Hong Kong is set to raise the hourly minimum wage by 4.5 per cent to HK$41.8, local media have reported citing sources. The Minimum Wage Commission will also reportedly review the amount annually going forward, rather than every two years. The adjustment would come after years of calls from labour activists for more frequent assessments […]
A radical group in Hong Kong spent over HK$100,000 to acquire around 100 petrol bombs per confrontation during the protests and unrest in 2019, a court has heard. Prosecution witness Wong Chun-keung, leader of the group named “Dragon Slayers,” also testified on Monday that his group formed in August 2019 as a team of “elite” […]
Best Buy is offering the Greenworks Optimow Robotic Lawn Mower for $999.99 shipped. Down from its usual $1,600 price tag, this is one of the first chances to save on this device, with the first time we saw it on discount being in a similar sale back in February. It comes in as a 38%
Valeri Nichushkin recorded his first career hat trick, Alexandar Georgiev turned in another strong showing and the Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in Game 4 on Sunday to move a win away from advancing.
Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded higher on Monday with Hong Kong's Hang Seng index adding over 2% after The People's Bank of China (PBoC) decided to keep its interest rate
HK Express will be flying to and from Clark International Airport on a regular basis starting June 6, 2024.
Bengaluru-based Swiggy has received a go-ahead from its shareholders for its initial public offering (IPO), as per regulatory filings. The food and grocery delivery company plans to raise up to Rs 3,750 crore ($450 million) in fresh capital, in addition to an offer-for-sale (OFS) component of up to Rs 6,664 crore ($800 million), according to filings made with the Registrar of Companies.Swiggy, which is yet to file its IPO documents with the country’s capital markets regulator Securities and...
Hong Kong debuts Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether ETFs by reputable managers, marking a significant milestone in virtual asset investment in the region.
Google has fired more than two dozen employees for protesting its $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud and artificial intelligence services. Twenty-eight people were fired after nine employees were arrested Tuesday night following a sit-in at the company’s offices in Seattle, New York and Sunnyvale, California — including one at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office, according to the group that organized the demonstration, No Tech for Apartheid....
West Virginia was allocated funding to deploy or upgrade high-speed internet networks to ensure that everyone has access to reliable, affordable, high-speed internet service.
Nine players have already scored for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers, 10 for the Colorado Avalanche. That depth of scoring early in the NHL playoffs has the Rangers on the verge of sweeping Washington, while Edmonton and Colorado are looking to take 3-1 leads Sunday in their respective
Hong Kong's benchmark equity index headed for a technical bull market as a