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Will Alibaba steal Hong Kong's luxury lustre?
Will Alibaba steal Hong Kong's luxury lustre?
Alibaba is tapping more affluent households with its new Luxury Pavilion for high-end brands.
AI is taking the tedium out of recruitment
Chatbots can now manage applicant profiles and organise interviews.
Hong Kong electronics brands fail in communication
Only 17% receive rewards for sharing their personal information.
Here's how fintech disrupted banks' customer-facing functions
The number of people engaged in banking fell 0.6% from 2015 to 2016.
Industrial property transactions edge up 12% to $6.1b
Tin Fun Ingustrial Mansion, sold for $1.98b, helped boost figures.
Hong Kong investors are on a buying spree in London's office market
Investments hit $27.80b, eating up a whopping 56% of London office market investments.
Hong Kong beats Shanghai as Asia's most expensive city
Residential prices in the city soared to an average of US$51,595 psm.
More active workforce relaxes labour market
But their talents are being strained by changing business models.
Investors disappointed with murky 'Starter Homes' programme
The government wants to offer 1,000 starter-home units through a private-public partnership.
Hong Kong to roll out investor IDs by mid-2018
It will allow regulators to see who's trading listed stocks.
KaiLong buys three Sheung Wan en bloc buildings
They were purchased at HK$1b.
Seven in 10 Hong Kongers lose money on bad investments
Only 9% read important financial documents during research.
Hong Kong is the sixth most competitive city globally
But it is struggling from competition with other Chinese cities.
Hong Kong's luxury home prices up 8.1% in Q2
The market could see prices continue the uptrend.
Hong Kong is less liveable than Singapore: study
Ten places separate the two rivals in the rankings.
Cathay's overseas operation to be affected by workforce review
It recently cut 600 jobs.
Home buyers face skyrocketing management fees
Labour costs account up to 40% of these fees.
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