“I’m a very modest man,” Narendra Modi, who as a young man sold tea by the railroad but who became India’s prime minister in May, told 18,500 cheering fans in New York’s Madison Square Garden last wee ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
Strengthening 'two systems' After China's State Council released its white paper on the "one country, two systems" policy, many Hong Kong people became worried that the city would gradually shift to a ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
After helping push gold prices to record highs three years ago, China's return-hungry investors are doing a similar thing now to property markets around the globe. London has been a particular focus a ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
Coffee is on him but the big tab goes to you. A 30-minute coffee meeting with Eric Schimdt is inspiring frenetic bidding on a charity auction site, with one bidder upping the ante to US$16,000. Charit ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
Clients are pulling out of Barclays’ “dark pool” after a US lawsuit accused the British bank of misleading them about high frequency activity in its private trading venue, the Financial Times reported ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
It is not often that a man gifts another male a self-made art piece in a show of friendship. And it's even rarer that both publicly recommend each other for the top job in the city. But then take a lo ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
Body by Libeskind, interiors by Armani. Manila's luxury condominium market is all dressed up and ready to go, another sign it's attracting wealthy domestic and foreign buyers in increasing numbers. Al ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
A landmark visit by a senior Chinese official to Taiwan ended abruptly after days of protest, BBC reported Monday in its Chinese online service. Zhang Zhijun, the mainland official in charge of Taiwan ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
It took great courage to come out and declare my loyalty to the Toronto Blue Jays. I have been a closet fan of the Canadian baseball team since 1993. I kept my feelings under wraps because the Blue Ja ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-09
A clubhouse sandwich in Hong Kong’s major hotels costs more than the same order in a similar establishment in New York, according to an index compiled by Hotels.com. The index, which compares sandwich ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
Authorities overseeing the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Services Zone are putting four commercial land parcels on tender for usage rights, with the floor price for the bids ranging from 646 milli ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
Tencent (00700.HK) appears to have gained the upper hand in the raging merger and acquisition war with arch rival Alibaba. It has strung a series of alliances with internet firms that include Kingsoft ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-11
Companies could raise up to HK$210 billion (US$27.08 billion) from initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong this year, 24.3 percent more than last year's HK$168.9 billion, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
A formidable group of media and entertainment entrepreneurs have joined forces to build China's version of Broadway or West End in central Shanghai. Dream Center, a 15 billion yuan (US$2.45 billion) c ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
Hong Kong emerged as the world's second largest initial public offering (IPO) market in 2013, moving up from fourth place a year ago, with the city generating a total of HK$168.9 billion (US$21.78 bil ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
Hong Kong emerged as the world’s second largest IPO market in 2013 from fourth place a year ago, raising a total of HK$168.9 billion (US$21.78 billion) with 104 listings, Deloitte said in a press rele ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-01
The fine-wine market presents a good entry opportunity now after undergoing a correction recently, with the alternative asset likely to continue to offer solid returns to investors in the coming years ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
Chinese auto information website Autohome (ATHM.US) is said to have been the third best performer on the US markets over a week after the mainland firm's listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
Click on the picture of your favorite marque at an online shopping site and complete the procedures at the virtual checkout, and next day a dealer will call to inform you that the car is at your doors ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-16
A series of moves surrounding leading e-commerce firms Alibaba and Jingdong is prompting speculation that the pair could be accelerating towards highly anticipated IPOs that had got stalled earlier fo ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-20
