Business trends
China art market slumps on virus curbs, falling wealth: report
Hong Kong, mainland sales drop 14% in 2022 to $11.2bn as U.K. overtakes China
Hong Kong
Markets
Hong Kong central bank buys over $905m to shore up currency
Market intervention comes after city's dollar touches lowest of pegged range
Companies
HSBC executives meet shareholders over breakup calls
Management pushes back at movement keen to spin off key Asian business
Media & Entertainment
Hong Kong's Viu streaming app eyes Thai, Philippine rural users
Locally geared content key for growth in unit controlled by billionaire Richard Li
Finance
China Renaissance delays results citing dealmaker's disappearance
Boutique investment bank suspended stock trading on Monday
Market Spotlight
From Hong Kong to Japan, commercial property sector faces chill in Asia
REITs could lose out as China reopening hopes fade and interest rates bite
Finance
Chinese banks hit by bad property debts, lending margin squeeze
Headwinds facing financial system highlighted as earnings season begins
Electric cars in China
BYD seeks to beat Volkswagen as China's top automaker: chairman
Wang Chuanfu thanks Warren Buffett for longtime support despite recent sell-off
Cryptocurrencies
Justin Sun's Hong Kong expansion plans threatened by U.S. SEC action
Fraud charges could hamper effort by Huobi Global to obtain license, lawyers say
Market Spotlight
Chinese regulation seen boosting AT1 bond prices during crisis
Investors find comfort in Beijing bureaucrats' history of supporting wobbly banks
Travel & Leisure
Singapore closes gap with Hong Kong on pricey business trips
City-state overtakes Tokyo, now Asia's 2nd costliest with $515 average daily cost
Finance
Standard Chartered CEO skeptical of Credit Suisse AT1 bond wipeout
Bill Winters says 3 failed banks 'would appear to have been solvent'
Business trends
Hong Kong lures wealthy elites and family offices with tax cuts
Revamped migration scheme also planned as city hosts 'Wealth for Good' summit
Telecommunication
Chinese state telecom bosses emboldened by recent stock rally
Xi's digitalization push boosts sentiment, though still far below peak
Finance
'Very emotional' Asian AT1 investors look to claw back Swiss losses
Efforts to mount legal challenge come as regulators try to reassure markets
Cryptocurrencies
Crypto mogul Justin Sun hits back at SEC fraud charges
U.S. regulator accuses him of artificially inflating market of his digital tokens
Media & Entertainment
Winnie the Pooh film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
Government office says cancellations due to 'commercial decisions' by theaters
Technology
Testing Ernie: How Baidu's AI chatbot stacks up to ChatGPT
Chinese bot avoids politically delicate topics, but both still works in progress
Automobiles
Geely CEO pans his performance despite first profit rise in 4 years
Fellow exec calls recent car price war the start of 'competition for elimination'
Hong Kong security law
Hong Kong activist Albert Ho arrested as China clamps down
Members in pro-democracy circles detained under Communist Party's tighter grip
