Recent Posts

Protests around the globe have one thing in common

Bloomberg Hong Kong martial arts guru Bruce Lee urged followers to “empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water.” That philosophy has driven months of anti-government unrest in Hong Kong. And it applies to protest movements elsewhere that are operating with quick-changing tactics and without clear leadership. Mass demonstrations are not new. Anti-war and anti-nuclear protests swept the globe decades ...

Read More »

India’s Vodafone Idea seeks debt revamp as losses soar

Bloomberg Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian venture, reeling under $14 billion of net debt, mounting losses and dwindling subscribers, has approached creditors for better payment terms to revive the sinking carrier, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Vodafone Idea Ltd, formed by last year’s merger of the British telecommunications firm’s local unit with billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla’s Idea Cellular ...

Read More »

HK’s housing sales jump as first-time buyers given boost

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s move to make it easier for first-time home buyers to break into the world’s least-affordable housing market has had an immediate effect, with sales surging in the past two weeks. Sales in the secondary market have more than doubled since mortgage rules for first-time buyers were eased mid-October, Midland Realty Ltd said. Primary home sales are also ...

Read More »
Send this to a friend