Hao Li

Hong Kong's wine imports have remained strong even as global economic uncertainty cuts demand for luxury goods, underscoring the city's credentials as a preeminent wine hub buoyed by strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers.

French luxury group Hermes raised its full-year sales forecast on Friday after third-quarter growth beat its initial target, pulled by buoyant demand for the 174-year-old brand in Europe, the Americas and Asia.

The Greek referendum proved to be a nasty surprise to investors on Tuesday as markets tanked in response to it.

The FOMC statement released on Wednesday announced that the Federal Reserve will continue its program of Operation Twist to support the economy.

The outlook for the Australian dollar is dim, according to research from Westpac Institutional Bank, a major Australian bank.

The Japanese intervention took the forex market by storm late Sunday, sending the Japanese yen over 5 percent lower against the U.S. dollar in a little over one hour.

Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings.

The seven-billionth human is expected to be born on Monday, but an expert who helps do the counting says that event comes as the Earth undergoes a demographic shift toward slower population growth.

The legendary late Alexander McQueen made a name for himself by flirting with the dark side. McQueen, an innovative genius and superstar in the fashion world, was intrigued by the macabre.

The Philippines is seeking to turn around its economy from decades of subpar performance.

Europe has staved off an imminent financial crisis and fears of a U.S. double-dip recession may have been overblown. With the Federal Reserve already lowering long-term interest rates through Operation Twist, it seems QE3 is not likely to come.

Even as details emerge about a Eurozone deal that would see banks and insurers accept bigger losses on Greek bonds and boost the region's bailout fund, setting up for what could happen across the Atlantic won't be easy for investors.

The 17 members of the Eurozone share a common currency. This is a problem, however, because their economies are fundamentally different.

RBC Capital Markets recently published an interesting sell signal for the U.S. dollar early next month.

EUR/USD may be at an extreme valuation, which may suggest a sell signal for the pair, according to a model produced from Deutsche Bank FX.

There is a Greek credit default swaps controversy brewing.

There is no historical precedent for economies as indebted as the EU and U.S. to avoid default, said Gerard Minack, chief market strategist at Morgan Stanley’s Sydney office.

Despite an elevated level of risk aversion – and the fact that the source of the risk is the European debt crisis – the euro remains “surprisingly resilient” against the safe-haven U.S. dollar, said Samarjit Shankar, managing director at Bank of New York Mellon

Eurozone authorities still have not come out with many concrete figures on the European debt crisis bailout package.

On a multi-day/week basis, traders should perhaps short the Australian dollar against the Norwegian krone, according research from Richard Franulovich of Westpac Institutional Bank.

Developing Asian economies have outperformed G3 (U.S., EU, and Japan) economies by an average of five percentage points from 2000 to 2006, according to Western Asset, a leading global fixed-income manager.

U.S. corporate earnings have been stellar. However, despite the stellar earnings, U.S. stocks are still almost 30 percent off its all-time high.

The euro crisis has blown up in 2011. The borrowing rates of several peripheral Eurozone countries have surged from 2010 levels and have become simply unsustainable.

Israeli technology companies, once the darlings of New York's Nasdaq, have turned their backs on the exchange and are looking for suitors to acquire them.

U.S. stocks jumped on Monday as investors remained optimistic about the upcoming Eurozone bailout and U.S. corporate earnings came in better than expected.

A third round of quantitative easing (QE3) is still on the table, said New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley.

A leading housing regulator on Monday announced changes to a government refinancing program that could help up to one million homeowners whose homes are worth less than their mortgage.

The latest on the euro crisis of 2011 is that Eurozone leaders are “nearing agreement” on bank recapitalization and leveraging the bailout fund EFSF, reported Reuters.

The Occupy Wall Street protest should not be dismissed as the “nebulous and unfocused utterances of a largely irrelevant political fringe” or the “emotional spasm of a bleeding heart liberal,” said Russell Jones, a strategist with Westpac Institutional Bank.