Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to launch a Hong Kong share offering to raise US$10 billion to US$15 billion (£11.7 billion) in the final week of November, in a deal that could boost the Asian financial hub as it struggles with anti-government protests.
Beleaguered shares of small U.S. companies are set for a bump in performance as value stocks have risen, market analysts say, but small caps could quickly fade again with an economic setback.
BEST World International, the mainboard-listed skincare product company that is being probed by the bourse over its sales model in China, on Friday reported a decline in third-quarter earnings, attributed to the absence of one-time “other operating income” in the year before.
The head of China's top state-run semiconductor maker, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, called on U.S. companies to "do better" in efforts to overcome China-U.S. tech tensions given they continue to profit from the Chinese market.
THE judicial managers of ailing construction firm Ryobi Kiso Holdings, which was first placed under interim judicial management in March, are asking for more time to carry out their work.
THE buyout offer for Catalist-listed DLF Holdings closed on Friday at 5.30pm, with valid acceptances amounting to 6.98 per cent of total issued shares received by the close.
Telecom Italia (TIM) said it planned to spin off its data centre operations and look for an investor ahead of a potential market listing, after unveiling a partnership with Google to develop the cloud business.
Sudan needs up to US$5 billion in budget support to avert economic collapse and launch reforms after the ouster of veteran ruler Omar al-Bashir, its finance minister told Reuters.
MAINBOARD-LISTED drinks maker Yeo Hiap Seng saw a surge in third-quarter earnings on the back of narrower losses at associates and joint ventures, as well as the absence of fair-value losses on equity investments recognised in the year-ago period.
CATALIST-LISTED Chinese phosphate miner AsiaPhos, which earlier this year saw a wholly owned subsidiary slapped by former employees’ claims for severance pay, said in a bourse filing on Friday that some of the claims have been voluntarily withdrawn.