Four dominant e-cigarette manufacturers face a probe into the health impacts of their products as the US House Energy and Commerce Committee asked about the firms’ research and marketing practices. Th ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-22
... e violence. Some of the masked protesters clashed with police, spraying fire extinguishers inside the station while others smeared the floor with cooking oil, beer and detergent to stop the police adv ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-22
... the region. North Korea remains unchanged in its position to resolve all issues through dialogue and negotiation, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said, but “dialogue accompanied by military ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-22
... the rebuff. Danes voiced disbelief at Trump’s decision to forgo the trip, although Frederiksen said she believed relations with the United States, a NATO ally, would not be affected. Trump, who built ...More
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A 50-year-old Hong Kong man has been arrested following a knife attack on three people at a pro-democracy Lennon Wall in Tseung Kwan O early Tuesday. The police confirmed that the suspect was arrested ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
Three police officers were arrested after they were accused of beating up and subjecting a 62-year-old man to torture while he was strapped to a hospital bed. The arrests were made several hours after ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
Amid a paradigm shift in retail management, companies have been under growing pressure to pursue digital transformation and adopt Big Data-related business models. Among the consumer-driven firms that ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
China's State Council has unveiled a detailed plan for wide-ranging reforms to be implemented in Shenzhen. The plan was released against the backdrop of a series of anti-government protests in Hong Ko ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
... Wednesday. Pell, the highest-ranking Catholic worldwide to be convicted of child sex offenses, was sentenced in March to six years in jail after being found guilty on five charges of abusing the two ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
... rs reports. Speaking to reporters during a White House visit by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday, Trump said “we’re looking at various tax reductions”, adding that a “payroll tax is someth ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
Facebook Inc. said it is tweaking its policies to allow users to see and control the data that the social network gathers from their browsing habits on other websites and apps, Reuters reports. The co ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
... rs reports. After more than three years of Brexit crisis, the United Kingdom is heading towards a showdown with the EU as Johnson has vowed to leave the bloc on Oct. 31 without a deal unless it agrees ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
Britain said it is “extremely concerned” by reports that a staff member at the consulate in Hong Kong had been detained in mainland China. Simon Cheng did not return to work on Aug. 9 after visiting t ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-21
... Hong Kong. Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied peacefully in torrential rain on Sunday in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations. “I sincerely hope that this was the ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-20
... l proposal. Ventus Lau Wing-hong told reporters on Monday after a meeting with the police that the original plan was to let participants walk from Tsun Yip Street Playground, via Kwun Tong Road, to Kw ...More
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... rs reports. Juul, 35 percent owned by Marlboro maker Altria Group, did not break out the ratio of equity and debt offered, according to the report. But it is believed to have sold convertible debt in ...More
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... Department., The extension, dated Thursday and first reported by Reuters on Friday, was announced by US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Monday, even though President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-20
Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. said they have dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong, Reuters reports. Twitter sai ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-20
An activist against parallel trading was attacked by several men who warned him “not to stir up trouble again”, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The assault on Ronald Leung Kam-shing took plac ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-19
A protest march in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan on Saturday passed without any major incident, prompting sighs of relief from authorities and local residents as well as the event organizer. The demonstrati ...More
EJ Insight2019-08-19
