Michael Bennett

HSBC shares jump in Hong Kong as release of Huawei exec seen easing tensions

Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC rose by the most in four months on Monday as the release of an executive at telecoms company Huawei fuelled hopes the global bank would benefit from an easing in tensions between the United States and China. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday ending her near three-year U.S. extradition fight, the same day two Canadians detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days returned home. Meng, the daughter of Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei, was allowed to go home after reaching an agreement with U.S. prosecutors on Friday over fraud charges for allegedly misleading HSBC in 2013 about the telecommunications equipment giant's business dealings in Iran.

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  Canadian PM Trudeau says two detained citizens have left China

  Reuters
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  U.S. Move To End Huawei Saga Helps China Ties, China Welcomes Huawei Executive Home

  Benzinga

Singaporean rock musician and radio DJ Chris Ho dies of stomach cancer

Veteran local radio DJ and musician Chris Ho has died from stomach cancer.

For Oscar-Winning ‘Life of Pi’ Composer Mychael Danna, Concept is King

The route that took composer Mychael Danna from the basement of a Toronto church to an office on Hollywood and Vine and all the way to the stage of Zurich Film Festival, where he will receive a career achievement tribute on Sept. 30, kicked off – as such things often do – with an offhand […]