Seymour Pierce, the London-based investment bank and stockbroker, is to set up a new Asian business to tap into the growing pool of smaller Chinese companies looking to raise money on the public markets.

Added: 2008-05-27

Seymour Pierce to extend listings to Hong Kong

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Zimbabwe police raid opposition office

Officers broke into an MDC office and arrested two western journalists ahead of a meeting of President Robert Mugabe's politburo, where hardliners are expected to oppose doves seeking to persuade him to concede a poll defeat

Call to cut corporation tax rate

Business leaders have issued a blunt call to the Government to slash corporation tax rates to just 18pc to reverse years of damage to Britain's competitiveness.

'Vulgar' cheerleaders face ban in India

Sparsely clad cheerleaders are facing a performance ban at Indian Premier League tournament matches in the western port city of Mumbai as the authorities have declared them "crude and vulgar".