans to prevent property bubble after US stimulus

   Posted Sep 14th 2012, 03:52pm by Reuters in Hong Kong and Jeanny Yu

   ... buyers but aimed to minimise risks. He explained that they were in response to moves by the US Federal Reserve on Thursday “that were more aggressive than we expected.” Hong Kong has already ... huickythanlink Sep 15th 2012 8:28am What has US Fed's stimulus package to do with Hong Kong's overheated property market? It is also "strange" that HKMA going into micro-management rather than focusing on macro-policy such as raising the reserve ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1036769/hkma-curbs-home-loans-prevent-property-bubble-after-us
8. Business

   China’s CNOOC agrees to alter Nexen’s US oil lease, says reports

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 11:54am by Reuters in Hong Kong

   ... Business CNOOC-Nexen deal CNOOC Reuters in Hong Kong Chinese oil giant CNOOC Ltd has agreed to changes its oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico to quell US national security concerns as a condition for US approval of its $15 billion (HK$116.32 billion) buyout of Canada’s Nexen Inc. The “most significant” term of the agreement involves removing CNOOC as site operator, Bloomberg ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1169260/chinas-cnooc-agrees-alter-nexens-us-oil-lease-says-reports
9. Comment - Blogs

   Russian ship impresses Chinese journalists and Disneyland profit impresses all

   Posted Feb 25th 2013, 06:57pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... Comment Blogs Sedov Voice of Russia Cramped apartments Hong Kong poverty Hong Kong Disneyland Animals Asia Foundation Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com Also, photo series of cramped living spaces shocks the web Week of February 18 Hong Kong hit international headlines last week thanks to happy news from the “happiest place on earth”: Hong Kong Disneyland posted it first annual ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1158397/russian-ship-impresses-chinese-journalists-and-disneyland-profit
10. Comment - Blogs - MEDIA

    Warwick Reid's legal hobby draws attention 'for all the wrong reasons'

    Posted Feb 18th 2013, 04:10pm by Hong Kong Around the World

    ... coverage of Hong Kong was relatively slow over the Lunar New Year holiday week -- especially compared with the big news bombshells dropped by North Korea , the Vatican City , Los Angeles and Oscar Pistorius (somebody also delivered a big speech , with few surprises). Across the Pacific One New Zealand newspaper was paying attention to Hong Kong, however. The Bay of Plenty Times , which covers ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1153121/warwick-reids-legal-hobby-draws-attention-all-wrong-reasons

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