Real Estate
China expected to stand pat on lending rates in May
China is widely expected to hold benchmark lending rates steady on Monday (May 20), a Reuters survey showed, although expectations are growing for a cut in the mortgage reference...
CEO of fallen Eagle Hospitality Trust seeks to contest four disclosure-related criminal charges
SALVATORE Takoushian, chief executive of embattled Eagle Hospitality Trust (EHT), is looking to contest four criminal charges under the Securities and Futures Act, over consenting to EHT’s “reckless” non-disclosure...
Crypto boom, erratic rain spark outages in Laos, Asia’s clean power export hub
HIGHER electricity demand in Laos due to cryptocurrency mining and erratic rainfall have led to power shortages, an advisor to its state-run utility said, revealing challenges to the nation’s...
Nelson Loh to plead guilty to charges including forgery and cheating
DISGRACED Singapore businessman Nelson Loh Ne-Loon, who faces 60 charges related to past businesses and has been in remand since 2022, has said he intends to plead guilty.Loh, 44,...
Nelson Loh intends to plead guilty to charges including forgery and cheating
DISGRACED Singapore businessman Nelson Loh Ne-Loon, who faces 60 charges related to past businesses and has been in remand since 2022, has said he intends to plead guilty.Loh, 44,...
Haidilao restaurant operator Super Hi prices US IPO at US$19.56 per share
SUPER Hi International, which operates the Chinese hotpot restaurant chain Haidilao in the overseas market, on Thursday (May 16) priced its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States...
Hong Kong’s shaky crypto ETF debuts dent global hub aspirations
THE first Hong Kong exchange-traded funds (ETFs) investing directly in crypto have so far failed to spark the kind of excitement that greeted rival US products, a blow for...
Oil up after US economic data strengthens rate cut expectations
CRUDE prices edged up on Thursday (May 16) after data showed a stabilising US job market, fuelling expectations that the Federal Reserve could begin to cut interest rates in...
