Company Reorganization

Home Depot says store closures part of strategy to focus on core cities

31 Mar 2011

When Home Depot closed its mega-store in Beijing two months ago, many thought the world's largest home improvement retailer was on the verge of withdrawing from the highly competitive market in...

PCCW to control telecoms unit following IPO

30 Mar 2011

PCCW wants to do the spin-off listing of its telecommunications unit in Hong Kong.

HK's strategic location outweighs high shop rents, says MCM

30 Mar 2011

German luxury goods company MCM Products, which took over home-grown retailer Episode's shop to open its flagship store in Central, said the strategic position of Hong Kong as a gateway to the...

Employers asked not to cut benefits

30 Mar 2011

The Labour Department says it hopes companies will not cut back on workers' benefits. The call came after the department on Monday introduced guidelines that do not say whether employees should be...

Offshore rig service provider TSC seeks acquisitions, tie-ups

28 Mar 2011

TSC Offshore Group, a provider of control systems and parts and engineering services, mostly for offshore drilling rigs, is seeking to acquire or co-operate with firms with product technology,...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Wind power hits a northern snag for Datang

China Datang Corporation Renewable Power is one of the largest wind-power producers in Inner Mongolia, but it has hit a snag: there isn't enough infrastructure in the grid to transport all its...

Facts and figures out of step with reality

Japan's economy minister, 72-year-old Kaoru Yosano, clad in his regulation ministerial 'Action Man' powder-blue boiler suit and heavy gumboots ready to spring into emergency mode, claimed last...

TV report on clenbuterol in pigs sees 22 people held

Mainland police have detained at least 22 people after a television expose about illegal additives in pig feed.

Nuclear crisis puts HK energy goals in doubt

Hong Kong will consider the implications of the Fukushima nuclear crisis and its impact on the nuclear industry before deciding whether to harness more nuclear energy from the mainland,...

StanChart keeps double-digit growth goal

Standard Chartered will not change targets for double-digit income growth this year despite the turmoil in the Middle East and the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan.

BA eyes deal for Japan Airlines

British Airways is eyeing the chance of a consolidation with the cash-strapped Japan Airlines (JAL) despite the latter's dimmed business outlook in light of the country's worst disaster in a...