Hong Kong's businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory's most violent protests in living memory as few of them bought insurance coverage for riot damage, industry insiders said.
Asian stocks edged up on Monday as Chinese shares reversed early losses, supported by hopes for progress in resolving the U.S.-China trade war, while sterling slipped after the British parliament delayed a crucial vote on a Brexit withdrawal deal.
China's defence minister, Wei Fenghe, said on Monday that resolving the "Taiwan question" is his country's "greatest national interest", and that no force could prevent China's "reunification".
Lebanon's cabinet is expected to approve reforms including halving ministers' wages on Monday in a bid to ease an economic crisis and defuse protests that have been the biggest show of dissent against the ruling elite in decades.
The trendy bars and restaurants along the main strip of the Mexican city overwhelmed late last week by an army of cartel gunmen slowly began their recovery over the weekend even as many traumatized residents still shied away.
Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia's cabinet, and the ride-hailing and payments company said two senior officials would jointly take over running operations of the $10 billion firm.
The number of rich Chinese has surpassed the count of wealthy Americans for the first time as both countries keep churning out millionaires, a study by Credit Suisse showed.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+1.754
|
+0.004 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.347
|
+0.039 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.134
|
+0.013 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1167 | 0.0092 |
| EUR | 0.8953 | 1 | 0.0082 |
| JPY | 108.5600 | 121.2300 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,488.00
USD
|
-0.20
Exp: Oct 19
|
| Copper |
2.63
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Oct 19
|
| Crude Oil |
53.81
USD
|
+0.03
Exp: Oct 19
|
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