... ish local government borrowing for projects to boost growth. Industrial output also undershot expectations, weighed down by pollution curbs and the uncertain trade outlook, adding to expectations that ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
... d to have gone as high as HK$800, 45 percent more than its original tag of HK$550. As is the case with Dayo Wong and Apple's iPhones, Peninsula seems to want to regularly create news about people queu ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
... e central government. According to police, a letter of no objection has been sent to each of the four groups that applied to hold a public event during the day on Lower Albert Road, where the FCC buil ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
... ople undergo re-education. She told Reuters after the review: “We have quite a long way to go in terms of our dialogue with China.” Panelist Gun Kut described most of the delegation’s answers as “very ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
... t a week ago, before Musk shocked investors by saying on Twitter he was considering taking Tesla private at US$420 a share and that funding was “secured”, sending its stock sharply higher. At US$12.2 ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-14
... k Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said that there is an "uncomfortably high" risk of a no-deal. David Davis, Brexit Minister for two years until July 8 this year, said on August 6 that the Br ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-13
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US government space agency, has launched a space probe that will go closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before. The Parker Solar Probe, ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-13
... on the ongoing reform initiatives carried out by Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince. To some extent, there is indeed fairly substantial ground for the market confidence in the Saudi economy. ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-10
... one if we go private. I won't be selling in either scenario.” He said taking Tesla private would help the company operate better, "free from as much distraction and short-term thinking as possible." I ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-10
While most Asian government positions on marijuana exists somewhere in the 20th century, the European and American experience shows the 'Chronic' can be a thriving economic driver. Forbes cited marke ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-09
... where you go, in shops and tourist spots, you will see signs and notices in Chinese. Even Alipay is now available in many local stores. So why are mainland tourists so keen on visiting Liechtenstein? ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-09
... mitted to government-funded undergraduate courses provided by local universities. For the vast majority of those who were unable to go to college, the single biggest reason for their rejection is that ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-09
... and will go as soon as a replacement is found, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. In addition, Ma announced that projects director Philco Wong Nai-keung would be leaving with immediate effect as ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-08
... ffer to negotiate with Trump for a tougher deal. “If the ayatollahs want to get out from under the squeeze, they should come and sit down. The pressure will not relent while the negotiations go on,” B ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-08
... Musk said going private would let Tesla "operate at its best, free from as much distraction and short-term thinking as possible," Reuters reports. However, a final decision is yet to be taken, he said ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-08
... kind of “go-it-alone” neo-nationalism. Far from deepening multilateral structures, he wants to dismantle them, dislodging the global market from the regulatory institutions in which it is already onl ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-08
... out the ongoing “full-scale revival of totalitarian politics” in the mainland. Apart from slamming Beijing leaders for trying to turn the clock back to the Maoist era, Professor Xu, in his highly pole ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-07
... rovincial government has asked local authorities to launch emergency inspections at all pig farms, hog markets, slaughterhouses and harmless treatment sites in the province, and report any cases of pi ...More
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