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30 Jan How Hong Kong entrepreneur Tommie Lo went from doing schoolwork at sea to building a career around education

Posted at 05:00h in Asia

If given HK$8 million (about US$1 million) to spend, entrepreneur Tommie Lo would invest in something that is close to his heart and also benefits society: rescuing dogs.“I want to do something new that is meaningful and impactful,” Lo says. “I’m a big dog lover,...

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26 Jan Singapore venture financier InnoVen eyes China’s technology start-ups after US$130 million fundraising

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InnoVen Capital Group, a leading Southeast Asian venture debt provider, has bulked up its cash hoard to finance China’s early-stage companies, as challenges ranging from China’s slow economic recovery to regulatory uncertainties are limiting start-ups’ access to funding.The Singapore-headquartered venture debt company, announced on Friday...

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25 Jan Advancing Hong Kong’s innovation landscape: trailblazing new industrialisation

Posted at 02:00h in Asia

In a strategic move to become Asia’s innovation hub, Hong Kong is enhancing its efforts to attract start-ups and innovators. The Hong Kong Chief Executive’s 2023 policy address revealed a visionary plan, featuring the establishment of a New Industrialisation Development Centre backed by a HK$10...

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10 Jan Hong Kong seen among five busiest IPO venues in 2024 with proceeds doubling to US$12.8 billion, KPMG forecasts

Posted at 01:00h in Asia

New stock offerings in Hong Kong are expected to generate more than double the amount of funds for companies this year, making the city’s stock exchange one of the five busiest venues globally, according to KPMG.The firm expects 90 initial public offerings (IPOs) to...

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08 Jan Boeing Max grounding goes global as carriers follow FAA order

Posted at 02:45h in Asia

“We are very fortunate this didn’t end up in something more tragic,” Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a press conference in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday. “We’ve now determined based on our definition of substantial damage that this is...

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07 Jan Deriving True Wealth from Making a Difference in Other People’s Lives

Posted at 16:00h in Asia

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]By founding the charity “Youth Arch Foundation”, training local youth and personally visiting AIDS orphans in Mainland China, Norris exemplifies the concept of “influencing other people’s lives with her own”.Changing Life’s TrajectoryNorris, who was...

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07 Jan How Feeling Good Can Lead to Doing Good

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New study finds that a CEO’s emotional profile has a notable impact on their company’s uptake of corporate social responsibility initiatives Source link ...

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07 Jan Why is Workplace Equality Good for Business?

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The study, The Rise of Conscious Consumers: The Impact of Corporate Workplace Equality on Household Spending, was conducted by Ling Cen, Associate Professor of Finance, and Wu Jing, Associate Professor of Decisions, Operations, and Technology, both at CUHK Business School. They were joined by Yanru...

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07 Jan Putting Healthy, Low-emission Food on the Menu

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[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which form the United Nations’ Post-2015 Development Agenda, are designed to provide a blueprint for achieving global peace and prosperity by 2030. Central to the agenda is the...

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07 Jan The Unstoppable Rise of Sustainable Investing

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[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]Climate change is slowly transforming our living environment, but it is not unusual for many people not to take this seriously until they experience it on a personal level. Due to the limited span...

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