Asian golfers shone in 2015, but tour outlook uncertain

While the stars of Asian golf shone brightly in 2015, the Asian Tour heads into an uncertain new year with players unhappy with a proposed European Tour merger.

02 Jan 2016 6:07 AM

Row over pro-Beijing Hong Kong varsity appointment'

Hong Kong University students and alumni voiced fury on Thursday after a pro-Beijing official was appointed to a senior role, as tension mounts over what critics see as political interference in the c

01 Jan 2016 5:43 AM

Indian IPO market to heat up in 2016

Indian IPOs are set to raise more than $5 billion (Rs 33,000 crore) in 2016, a six-year high, as corporate profit growth and a pickup in the economy drive investor demand for equities and lure firms s

31 Dec 2015 6:26 AM

A recipe to save HK’s dying handmade dimsum

For the past 60 years, Chui Hoi has risen in the early hours of the morning to prepare bite-size steamed morsels for his small but popular dimsum restaurant in Hong Kong.

25 Dec 2015 11:22 PM

Asia stocks, currencies up as China fuels reform hope

Currencies of countries that rely on trade with China climbed against the dollar.

22 Dec 2015 12:37 PM

DBS may buy StanC, says CLSA

18 UK bank Standard Chartered (StanChart) could be acquired by a white knight as its reco-very could prove to be “challenging”, according to broker CLSA, which upgraded shares of the Asia-focused len-

19 Dec 2015 5:51 AM

Alibaba to buy top Hong Kong paper

Chinese Internet giant Alibaba said on Friday it would buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, pledging to maintain the newspaper’s objectivity in the face of fears it will lose its independent voic

12 Dec 2015 6:22 AM

7.1 magnitude earthquake hits southern Indian Ocean: USGS

05 Dec 2015 9:31 AM

Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks down at lunch

The benchmark Hang Seng Index was 0.70 per cent lower, dipping 157.94 points

24 Nov 2015 9:25 AM

Raghuram Rajan blames lower spend for slow growth

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said Asia’s third-largest economy is being hampered by a drop in public and private investments, but held out hope that strong foreign capital flows will help rectify this

21 Nov 2015 12:12 AM

Drop in public, private investments top concerns: Raghuram Rajan

RBI has cut its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 7.4 per cent from 7.6 per cent

20 Nov 2015 12:19 PM

Asia markets follow US, Europe down as energy firms tumble

In early Asian trade US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was down by 20 cents

13 Nov 2015 8:22 AM

WTA Elite Trophy: Venus in orbit

Venus Williams celebrates after winning the WTA Elite Trophy at Zhuhai in China on Sunday. Top seed Venus defeated the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 7-6 (6) in the final. — AFP

09 Nov 2015 6:09 AM

Venus Williams beats Roberta Vinci, reaches WTA Elite Trophy final

Top seed Venus Williams stormed past US Open finalist Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-2 in the WTA Elite Trophy semis on Saturday in an ominous display as she seeks her third title of the year.

08 Nov 2015 12:11 AM

Venus Williams rallies to defeat Madison Keys

Top seed Venus Williams opened the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in southern China with a tight three-sets win over fellow American Madison Keys on Tuesday.

03 Nov 2015 10:51 PM

Nations open to warming under 2C: UN

Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations for a universal climate rescue pact leave the “door open” to capping global warming below the danger threshold, the UN said Friday, a month ahead of crunch talk

31 Oct 2015 6:11 AM

Earthquake felt in Hong Kong

Thousands of people in Hong Kong contacted city authorities today saying they had felt the ground shaking following an earthquake across the border in southern China, an official said.

22 Feb 2013 4:24 PM