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City Spy: Hong Kong's cashback deal

13.09.11
While Britain debates the rights and wrongs of the 50p tax rate, Hong Kong is giving away cash... more

3D Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy - review

02.09.11
Audiences in Hong Kong have gone wild for 3D Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, which is a little worrying, especially as the uncut version features a really unpleasant scene... more

Top IVF clinic gives woman wrong embryos

18.07.11
A leading Hong Kong IVF clinic admits to implanting two embryos in the wrong woman... more

£700,000 garage... with a room thrown in

14.07.11
One of the tiniest houses ever to appear on the market in Knightsbridge is attracting frenzied interest with dozens of potential bidders ... more

Cuts and Asian growth puts Standard Chartered on track for record profits

28.06.11
Staff cuts coupled with growth in Hong Kong and other key Asian markets have put Standard Chartered on track for record profits in the first half of this year, up over 10 percent on a year earlier... more

Prada not so smart on Hong Kong debut

24.06.11
Prada suffers a lacklustre performance on its first day in the stock market... more

Glencore 'to close IPO books one day early'

13.05.11
Glencore is pushing ahead with its gigantic flotation as investors rush to place orders for the shares... more

HSBC, RBS in a Hong Kong probe over floats

18.04.11
HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland are among banks who have been probed in Hong Kong over the work they did advising on stock market flotations there... more

Sparrow is clearly a labour of love

15.04.11
Johnnie To took three years to make this comedic thriller about pickpockets and a beautiful girl trapped by an elderly boss... more

HSBC plays down talk of Simon Gulliver's travels

25.01.11
HSBC plays down reports that its new chief executive Stuart Gulliver will remain in London rather than move to Hong Kong... more

Travel takes toll on beaten world No1

11.01.11
Caroline Wozniacki suffered a 6-3, 6-3 first-round defeat to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova at the Sydney International... more

Hong Kong keeps up boom despite end of the mega-deal

04.01.11
Hong Kong’s initial public offering market will continue to boom this year, but proceeds may fall by up to a third on a lack of the mega-deals that raised £36.9 billion in 2010... more

Icap loses employee compensation case

22.12.10
Icap, the interdealer broker, fails in its bid to force two former employees to pay £2.7 million in compensation for quitting without working out their notice... more

The greedy key to Ocado's woes

01.11.10
Ocado's knackered share price is nothing to do with the quality of its drivers... more

Petropavlovsk slashes price for IRC flotation

08.10.10
Petropavlovsk, the former Peter Hambro Mining, is forced to reduce the value of its planned listing of its non-precious metals business IRC on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after a lack of demand from investors... more

Qantas terror as passenger runs through jet screaming: ‘You’ll all die’

07.10.10
Terrified passengers on a London-bound flight described today how a crazed man ran through the aisle screaming: ‘You will all die!’... more

Petropavlovsk plans Hong Kong float

10.09.10
Peter Hambro's Petropavlovsk gold mining group said it plans to float shares in its non-precious metals division on the Hong Kong stock exchange in October... more

British pensioners survive Philippines bus siege

24.08.10
Two British pensioners are among the survivors of the Philippines bus siege in which eight tourists were killed... more

Lonrho moves for Hong Kong listing

11.08.10
Investment firm Lonrho plans to list in Hong Kong by the end of this year... more

Native Land tempts Asian buyers into NEO Bankside flats

21.07.10
Developer Native Land expects its contract sales this year to more than double, propelled by Asian investors keen to diversify their property portfolios... more

AIA puts flotation on the agenda after Prudential failure

13.07.10
AIA, the Asian arm of America’s AIG which Prudential recently failed to buy, looks to be heading towards a flotation... more

Standard Chartered to invest $500m in AgBank

30.06.10
Standard Chartered bank confirmed it will invest $500 million as a cornerstone investor in Agricultural Bank of China's Hong Kong flotation... more

Hong Kong cops smash bookies

14.06.10
Had a flutter on the World Cup? If so, be thankful you don't live in Hong Kong, where gambling is illegal except for betting on horseracing and football through the Jockey Club ... more

Life doesn't get much better than Hong Kong

10.02.10
With Chinese new year just around the corner, Lindsay Johns celebrates Hong Kong's haute cuisine through its food festival... more

HK flop increases doubts over move by HSBC chief

02.10.09
HSBC’s Michael Geoghegan may think the future of the financial world lies in Hong Kong rather than London, but another disastrous stock-market flotation there today could suggest otherwise ... more

Hong Kong invader has the class to rule kingdom

19.06.09
A phenomenal week of racing with a truly international flavour is set to draw to a close and Sacred Kingdom can strike for Hong Kong in the six-furlong Golden Jubilee Stakes... more

China shares jump on RBS sale of BoC

14.01.09
Banking: Chinese bank shares rose in Hong Kong after Royal Bank of Scotland sold its stake in Bank of China... more

Defiant Cumani vows to return as Purple Moon is eclipsed again

15.12.08
Horse racing: France’s Olivier Peslier steered Doctor Dino to victory in the Vase and Belgian Christophe Soumillon had a dream ride on Good Ba Ba in the Mile... more

De Kock is bullish over Eagle's Hong Kong bid

09.12.08
Current or former Newmarket-trained horses are set to dominate Sunday's Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin but they may be difficult to identify at first glance... more


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