Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has extended its global reach with the acquisition of Dutch health and beauty retailer Kruidvat Group for 1.3 billion euros (HK$9.8 billion). (full story)

Inspired ideas from around the world are being formulated for Hong Kong's first ever Business of Design Week, featuring an array of international speakers. (full story)

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has announced impressive half-year profits for 2002 and pledged further investment in the future of Hong Kong as Asia's aviation hub. (full story)

Overseas businesspeople will find it quicker and easier to enter Hong Kong with a Travel Pass intended to enhance the mobility and travel convenience of frequent business travellers. (full story)

US architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) has drawn on Hong Kong's trading port heritage in its design of the new AIG tower, by modelling it on the sail of a junk. (full story)

With an unwavering focus on its niche market, an eye on Hong Kong's efficient logistics facilities and proximity to the Chinese mainland, frozen food company Pacific Andes International Holdings Ltd has managed to post double-digit growth in both sales and profit. (full story)

The rapid increase in overseas companies establishing regional operations in the SAR has led to rising demand for places in Hong Kong's international schools. (full story)

US-based satellite tracking company Aprize Satellite Limited and BT Group of the UK, one of the world's leading communications service providers, are among the latest in a series of multinationals to locate their Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Hong Kong. (full story)

A group of enterprising businesswomen in Hong Kong are finding new ways to make changing economic conditions work to their advantage. (full story)