China plans to chart a delicate course in Africa to avoid a backlash over its growing economic footprint on the continent and a trade imbalance that critics say favours Beijing and ...
The number of mainlanders acquiring homes in Hong Kong will continue to rise this year, when they are expected to account for a quarter of the money spent buying flats. Data compiled by ...
The central government is setting up a national database on individual property ownership, raising hopes that curbs on homebuying will be removed, allowing transaction volumes to ...
Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as ties between the two economies deepen, sparking anxiety in a country where livelihoods hinge on agriculture.
The US economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but strong restocking by businesses and weak spending on capital goods hinted at slower growth early in ...
Hong Kong's government must do more to help smaller firms in the event of an economic downturn, given it is expected to unveil a budget surplus of up to HK$58 billion, a top accounting firm says.
China may double its installations of solar panels this year, absorbing excess production that depressed prices and margins in 2011, chief executive officers from two of the industry's top five ...
LAI SEECathay Pacific's recent moment of madness in agreeing to outrageous compensation claims from celebrity chef Wong Wing-chee has unsurprisingly triggered considerable responses from the public, much ...
Hong Kong shares rose 0.31 percent on Friday, a sixth straight gain, on hopes Beijing will soon introduce new monetary easing policies after the Lunar New Year holiday.
Honda Motor president Takanobu Ito forecast that results at Japan's third-biggest carmaker will be the best in at least five years, led by sales of Accord sedans and Civic compacts in North ...
Former US Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh says the central bank's record monetary easing may set back the US economic expansion and that he is concerned policy makers are pushing investors into ...
Chinese investors are buying British farmland. Though the sums involved are modest compared to the billions they spend on agricultural land in Africa, Latin America, and the United States, they are ...
Singapore's luxury home prices may decline at a faster pace this year than the mass market after the government imposed new taxes on house purchases and as global demand weakens, according to Jones ...
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