The streak of strong returns in the Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) market has ended, as smaller companies face a liquidity squeeze and the broader market chases mega-deals like Zhipu AI instead. Of the 13 IPOs that debuted this week, five broke below their issue prices on day one, including Luxshare, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, which dropped more than 9 per cent to close at HK$57.35...
The streak of strong returns in the Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) market has ended, as smaller companies face a liquidity squeeze and the broader market chases mega-deals like Zhipu AI instead. Of the 13 IPOs that debuted this week, five broke below their issue prices on day one, including Luxshare, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, which dropped more than 9 per cent to close at HK$57.35 per share on Thursday. Both Rigol Technologies, an electronic measurement instrument supplier, and...
North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song will arrive in China on Friday for a three-day trip to mark the anniversary of a friendship treaty between the two countries, in another sign of improving ties between the two traditional allies. This year is the 65th anniversary of the signing of the China-North Korea Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, Beijing’s only formal defence pact, a...
North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song will arrive in China on Friday for a three-day trip to mark the anniversary of a friendship treaty between the two countries, in another sign of improving ties between the two traditional allies. This year is the 65th anniversary of the signing of the China-North Korea Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, Beijing’s only formal defence pact, and Pak will be at the head of a party and government delegation. “China and North Korea are...
Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, revealed at a report launch in Jakarta today that more than half of employers worldwide cannot find graduates with the AI skills they need. At the same time, nearly four in five university leaders believe they are meeting employer expectations — a gap the research traces...
Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world's lifelong learning company, and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, revealed at a report launch in Jakarta today that more than half of employers worldwide cannot find graduates with the AI skills they need. At the same time, nearly four in five university leaders believe they are meeting employer expectations — a gap the research traces to how fast the workplace has changed.
Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen’s proposal to slash up to 100,000 jobs and close factories faces a major test on Thursday as formal proposals are put to the supervisory board at Europe’s biggest carmaker, with protests planned at all plants in Germany. IG Metall, the influential staff union, has organised demonst...
Demonstrations at 18 sites set up as radical transformation plan put to board of Europe’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen’s proposal to slash up to 100,000 jobs and close factories faces a major test on Thursday as formal proposals are put to the supervisory board at Europe’s biggest carmaker, with protests planned at all plants in Germany. IG Metall, the influential staff union, has organised demonstrations involving shop stewards and union council members at 18 sites, including the company’s headquarters. It warned the chief executive, Oliver Blume, that he cannot “pass the buck for failures of recent years on to the workforce”. Continue reading...