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Via #Reuters @ 4:53pm ET on Apr 16, 2025

#Bialetti, inventor of the octagonal #moka #coffee pot hailed as an icon of #Italian industrial design, has reached a deal with #NUO Capital which will see the business sold and delisted, the two companies said on Wednesday.
NUO Capital, registered in #Luxembourg, is an investment vehicle controlled by the #PaoChengs, one of #Hong Kong's wealthiest families.

reuters.com/markets/deals/ital

alojapan.com/1239589/japan-tai Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong stocks sink 9% amid Trump’s tariff war #9 #hong #Japan #kong #news #Sink #stocks #Taiwan #tariff #Tokyo #TokyoNews #Trump's #war #東京 #東京都 TOKYO — Japanese stocks fell sharply in Monday morning trading amid a global market rout caused by an intensifying U.S. trade war and last seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bellwether Nikkei Stock Average nosedived 8.8% to 30,792.74, hitting the lowest intraday level…

Climate change: Hong Kong, mainland China firms trail regional peers for credibility of emissions targets, MSCI study finds

Only 1 per cent of Hong Kong firms in the MSCI AC Asia-Pacific IMI index have set greenhouse gas reduction targets considered ‘fully’ credible

‘It is very easy for companies to commit to net zero by 2050 or 2060, but it is really too long a time frame,’ says MSCI ESG Research

scmp.com/business/banking-fina

#Hong Kong #MainlandChina #pollution #environment #climate

South China Morning Post · Hong Kong, mainland firms trail peers in credibility of climate targetsOnly 1 per cent of large-cap Hong Kong-listed firms in the MSCI AC Asia-Pacific IMI index have set greenhouse gas reduction targets considered ‘fully’ credible, less than the regional average.

DEFEND THE DEFENDERS

#HoangThiMinhHong and others have been detained for protecting our #planet.

Hong, from #Vietnam, was arrested in what the US State Department is calling "part of a concerning pattern of arrests of local environmental and civil society advocates."

#Hong has been detained without charge and has been denied access to a lawyer. She faces up to seven years behind bars for a spurious charge of tax evasion.

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