Hong Kong’s biggest property developer recorded growth in first-half profit, in another sign of the city’s real estate recovery. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. ’s underlying earnings, which exclude property revaluations, increased 17% from a year earlier to HK$12.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in the six months ended Dec. 31, the company said in a filing Thursday. The company has led a rally in shares of ...
Hong Kong’s biggest property developer recorded growth in first-half profit, in another sign of the city’s real estate recovery. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. ’s underlying earnings, which exclude property revaluations, increased 17% from a year earlier to HK$12.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in the six months ended Dec. 31, the company said in a filing Thursday. The company has led a rally in shares of developers in the city this year as the market bets on a sustained industry recovery. Hong Kong’s residential sector has entered a stage of “ expansion ,” according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts, who estimate home prices will rise as much as 15% this year due to a resilient stock market and population inflows. The bank upgraded Sun Hung Kai to overweight from neutral. Nonetheless, a lackluster commercial real estate sector still poses challenges for landlords like Sun Hung Kai. The city’s office vacancy rate was at a record-high 17.5% at the end of last year, data from Colliers International show. The company has a couple of new office developments waiting to be filled, including the International Gateway Centre . Sold Out Project Marks Turnaround for Hong Kong’s Developers Hong Kong’s Housing Market Rebounds With Renewed City Buzz Point72 Expands Office Space in Hong Kong’s Henderson Tower
在 Windows 的产品史中,很少有功能能像动态磁贴这样富有戏剧性。动态磁贴不仅是一项界面特性,更是微软试图重新定义人机交互的一次重要探索,也是微软从桌面计算迈向移动互联时代的激进宣言。 作为 Windows Phone 与 Windows 8 的视觉灵魂,微软希望借助动态磁贴重塑操作系统与信息之间的关系。可以说动态磁贴承载着微软统一手机、平板与 PC 的宏大愿景。 然而随着 Windows 1...
在 Windows 的产品史中,很少有功能能像动态磁贴这样富有戏剧性。动态磁贴不仅是一项界面特性,更是微软试图重新定义人机交互的一次重要探索,也是微软从桌面计算迈向移动互联时代的激进宣言。 作为 Windows Phone 与 Windows 8 的视觉灵魂,微软希望借助动态磁贴重塑操作系统与信息之间的关系。可以说动态磁贴承载着微软统一手机、平板与 PC 的宏大愿景。 然而随着 Windows 11 全新开始菜单的到来,动态磁贴几乎没有任何正式的告别,便悄然退出了舞台。没有发布会上的总结回顾,也未引发大规模的用户惋惜,它的痕迹也逐渐从微软的产品中被抹去。 但动态磁贴真的消失了吗? 如果从具体的界面形态来看,它确实已经不复存在了;可如果从 UI 哲学、现代 Windows 的设计语言,以及操作系统整体的设计趋势观察,它所代表的思想从未真正离开。 如果你中意动态磁贴,有多种方式可以缅怀它。动态磁贴也换了一种方式继续存在于今天的系统之中。 动态磁贴墓碑,由 Nano Banana 绘制 起源 动态磁贴的思想源头,可以追溯到 Metro 设计语言——后来被官方改称为 Modern UI,也被统称为 Microsoft Design Language。后文则以 Microsoft Design Language 为准。 在微软早期的设计官网中,设计团队成员 Steve Clayton 将这场操作系统交互范式的转变,类比为计算机图形界面领域的一次「包豪斯运动」。 现代设计运动(包豪斯学派)以赋予「功能」以美感为核心,这种理念的精髓在于摒弃多余装饰,聚焦功能本质。 这一类比并没有很多夸张的成分。在 2008 年前后的移动操作系统世界里,主流设计语言几乎清一色沉浸于拟物化与质感叙事:iOS 用皮革、木纹与金属营造「真实感」,Android 则以各种尺寸不一、风格各异的小组件不断吸引着用户。在微软看来,这些设计虽然精致,本质上仍然围绕着界面本身做文章,是对非功能性装饰的盲目追求。 Microsoft Design Language 的选择恰恰相反。时任 Windows 设计总监 Sam Moreau 提出了那句后来被反复引用的口号: The content is the interface」(内容即界面)。 这并不意味着界面需要消失,而是意味着界面不再需要华丽的、冗余的容器、边框或背...
London Stock Exchange Group Plc Chief Executive Officer David Schwimmer discusses the group's plans to buy back £3 billion ($4.1 billion) of its own shares. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Schwimmer says £3 billion is "the biggest buyback" the LSEG has ever announced. (Source: Bloomberg)
London Stock Exchange Group Plc Chief Executive Officer David Schwimmer discusses the group's plans to buy back £3 billion ($4.1 billion) of its own shares. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Schwimmer says £3 billion is "the biggest buyback" the LSEG has ever announced. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hong Kong billionaire Victor Li ’s CK Group took an unusual approach for the blockbuster sale of the UK’s largest power-distribution network: it didn’t use any investment banks as financial advisers. CK Group instead assembled an internal team and worked with law firm Linklaters LLP on the £10.5 billion ($14.2 billion) deal announced late Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. Th...
Hong Kong billionaire Victor Li ’s CK Group took an unusual approach for the blockbuster sale of the UK’s largest power-distribution network: it didn’t use any investment banks as financial advisers. CK Group instead assembled an internal team and worked with law firm Linklaters LLP on the £10.5 billion ($14.2 billion) deal announced late Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The transaction involves CK Group selling UK Power Networks to France’s Engie SA . The deal, which gives Engie control of a regulated asset serving about 8.5 million customers in southeast England, is the biggest in an already busy year for the UK, followed by Nuveen’s £9.9 billion purchase of Schroders Plc. It is rare for banks to miss out on such high-powered action. Read More: France’s Engie to Buy UK Power Networks for £10.5 Billion CK Group has tried to sell the UK power distribution business before, holding talks about four years ago with a consortium led by Macquarie Group Ltd. and KKR & Co., but never reaching an agreement. Engie approached CK Group in 2025 about exploring a deal, the people said. That led to bilateral talks in Paris, London and Hong Kong over several months, the people added, asking not to be identified because the information is private. CK Group’s closest advisers typically include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , HSBC Holdings Plc and Morgan Stanley , data compiled by Bloomberg show. Goldman is the sole adviser on CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. ’s ongoing attempt to sell most of its global ports. Goldman is also working on a planned listing of A.S. Watson Group, along with UBS Group AG, people familiar with the matter have said . It’s not always the case. CK Group didn’t work with banks on the £870 million sale of a stake in another UK utility - Northumbrian Water Group Ltd. — in 2022. Read More: CK Hutchison Mulls Options for Telecom Unit Including HK Listing Representatives for CK Group and Engie didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the d...