HSBC Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver, up against rising capital demands and a sluggish global economy, is facing calls to break up Europe’s largest bank after saying profitability
ExecuJet Aviation Group is predicting an acceleration in its growth in Australasia, as clients in the region increasingly turn to support organizations with global experience and scale. Speaking yesterday at Avalon
This amount resulted from imports from China totaling USD86.43 billion (-1.19 pct) and Chinese exports to the eight Portuguese-speaking countries worth USD46.14 billion (+4.91 pct). Most of the trade between China
The trade balance of Sao Tome and Principe for 2014 recorded a deficit of 154.5 million dollars, an increase of 11% over the deficit recorded in 2013, reported the National
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said yesterday that the Individual Visit Scheme for tourists from the Chinese mainland is not expanding and the government is seeking to tighten it
After a few failed relationships in her home city of Hong Kong, Doreen Cheung did not expect Cupid to strike when she moved to Shanghai in 2002. A PR manager then
Eighty-six years old and still job hunting. Wong Siu-ying had to stop passing out leaflets on a Hong Kong flyover when she hurt her knee in August. With two-thirds of her
New Zealand will send a small number of troops to Iraq to help train local forces in their battle against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday. Key told lawmakers
Indonesia’s president has rejected any attempts by other countries to intervene in the execution of foreign drug traffickers. The government has announced plans to execute eight people — one Indonesian
A teenager who went missing in Turkey last month is probably the first known South Korean to join the Islamic State group, officials said yesterday. The director of South Korea’s National
Greece’s creditors in the 19-country eurozone yesterday approved a list of reforms Athens proposed to get a 4-month extension to its bailout, which should keep the country afloat over the coming
Alaska yesterday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don’t expect any public celebrations since it remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public. In
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine said yesterday they have begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with an international peace plan that aims to form a wide buffer
Israel’s Mossad spy agency in October 2012 had a less alarmist view of Iran’s nuclear program than an assessment delivered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations just
Divided Republicans are searching for a way out of an impasse over immigration that is threatening to shut down the Homeland Security Department within days. With the agency’s budget set to
Clay, from Kentucky, was announced the winner after the hot favourite retired at the end of the sixth round in Miami. When the bell rang for the start of the seventh
Universal’s erotic drama starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan earned USD22.2 million at No. 1 in its second weekend at the box office. The total domestic haul for the adaptation
Ireland captain William Porterfield reckons his team has had enough time to savor its surprising opening win over the West Indies at the World Cup. Now it's time to get
Paceman Vernon Philander has been ruled out of South Africa's next World Cup match against the West Indies due to a left hamstring injury he picked up during last weekend's
A FIFA task force yesterday recommended playing the 2022 World Cup in November-December to avoid the summer heat in Qatar. FIFA said the task force chose the "most viable period" over
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