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Chinese state-run tabloid "Global Times" reports that Chinese property developer Evergrande Group will sell 51% of its property service arm to rival company Hopson Development for US$5 billion. The report comes as both Hopson and Evergrande suspended trading in their shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the morning, pending an announcement about a "major transaction".
2021-10-4

Chinese financial technology firm Ant Group debuts on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges, with its IPO worth up to US$34.4 billion. This surpasses Saudi Aramco, whose IPO was worth US$29.4 billion, as the strongest debut on a stock exchange. Jack Ma, whose company Alibaba Group is backing the debut, is expected to become the richest man in China as a result.
2020-10-26

Kioxia, the Japanese computer memory manufacturer spun off from Toshiba, postpones its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing the volatility of the semiconductor industry caused by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Its initial public offering, which would have launched on October 6, was projected to be Japan's largest for this year.
2020-09-28

Ant files for an initial public offering of at least 10% of its capital in new shares on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges.
2020-08-25

A painting, "Judith Beheading Holofernes", believed to be from Italian painter Caravaggio, is discovered in an attic in the French city of Toulouse.
2016-04-12

Italian divers end their search for victims in the Costa Concordia disaster in the underwater section of the wreck.
2012-01-31

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange closes as Typhoon Nesat nears China's Hainan Island with schools, transport services and government offices also closing.
2011-09-29

Italian Mario Draghi is appointed as the next President of the European Central Bank, replacing Jean-Claude Trichet on November 1.
2011-06-24

Italian communist militant Cesare Battisti is freed from jail in Brazil after the Brazilian Constitutional Court rules against extraditing him to face charges in Italy.
2011-06-9

Voters in Italian cities including Milan and Naples go to the polls for the second round of local government elections with candidates supported by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi losing in both cities.
2011-05-30