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HSBC, StanChart raise main lending rates in Hong Kong

  Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc are raising their main lending rates in Hong Kong for the third time this year, a move that signals higher borrowing costs for property owners amid a real estate and economic downturn. HSBC, the city’s biggest lender, is boosting its prime rate by 25 basis points to 5.625%. The move came ...

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Elon Musk’s Tesla share sales approach the $40 billion mark

  Bloomberg Elon Musk sold another $3.58 billion worth of Tesla Inc. shares, bringing the total amount he’s offloaded since late last year to almost $40 billion. The latest disposal of about 22 million shares this week coincided with Musk falling from the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a position he’d occupied since September of last year. Tesla’s ...

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US, European equities tumble as Fed shock halts global rally

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures and European stocks declined after the Federal Reserve rebuffed expectations for a dovish tilt and said interest rates will go higher for longer. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 gauges fell at least 1.1% each. Demand for haven assets sent the dollar and Swiss franc higher amid a wave of rate hikes from ...

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