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Anita Fung: The HSBC chief executive who broke through the glass ceiling

9 Oct 2012

When Anita Fung Yuen-mei became HSBC's first female CEO for Hong Kong in September last year, she inherited a hot seat.

The lender had just announced 3,000 job cuts in Hong Kong and the...

Merchants step up protest over Cathay Pacific's shark fin cargo ban

20 Sep 2012

Shark fin merchants will stage their second protest in as many weeks today against Cathay Pacific's decision to stop carrying shark fins on its cargo flights.

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Directors dip into cement buys as share prices fall

27 Aug 2012

Company directors bought fewer shares and sold more stock in their own firms between August 20 and August 24, based on filings made to the stock exchange.

Business Digest

23 Aug 2012

Li Ning net profit plunges 85pc

Worlds apart on pay scale

23 Aug 2012

JPMorgan Chase pays Jamie Dimon US$1.21 million for every US$1 billion of profit at the biggest American bank. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the world's most profitable, gives its top...

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

Henderson Land interim profit goes down 12pc

Henderson Land Development posted a decline of 12 per cent in its unaudited net profit to HK$7.73 billion for the six months to June 30 compared with the first half of last year, as contributions...

Property players look abroad to avoid controls

Shanghai property agent Fang Bei used to earn tens of thousands of yuan a month from commissions she was paid for selling luxury homes to wealthy businessmen.

Longfor Properties banks on lower profit margins in 2013

Mainland developer Longfor Properties is confident about its business outlook even though it expects a drop in gross profit margin next year.

"Gross margin will drop next year as the...

PROPERTY

Guangzhou R&F Properties shifts focus beyond first-tier cities

Guangzhou R&F Properties plans to increase investment in second- and third-tier mainland cities as the industry shifts its focus to the housing demand of end-users in the coming years.

LAND SALE

Cheung Kong's aggressive bid for Tsuen Wan site boosts sentiment

Aggressive bidding by Cheung Kong for a Tsuen Wan site up for tender last week has signalled a turnaround in sentiment and triggered new confidence among home sellers.

Corrections & clarifications

An article headlined "Profit up 3.8pc at Swire Properties", published on B3 on Saturday, incorrectly stated the interim dividend of its parent company, Swire Pacific, was HK$1.50 per A share and...