Chan Ho-him

Articles by Chan Ho-him

Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder to life in prison for fraud - AP News

Business August 21, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan, founder of the Evergrande real estate group, has been sentenced to life in prison and the companies were fined a total of more than $2 billion, aοΏ½...

Anthropic says its AI models hacked 3 organizations during testing - AP News

Business August 1, 2026

Anthropic said its artificial intelligence models hacked into three other organizations during testing, just days after ChatGPT maker OpenAI raised concerns over AI controls after it disclosed its roοΏ½...

Oil prices gain and Asian shares are mostly lower as investors sell AI stocks - AP News

Business July 31, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Oil prices bounced between gains and losses on Thursday and world shares were mixed, with South Koreas Kospi falling again after losing more than 16% over the past two days due to sellοΏ½...

US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security - AP News

Business July 30, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. TοΏ½...

World shares mostly gain and South Korea and Japan recover some losses from AI stock sell-offs - AP News

Business July 22, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) World shares mostly gained and U.S. futures advanced on Tuesday, with markets trading higher in South Korea and Japan led by technology shares after recent declines due to heavy sellinοΏ½...

Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC pledges another $100 billion to expand US chipmaking capacity - AP News

Business July 17, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The latest commitment appears οΏ½...

China grew at its slowest pace in more than 3 years last quarter - AP News

Business July 17, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Chinas economy slowed sharply to a 4.3% annualized pace of growth in the April-June quarter, the government said Wednesday, the weakest in over three years. The official data fell shoοΏ½...

Major German carmakers hit by steep China sales plunge as competition heats up - AP News

Business July 12, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the worlds biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-BenοΏ½...

Nvidia’s AI chip sales in China stall, as local chipmakers like Huawei take the lead - AP News

Business June 30, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) In the race between the U.S. and China to develop artificial intelligence, the battle over hardware and computing power is heating up as Chinese companies like Huawei overtake global iοΏ½...

Asian shares are mixed and oil jumps 4% after Trump rejects Iran's response to ceasefire proposal - AP News

Business May 12, 2026

HONG KONG (AP) Asian stocks were mixed Monday after Wall Street set more records, and oil surged more than 3% following U.S. President Donald Trumps rejection of Tehrans response to the latest U.S. pοΏ½...