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Tokyo, 10 August 2026 – Japan’s Sony Group Corporation and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plan to invest approximately 1 trillion yen ($6.32 billion) to jointly develop and…
Hong Kong, 10 August 2026 – Hong Kong’s government is targeting September for publication of its first five-year plan, an effort to align economic development, housing, talent and…
Hong Kong, 10 August 2026 – China’s decision to tax gains from offshore trusts is reshaping the compliance landscape for wealthy mainland families and testing whether Hong Kong…
Shanghai, 10 August 2026 – Chinese brokerages have intensified compliance scrutiny on new client accounts and stepped up risk reviews across margin financing, securities lending, and options trading…
Singapore, 10 August 2026 – Oil prices moved higher as traders weighed fragile negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, keeping Asian importers, refiners and transport companies exposed…
Hong Kong, 10 August 2026 – Cathay Group reported attributable profit of HK$6.2 billion for the first half of 2026, up from HK$3.7 billion a year earlier, as…
Beijing, 10 August 2026 – China’s live-commerce market reached approximately US$900 billion in 2025, placing a retail format once treated as experimental close to the scale of the…
Shanghai, 10 August 2026 – Liberty China is targeting premium growth well above the broader non-life insurance market over the next two years, but its expansion into commercial…
Shanghai, 10 August 2026 – Typhoon Dolphin has struck China’s densely populated east coast, shutting transport links, forcing mass evacuations and exposing manufacturers, retailers and logistics operators to…
Singapore, 9 August 2026 – Knowledge workers across Southeast Asia are adopting artificial intelligence at a significantly faster pace than their international peers, viewing generative and agentic AI…
