Hong Kong airport's passenger and cargo business has bounced back to levels seen before the global financial crisis hammered the aviation industry, the city's airport authority said Sunday. Crediting a surge in travel during last month's Lunar New Year holiday, the authority ...
Shares in Air China rose Friday after the nation's flag carrier said it plans to raise more than 950 million dollars through a private share placement to boost capital and lower financing costs. Air China, the country's second largest airline by fleet ...
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei beat Sony Dwi of Indonesia on Thursday to become the first player to book their place in the quarter-finals of the men's singles at the All-England Open. The world number one from Malaysia came through 21-11, 21-17 against ...
In this March 8, 2010 photo, a woman walks past shark fins displayed in a glass case at a dried seafood shop in Hong Kong. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will take aim at the world's overfished ...
Taiwan aims to make a decision by the end of June on the controversial sale of the local unit of American International Group (AIG) to a Hong Kong consortium, a top economic official said Thursday. Deputy economic minister Hwang Jung-chiou also told ...
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Chinese collectors still have an appetite for classical Chinese art, jewels and rare artifacts, auction house Sotheby's said as it revealed the line-up of its Hong Kong sales, expected to net $221 million dollars. With some once ...
Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it returned to profit in 2009 despite a drop in the Hong Kong-based carrier's sales amid global economic turbulence. The airline said the bulk of its 4.7 billion Hong Kong dollar (606 million US dollar) profit came from ...
Asian markets ended mixed Wednesday with most major indexes almost unchanged despite strong Chinese exports figures as dealers took profits on early gains ahead of key inflation data from Beijing. China said exports in February rose at their fastest pace for three ...
Citic Pacific climbed back into the black last year, the scandal-plagued investment firm said Wednesday, after suffering massive losses from unauthorised currency trading bets in 2008. The Hong Kong-listed conglomerate said it earned 5.9 billion Hong Kong dollars (760 million US dollars), ...
A Hong Kong air-conditioning repairman has been jailed for life for killing a Thai woman and hiding her body in the city's main tax office, a court official said Wednesday. So Kam-tong, 27, was found guilty of stabbing and suffocating Charitar Kamolnoranath, ...
