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Hong Kong's home sales remained above the 5,000 level for the sixth consecutive month in August, further strengthening the view that the city's residential property market may have bottomed out. A total of 5,291 homes were transacted last month, according to data from the Land Registry on Tuesday, continuing a run above 5,000 that started in March. While the volume fell 8.2 per cent compared with 5,766 in July, it was nearly 45 per cent higher than a year ago. In the first eight months of the......

The Bitcoin faithful gathered in Hong Kong last week, but all eyes and energy tilted west — toward the United States, now crypto's once-unlikely command center....

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Eric Trump is expected to attend a shareholder meeting of Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet in Tokyo on Monday, as the US president's family expands its crypto ventures internationally. Eric Trump, the second son of President Donald Trump, was named in March as an adviser to Metaplanet, which holds more than US$2 billion in bitcoin, and his attendance would follow an appearance last week at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong. American Bitcoin, a miner of the cryptocurrency......

Eric Trump appeared as a speaker at a crypto conference in Hong Kong, marking the first of a series of Asian crypto events that will feature the Trump family....

The president's son, who helps run the Trump family's business interests in digital currency, predicted that Bitcoin will someday exceed $1 million....

Eric Trump, one of the final acts in Hong Kong's biggest gathering of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, praised the city and China during his fireside chat with the organiser of the Bitcoin Asia conference. “There is no question that you have made an unbelievable mark on cryptocurrencies,” said the second son of the US President Donald Trump in his chat with Bitcoin Asia's CEO David Bailey. “There is no question that China is a hell of a power when it comes to this.” The younger Trump, who was in Hong......

Swiss private bank Lombard Odier expects the US to cut interest rates six times from September until the end of 2026, causing more capital to flow into emerging markets and benefiting Chinese stocks and bonds in coming years. The US Federal Reserve will start lowering rates in September and reduce its key rate to 3 per cent from the current 4.5 per cent by the end of next year through a total of six cuts, said Homin Lee, a senior macro strategist with the firm, in a market outlook briefing on......

Liquidity conditions in Hong Kong resumed tightening this week with a key money-market rate climbing above a level that some analysts say may stifle a nascent economic recovery....

Hong Kong's lived-in home prices rose for a fourth consecutive month to a seven-month high in July, indicating the city's residential property market may have turned a corner. A widely watched official index of secondary home prices gained 0.42 per cent month on month to 387.9 in July, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department on Wednesday. It was the index's highest level since 289.2 in December. Secondary home prices have increased 1.05 per cent since April, narrowing this......

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Global stock markets experienced a downturn on Tuesday following President Trump's actions, including the dismissal of a Federal Reserve official and threats of export controls on microchips. Asian and European markets reacted negatively, with indices like Hang Seng, Nikkei, and FTSE 100 all declining. These developments have heightened concerns about central bank independence and potential trade conflicts, impacting investor confidence....

TOKIO/HONGKONG/SHANGHAI/SYDNEY (dpa-AFX) - Anleger an den asiatischen Börsen haben am Dienstag verunsichert und zurückhaltend agiert. Ein sich zuspitzender Machtkampf um die personelle Besetzung der US-Notenbank wirft Fragen auf um die Unabhängigkeit ......

Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits amid uncertainties over the pace and scale of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts and US-China trade talks. The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.3 per cent to 25,760.17 at 10.05am local time, trimming gains of nearly 3 per cent in the previous two sessions. The Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.4 per cent. On the mainland, both the CSI 300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.2 per cent. Hotpot restaurant chain operator......

Bis China die Regelungen für Kredite verschärft, ist Evergrande der größte Immobilienkonzern des Landes. Dann kann das Unternehmen seine 300 Milliarden US-Dollar Schulden nicht mehr abzahlen und geht pleite. Nun ist auch Schluss an der Börse. Firmenchef Hui selbst darf nie wieder handeln....

Hong Kong stocks rose on Monday after US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell signalled the possibility of a rate cut next month. The Hang Seng Index added 1.2 per cent to 25,642.70 at 9.50am local time, the biggest gain in two weeks. The Hang Seng Tech Index rose 1.8 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index gained 0.8 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index strengthened 0.6 per cent. Mining firm Zijin Mining surged 5.1 per cent to HK$24.04 and chipmaker SMIC jumped 3 per cent to HK$58.55.......

Hong Kong's home sales are likely to hit a four-year high this year as buyers show an increasing willingness to commit to both new and existing residential units, according to agents. Residential transactions in the city are expected to rise 13 per cent to 64,000 this year, helped by lower prices as well as policy support that reduced the stamp duty for homes priced up to HK$4 million (US$512,000), said Wong Kin-yip, chairman of Midland Holdings, the parent company of Midland Realty. The value......

Sechs Jahre berichtet eine britische Bloomberg-Korrespondentin aus Hongkong. Dabei schreibt sie auch über im Exil lebende Dissidenten. Nun lehnt die chinesische Regierung eine Verlängerung ihres Visums ohne Begründung ab. Der Korrespondentenverein kritisiert den Schritt scharf....

The executive director and CEO of Hang Seng Bank has bought a home in Hong Kong's Tai Hang district, joining a growing coterie of financiers on the hunt for high-value residential property that has helped to drive the city's lived-in home prices to a five-month high. A lived-in flat measuring 1,193 sq ft (110.8 square metres) at Flora Garden was handed over on Wednesday to Diana Ferreira Cesar, according to the Land Registry. The unit was transacted for HK$26.6 million (US$3.4 million), or......