HSBC’s incoming chairman joins the board — with one important task on the horizon

HSBC’s incoming chairman Mark Tucker officially joins the board Friday, with one his first tasks expected to be the appointment a new chief executive for the bank by the end of the year. Tucker joins with the view to assuming the chairman role as of October 1...

The fate of the world’s premier bull market may lie with palm oil farmers

The opposition, with stronger support among urban Malaysians angry with a series of corruption scandals, has typically struggled to dislodge the ruling United Malay National Organization (UMNO) party’s stranglehold on the rural heartlands. That may change after...