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Japan’s cabinet decided on Friday to tap emergency budget reserves worth 549 billion yen ($5.2 billion) to support supply chains and farmers and provide job subsidies to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Finance said.

Singapore and Hong Kong will reveal they've reached a preliminary agreement on a travel bubble that may exempt residents of both cities from quarantining or stay-at-home notices, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported Thursday, citing people it didn't identify.

China’s factory gate prices fell at a faster-than-expected pace in September and consumer inflation slowed to its weakest in 19 months, underscoring the challenges still facing China as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 14 attended a ceremony in south China's Shenzhen City to mark the 40th anniversary of the city being designated as China's first special economic zone. In his speech, Xi stressed that Shenzhen should resolutely uphold the new vision on development, and China must move forward with supply-side reform to meet domestic needs.

McAfee Corp. (“McAfee” or the “Company”) today announced that it has commenced an initial public offering of 37,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock, with 30,982,558 shares being offered by the Company and 6,017,442 shares being offered by existing stockholders pursuant to a registration statement filed on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

The Chinese yuan fell on Monday following recent months of rallying. The weakness was triggered after the central bank changed rules on Saturday that made it cheaper for traders to short the currency. Shorting involves selling a borrowed asset, which can be a stock or currency, with the view that it will depreciate and can be bought back later at a lower price.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has postponed her annual policy address scheduled for Wednesday in order to go to Beijing for talks on how the central government can help with the financial hub’s economic recovery.

Hong Kong subprime lender PrimeCredit is resuming its sales efforts with newly launched ZA Bank eying the opportunity for accelerated growth.

AMD is reportedly close to reaching a deal to acquire programmable chipmaker Xilinx for more than $30 billion — a move that could give the company another arsenal of products to compete with rivals Intel and Nvidia.

Electric vehicle startup Faraday Future aims to close a deal soon to go public through a reverse merger with a special-purchase acquisition company (SPAC), its chief executive said on Monday.

Chinese video site Bilibili BILI.O is considering a secondary listing in Hong Kong, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter, joining other U.S.-listed Chinese companies eyeing a return to the exchange closer to home amid China-U.S. tensions.

A headline from the South China Morning Post (SCMP), published Tuesday’s early Asian session, suggests challenges to the global risk-on sentiment. The news relies on China’s imports of the US goods under the trade agreement between Washington and the dragon land to suggest further hardships for the market’s mood.

(Reuters) - European Union negotiators have signaled that they are willing to begin work on a joint legal text of a trade agreement with the UK, ahead of trade talks that resume on Tuesday, The Times reported on Tuesday.

Ant Bank (Hong Kong), the virtual banking arm of Ant Group, on Monday became the sixth branchless lender to start operations in the city and said that it would partner with AlipayHK to tap its two million users to avail of its services.

The healthcare unit of Chinese e-commerce operator JD.com Inc. has filed an application to list in Hong Kong, in a deal that people familiar with the situation said could raise at least $3 billion.

Major index provider FTSE Russell said Thursday it will add Chinese government bonds to its flagship World Government Bond Index from October next year — a development that will bring billions of dollars of inflows into China.

Investors sold off China Evergrande Group <3333.HK> shares and bonds on Friday after a leaked document showed the nation's second-biggest property developer by sales sought government help to avert a cash crunch.

Miniso Group Holding Ltd., a Chinese retailer whose stockholders include Tencent Holdings Ltd., filed for an initial public offering.

Bank of East Asia Ltd (BEA), which counts Guoco Company Management Ltd as a substantial shareholder, has decided to initiate a sale of its insurance business and is seeking a strategic partner for its mainland China business following a review of its portfolios and assets.

China’s smartphone market prepares for reshuffling as latest sanctions against Huawei take effect on September 15, says TrendForce