by Barry D. Wood Over the past 12 months Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is up 45%, becoming the world’s best performing equity market. Hong Kong also is the global leader in initial public offerings with 44 deals closed raising $14 billion in the first half of the year. IPO activity in Hong Kong—almost all from mainland China—is up 700 percent over 2024. Admittedly Hong Kong is … Continue reading Hong Kong Markets Are Booming
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Visiting Walmart’s Super Center in Shenzhen in 2005 and meeting the company’s Asia chief Joe Hatfield remains a reporting highlight. I arrived a short time before the store’s 7 a.m. opening and found Hatfield waiting for me with two associates. Rail thin, chain smoking, he wore a shirt and tie but no jacket. The name tag on his shirt pocket said simply, “Joe.” We sat … Continue reading Joe Hatfield Built Walmart into a Powerhouse in China
American Dispatch The Daily Friend July 27, 2025 Similarities but also significant differences between two global titans. https://dailyfriend.co.za/2025/07/27/real-life-succession-the-contrasting-exits-of-buffett-and-schwab/ Continue reading Real Life Succession: The Contrasting Exits of Buffett and Schwab
Nikkei Asia July 1, 2025 The national security law has dramatically altered Hong Kong media. KENSAKU IHARA July 1, 2025 11:07 JST HONG KONG — Barry Wood, an international economics correspondent for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), received an unexpected call on May 22 that brought his three-decade career at the broadcaster to an abrupt end. The 81-year-old journalist, based in Washington, said RTHK’s news … Continue reading Hong Kong Media Reshaped by Dismissals, Audits and Red Lines
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