[external] China's Shenhua H1 net rises 43 pct - Reuters - Sat 5:12 pm
HONG KONG, Aug 30 (Reuters) - China's Shenhua Energy Co Ltd , the world's top coal producer by market value, posted a 43 percent rise in first-half earnings, driven by a 17 percent increase in its output.

[external] Angang says to lose 130,000T iron output in 2008 - Reuters - Sat 4:20 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Angang Steel estimated on Friday that an incident at its plant, which a local safety agency called an explosion, could reduce its 2008 production of iron by about 130,000 tonnes.

[external] Bain, Carlyle among bidders for PCCW unit-sources - Reuters - Sat 3:09 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Bain Capital and Carlyle Group are among the private equity firms through to the next round of bidding for a stake in the telecom unit being spun out of Hong Kong's PCCW , according to sources.

[external] HK dollar steady, overnight rate off day's high - Reuters - Sat 2:29 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The following is a snapshot of the Hong Kong foreign exchange and money markets in late trade on Friday.

[external] HK Exchange Fund assets HK$1,406.5 bln end-July-HKMA - Reuters - Sat 1:26 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The total assets of the Exchange Fund, which is used to back the Hong Kong dollar, amounted to HK$1,406.5 billion ($180.3 billion) at end-July, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Friday.

[external] HK shares rise 1.4 pct; best week in 4 months - Reuters - Sat 1:05 am
* HSI records best weekly gain in more than four months
* Strong rebound across sectors on U.S. growth data
* China Mobile looses $18 billion in market cap in two days (Updates to close)
By Parvathy Ullatil

[external] PREVIEW-Hong Kong July retail sales seen up 11.5 pct yr/yr - Reuters - Sat 12:13 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong retail sales in July probably grew at a similar pace as in June as brisk tourism business offset weaker spending by local residents, according to a Reuters survey.

[external] HK shares close higher on U.S. data; CLP drags - Reuters - Sat 12:07 am
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares rose 1.5 percent on Friday, staging a rebound from the previous session's sell-off, after data showed the U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong clip in the second quarter.

[external] Emerging debt-Asian bond spreads tighten, but Neo-China hit - Reuters - Fri 9:57 pm
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Asian bond spreads tightened on Friday as data showing resilient U.S. economic growth provided some relief in a region fretting about slowing exports at a time of slowing domestic consumer demand.

Earlier Headlines

All times are Singapore Time (GMT+8)

· [external] HK shares up 1.9 pct in US data-triggered rebound - Reuters - Fri 9:11 pm
· [external] LaSalle raises $3 billion Asia property fund - Reuters - Fri 8:30 pm
· [external] HK dollar in a tight range, interbank rates inch up - Reuters - Fri 8:06 pm
· [external] Spot lead, zinc fees may fall on firm Chinese demand - Reuters - Fri 7:52 pm
· [external] HK Hot Stocks-China banks gain, CLP drags - Reuters - Fri 7:25 pm
· [external] BOC Hong Kong falls 3.1 pct after broker downgrade - Reuters - Fri 6:30 pm
· [external] HK Exchange says seven firms buy back shares - Reuters - Fri 6:10 pm
· [external] CLP shares fall 1.6 pct on broker downgrade - Reuters - Fri 6:05 pm
· [external] HK stocks to open up 1.5 pct in broad-based rally - Reuters - Fri 5:57 pm
· [external] HK shares seen rebounding on U.S. data, lower oil - Reuters - Fri 5:34 pm

· [external] UPDATE 2-Bank of China profit up; overseas holdings weigh - Reuters - Fri 5:11 pm
· [external] Diary - Hong Kong - to September 2, 2008 =2 - Reuters - Fri 2:22 pm
· [external] Diary - Hong Kong - to September 2, 2008 - Reuters - Fri 2:22 pm
· Hong Kong and China sign nuclear, gas energy deals - AFP - Fri 7:33 am
· [external] Bank of China profit up; overseas holdings weigh - Reuters - Fri 4:42 am
· [external] China pledges good energy supply to HK for 20 yrs - Reuters - Fri 3:20 am
· [external] CORRECTED - HK shares pile up losses on post-earnings caution - Reuters - Fri 2:52 am
· [external] BASIS POINT-Anton Martin leaves Standard Chartered - Reuters - Fri 2:40 am
· [external] Chinese refiners slip on higher crude; CNOOC gains - Reuters - Fri 2:38 am
· [external] Hong Kong economic indicators - August 2008 - Reuters - Fri 2:12 am

· [external] Bank of China Q2 profit up but subprime losses bite - Reuters - Fri 2:00 am
· [external] HK dollar marginally weaker as stocks slide - Reuters - Fri 1:36 am
· Hong Kong Disneyland 'sees jump in visitor numbers' - AFP - Fri 1:04 am
· [external] BOC Hong Kong H1 net profit down 5.1 pct - Reuters - Fri 1:02 am
· [external] Bank of China profit up 43 pct, beats forecasts - Reuters - Fri 1:01 am
· [external] HK shares pile up losses on post-earnings caution - Reuters - Fri 12:48 am
· [external] China Telecom says confident of pioneering 3G svcs - Reuters - Fri 12:12 am
· [external] HK shares drop 2.3 pct on post-earnings caution - Reuters - Fri 12:08 am
· [external] China Mobile marks year's nadir on poor telco outlook - Reuters - Thu 11:40 pm
· [external] Oil nears $119, euro rallies on ECB talk - Reuters - Thu 10:40 pm