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07/14/11 Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the U.S., has announced the first 20 films to make the lineup for its seventh edition. The crop includes entries from Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong, Korea and the U.S. Highlights this year include: the world premiere of the restored version of the 3D Spaghetti Western "Comin' At Ya 3D;" the U.S. premiere of the Dutch hit "New Kids ...
07/13/11 Asian stocks rose on Wednesday on bargain hunting, with Hong Kong and Shanghai boosted by growth data suggesting China's economy was slowing.
07/13/11 Asian stocks rose on Wednesday on bargain hunting, with Hong Kong and Shanghai boosted by growth data suggesting China's economy was slowing but remained robust.
07/11/11 Investigators are closing in on the Altantuya trail in the controversial Scorpenes acquisition. According to top Malaysian NGO, Suaram, plane tickets in the name of the slain Mongolian translator, her lover Razak Baginda and "more persons" have been discovered during. "We found out that there were plane tickets to Hong Kong in the name of Altantuya, Razak and more persons," Cynthia Gabriel, a ...
07/07/11 Hong Kong Resources (2882) chairman Kennedy Wong Ying-ho and executive director Alex Chui Chuen-shun, father of Cathy Lee Chui Chi-Kei, are being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Both are back at work.
07/06/11 Spectrum Wine Auctions dazzled bidders in Hong Kong on June 25 and 26 at its largest sale to date since launching in July 2009. Guests entered the newly built 118-story gem of Hong Kong, the International Commerce Center , passing by Rolls-Royces and Ferraris parked at the entrance, arriving to an auction room filled to capacity.
07/06/11 NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 6, 2011) - Marlin & Associates ("M&A"), the boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, today announced that the firm has opened a Hong Kong office to complement the firm's New York, NY; Washington, DC; and Toronto, Canada offices. The new Hong Kong office will be led by industry veteran, Robert ("Rob") Agnew and will be located at 1311 Capitol Centre ...
07/05/11 A reporter intern for New York-based New Tang Dynasty Television (NTD TV) was arrested while covering a July 1 protest in Hong Kong. Her colleagues are asking whether the police in making the arrest were targeting NTD.
07/04/11 MANILA, Philippines - A local airline announced that it is offering discounted tickets anew as it hopes to bring more tourists to Macau, Hong Kong and Singapore this year.
07/03/11 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Prada said joint bookrunners for its Hong Kong listing had exercised an over-allotment option bringing more shares to the market and raising an additional HK$2.5 ...
07/02/11 By Andy Jackson Talk to typical South Koreans about Hong Kong and the things most likely to their minds are shopping and nightlife. To be sure, the almost 900,000 Koreans who went to or through Hong Kong last year did plenty of both. However, the core strength of the economic relationship between South Korea is
07/02/11 HONG KONG -- As a gateway between Beijing and the West, Hong Kong has reaped the rewards of China's economic rise, and its millionaires have prospered on the growth of the financial and property industries. But there are signs of increasing public anger here over a widening gap between rich and poor.
07/01/11 "Sweet revenge grows harsh," wrote William Shakespeare in Othello. It can't get any harsher than what is at the core of what we might label "films of vindication:" the kung-fu subgenre of the action movie, which have been produced in Hong Kong since the Bruce Lee craze began in the early '70s and now in mainland China itself; and, over the past decade, the streetwise fisticuffs subgenre that is ...
07/01/11 Title: Hong Kong Strain of Scarlet Fever Unlikely to Spread to U.S., Experts Say Category: Health News Created: 6/30/2011 2:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 7/1/2011
07/01/11 After NYSE Euronext, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange raised $19.7 billion of IPO capital.
06/30/11 This newest office further enhances China Unicom Americas ability to provide a superior level of service and support to its expanding base of clients and business partners in the region.Los Angeles, CA. (PRWEB) June 30, 2011 China Unicom Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Unicom (Hong Kong), today announced the opening of a new Eastern Region Sales and Support office.The new office ...
06/30/11 Transatlantic race Several Annapolis-based professionals are participating in the Transatlantic Race 2011, being run by the New York Yacht Club in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club. Gavin Brady, Chris Larson and Ian Gordon are part of the crew aboard Beau Geste, a Farr 80 owned by Karl Kwok of Hong Kong. Brady and Larson will serve as tactician and strategist ...
06/30/11 Today is the 181st day of 2011. There are 184 days left in the year. 1997: Hong Kong is transferred to China in an eight-hour farewell ceremony after 156 years of British rule.
06/29/11 The tour will begin in September and include stops in Moscow, London, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. It will end in New York City.
06/29/11 Hong Kong, Jun 28 :The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board today reversed its previous decisions and approved a 14-team format for the 2015 World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand and a 12-team format for the World Twenty20 events in 2012 (Sri Lanka) and 2014 (Bangladesh).
06/27/11 Ashley heads to Hong Kong with her remaining suitors, but a previously departed dude is still shaking things up. |