... nt summer peak holiday season, warning that extreme heat forecast for the weekend will further stoke raging fires. “The priority today is fighting fires and evacuating, getting people to safety,” Prim ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... es during peak hours to just 15 minutes, and greatly improve connectivity for citizens traveling by bus or car in this densely developed area. The project will also help to cater for the traffic incre ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-02
... third of peak traffic. Monday’s decision marks a win for Uber and Lyft in their largest US market, where regulators have passed the toughest ride-hailing rules of the country and forced both companie ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-24
... shortened peak holiday season has dialed up the pressure on package delivery firms. Thus far, FedEx appears to be lagging main rival United Parcel Service Inc. in on-time deliveries. “Fiscal 2020 is a ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-18
... to Castle Peak for some therapy. Which, being the case, Hong Kong is stuck with a Chief Executive who, despite her behavior defying rational explanation, cannot be removed because she has Beijing’s se ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-16
... ates to a peak of 20 percent in May 1981, and the prime rate hit a record high of 21.5 percent. Inflation eventually receded to 3.8 percent at the end of 1982. But the US economy suffered from a reces ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-12
... a. At the peak of its business, it had eight shops across the city. In fact, because of the locals' fascination with Japanese food and culture, many retailers from the Land of the Rising Sun have chos ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-12
... Year, the peak consumption period for the meat. Last week, the government’s finance ministry announced waivers for some purchases of US pork and soybeans. For the full year 2019, China is aiming for a ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-10
... e put the peak crowd at 183,000. Chants of “Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!” echoed as demonstrators, from students to professionals and the elderly, marched from Victoria Park in Causeway B ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-09
... country’s peak consumption period. China has been scouring the world for more meat to fill a big shortage of protein after an outbreak of African swine fever devastated its massive hog herd, cutting s ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-06
... At their peak in the nineteenth century, railway interests held sway over many or perhaps even most members of the British parliament. The United States has long exhibited a particularly potent strai ...More
EJ Insight2019-12-02
... re-crisis peak until more than three years later. In Europe and the United Kingdom, bank lending was even less responsive. Japan, the country with the longest experience of QE, remains mired in slow ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-21
... gust 2007 peak of 513 pounds (US$660). While the topic has yet to feature explicitly in the UK election debate, both Labour and the Conservatives are pursuing programs to boost minimum wages further ( ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-15
... ed Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long and damaged Light Rail tracks before riot police fired tear gas to disperse them. Multiple canisters of tear gas were also fired in Tin Shui Wai after some protesters ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-14
... t exports peaked in 2014 and have fallen to around one-third of its peak level in recent months, reflecting weak global demand. A fall in exports is offsetting any uptick in domestic demand. Like in a ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-13
... itions to peak at unprecedented levels on Tuesday. Bushfires are a common and deadly threat in Australia’s hot, dry summers but the current severe outbreak, well before the summer peak, has caught man ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-11
... on at its peak to below US$6 billion. That's way below the initial US$10 billion that SoftBank had invested in the Manhattan-based startup. And in a move that appeared to be throwing good money after ...More
EJ Insight2019-11-07
