Hong Kong

Dieters in Hong Kong have been warned by government doctors that they may be risking their lives by swallowing parasitic worms that can grow up to 15 inches long. Published: 11:41AM GMT 09 Feb 2010 The city's department of health said that...

In this article: Paraffin, Obesity, and Vomiting

HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The following are some of the major companies planning initial public offerings on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Please contact Kennix Chim (+852) 2843-6313 to submit entries for this diary. Click on the square...

In this article: Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Coal, Haitong Securities, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Piper Jaffray, and Merrill Lynch

...gas discovery * China First Heavy Industries makes weak Shanghai debut (Updates to midday) By Sui-Lee Wee and Claire Zhang Hong Kong shares struggled to eke out gains in choppy trade early on Tuesday, cheered by higher commodities...

In this article: China, Shanghai, Copper, Husky Energy Inc, Jiangxi Copper, and Guotai Junan Securities

The tradition over Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is to spend time with family and friends, to gather them together -- and to head off to the cinema. (Relaxnews) - The tradition over Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is to spend time with...

In this article: Chinese New Year, Paul Fonoroff, 20th Century Fox, Jacky Cheung, Hollywood, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Vincent Zhao

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China Huaneng Group Corp., the country's largest power producer, plans to take its wind power unit public in a Hong Kong share sale this year worth at least $1 billion, said four people familiar with the plan. The...

In this article: Beijing, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., China, Coal, Climate change, Global Wind Energy Council, and China Guodian Corp.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- As many countries face up to some of the biggest debt burdens in recent history, Hong Kong later this month should unveil a budget surplus. Higher revenue from land premiums and stamp duty will see the government...

In this article: China, Revenue, Tax, Xinhua News Agency, The Economist, and Beijing

Posted: Sunday February 7, 2010 10:41AM; Updated: Sunday February 7, 2010 10:41AM Korea downs Hong Kong in East Asian Champs TOKYO (AP) -- Defending champion South Korea routed Hong Kong 5-0 on Sunday in the East Asian Championship.

In this article: Korea, South Korea, East Asian Championship, Japan, and China

Forbes Asia Magazine dated February 08, 2010 David Yeo learns the pleasures and perils of the hospitality business in Hong Kong, Beijing and London. David Yeo in one of his Hullett House bars in Hong Kong. Bright as it began, the decade...

In this article: London, Beijing, and HK Magazine

February 04, 2010, 11:25 PM EST Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong's benchmark stock index fell in the longest weekly losing streak since October 2008 after the former chairman of Esprit Holdings Ltd. sold shares and commodity producers dropped...

In this article: China, Ministry of Finance, Hopewell Holdings Ltd., Bank of China Ltd., and U.S.

...help boost their fortunes by $53 billion, but they are still $44 billion shy of 2008's record high. As China goes, so too does Hong Kong these days, usually for the better but not without risks, as evidenced by the Hang Seng's recent...

In this article: Outsourcing, Talbots, Kohl's, Target, Wal-Mart Stores, China, and Shanghai