Travel website Trip.com Group Ltd has indicated its shares will be priced at HK$268 ($34.48) each to raise $1.09 billion in its Hong Kong secondary listing, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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BARCELONA, April 3 (Reuters) - Dozens of partygoers danced on Friday on a popular beach near central Barcelona, some without wearing masks or observing social distancing in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions, police said on Saturday.
The impromptu party took place on Barceloneta beach and police said they had advised revellers they were breaking health regulations.
“Barcelona is the perfect place to party, to drink, but this is a big problem - the police - they are stopping people enjoying themselves,” a British reveller who gave only his first name Liam, 32, and who was wearing a mask, told Reuters.
Meetings of more than six people in public areas are banned in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia and offenders can face fines of 300 to 600 euros ($350 to $700), police said.
Cineworld said on Monday shareholders had approved a plan for the world's second-largest cinema operator to suspend its borrowing limit temporarily, giving the company much-needed breathing room to get through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vienna and two other provinces in eastern Austria will close non-essential shops for several days over Easter in a bid to ease the growing strain on intensive care wards from rising coronavirus infections, Austrian media reported on Wednesday.
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SHANGHAI, April 6 (Reuters) - China’s blue-chip index retreated on Tuesday, pressured by healthcare and consumer companies, as upbeat economic data raised worries of policy tightening. The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.4% to 5,140.34, while the Shanghai Composite Index was flat at 3,482.97. As of last close, the CSI300 had rebounded nearly 6% from a recent trough hit on March 25, while SSEC had gained more than 4% in the same period. Falling the most on Tuesday, the CSI300 healthcare index and CSI300 consumer discretionary index dropped 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively. Recent economic data has been robust, but analysts warn that it could lead to concerns of inflation and policy tightening.