Think Positive

In this second instalment in a series, a former investment banker describes a conflict of interest at banks that threatens clients.

Few students had to puzzle over the meaning. Youth Day, on May 4, commemorates a 1919 student protest against foreign imperialism and China’...

There is a growing interest among investors in Singapore in Contracts for Difference (CFDs).

The Communist Party has underlined the importance of combating corruption through stricter regulation of the appointment of officials - the ...

Veteran officials persuaded Zhao Ziyang to use audio tapes

Du Daozheng, 85, helped preserve Zhao's memoirs. In his memoir, Zhao confesses that political reform had not occurred to him during his ...

Fewer margin calls now but the trick is to separate winners from black sheep

95 China-based firms’ combined net profits slump 52%; analysts wary of more weakness

S-chips have been the epicentre of recent corporate scandals but they are not inferior to other small caps when it comes to corporate govern...

The use of media gag fees to conceal coal mine accidents is at the center of a reporter’s corruption trial in Hebei Province.

Billionaire Li Ka-shing, who warned of a bubble in China’s stock market months before it plunged, said Hong Kong investors should be cautiou...

Spoiling toddlers can possibly defer their development, according to the authors of a local survey on toddler health.

“I almost see (the low volume) as a positive because it shows there’s not overwhelming optimism in the market. That means its’ not being ove...

Foreign investors deem the price to earnings ratio amongst companies listed on the Shanghai exchange too high.

Leaders in both Washington and Beijing have been fretting openly about the mutual dependence — some would say codependence — created by Chin...

Mainland’s banking regulator is tightening rules to prevent the embezzlement of bank loans after a huge burst of lending was unleashed to su...

been printing money, giving the appearance of massive government intervention to weaken their currencies, legendary investor Jim Rogers, cha...

Priests beat and raped children during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland, an official report said on Wednesday, but i...

President Hu Jintao’s warning against “hedonism and individualism” among the military’s top brass reflected his intolerance of rampant corru...

Mr. Lee Bock Guan, chairman of the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, a temple in Kim Yam Road, showing the monthly donations received from an anonym...