Singapore and Hong Kong will open their borders to one another for the first time in almost seven months, exempting people in both cities from compulsory quarantine in an agreement that will reinstate ... ( read original story ...)
Clock Ticks For Banks to Follow Trump’s Hong Kong Sanctions
The countdown has begun on whether banks will be ensnared in the Trump administration’s sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials, singled out for contributing to a clampdown on political freedoms ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong and Singapore to set up a ‘travel bubble’ as Covid cases fall
Hong Kong and Singapore plan to open an "air travel bubble" that allows residents to travel between the two Asian hubs without requiring quarantine or restrictive control measures, authorities ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey: Budget balance posts $20.9B deficit in Jan-Sept
The Turkish central government posted a budget deficit of 140.6 billion Turkish liras ($20.9 billion) in January-September, the Treasury and Finance Ministry revealed Thursday. Budget revenues of the ... ( read original story ...)
Tech slump drags Hong Kong shares down as Sino-U.S. tensions rise
Hong Kong shares slumped on Thursday as investor sentiment took a blow from escalating Sino-U.S. tensions, a surge in global COVID-19 cases and the impasse over a U.S. stimulus package to boost the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Singapore agree ‘travel bubble’
Hong Kong and Singapore on Thursday said they had agreed "in principle" to set up a bubble allowing residents to travel freely between the two financial hubs as long as they test negative for the ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey: Private sector foreign debt down in August
Central Bank says private sector's short-term external loans were $8.4B, long-term loans totaled 162.2B - Anadolu Agency ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong, Singapore announce plans for travel bubble
Hong Kong and Singapore will set up a travel bubble, the two cities announced on Thursday, as they moved to re-establish overseas travel links and lift the hurdle of quarantine for visiting foreigners ... ( read original story ...)
France Sets Paris Curfew; Hong Kong Travel Bubble: Virus Update
France imposed a curfew in Paris as nations from Germany to Italy posted record increases in new infections and Europe’s leaders intensified efforts to stem an unrelenting surge in coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)
Turkey plans to reduce corporate tax further next year -sources
Turkey is working on a regulation to further lower corporate tax from the previously set level of 20% for next year, four sources with the knowledge of the matter told Reuters. ANKARA, Oct 15 (Reuters ... ( read original story ...)