Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bomb attacks in Sri Lanka that killed 321 people in what officials believe was retaliation for assaults on mosques in New Zealand, Reuters reports. The cla ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-24
Beijing-based coffee chain Luckin Coffee on Monday filed for an initial public offering in the United States as it aims to expand its store network and boost its operations further in China. The Chine ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-23
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor attended the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday and presented a lifetime achievement award to veteran actor Patrick Tse Yin. The last time the city's chief ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-18
China's leading investment information platform Xueqiu, which is backed by Alibaba's financial affiliate Ant Financial, has been asked to shut down its online comment section for seven days from April ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-16
Protectionism has harmed mutual trust among countries and limited the scope for multilateral cooperation, a Chinese central bank official said on Saturday, taking a swipe at the Trump administration’s ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-15
SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to give up board seats and access to sensitive information, take a more passive role in startups and make other concessions to get US government clearance for its techno ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
A mainland Chinese website conducted an interesting poll recently. It asked respondents for their opinion on which would happen first: the China national football team repeating its 2002 success of qu ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
Top finance officials from emerging market economies on Thursday called for a collective global response to resolve ongoing trade tensions within a rules-based trading system, Reuters reports. In a co ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
The head of the International Monetary Fund said the six-month delay of Britain’s exit from the European Union avoids the “terrible outcome” of a “no-deal” Brexit that would further pressure a slowing ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-12
US-based cryptocurrency startup Abra aims to be an all-in-one global investment app, according to founder Bull Barhydt. In a recent interview with EJ Insight, Barhydt, an early Netscape employee, shar ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-11
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai (000651.CN), the world's largest residential air-conditioner maker, is one of the few successful state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China. The company said on Tu ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-11
Australians will go to the polls in a general election on May 18, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, firing the starting gun on a campaign expected to be fought over taxation, climate cha ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-11
Klook, a Hong Kong-based booking platform for in-destination tourism services, has announced the completion of a Series D+ funding round worth US$225 million led by SoftBank Vision Fund. The startup s ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
The money-laundering scandals keep rolling in, most recently in Estonia, where a subsidiary of Danske Bank reportedly processed some 200 billion euros (US$225 billion) in suspicious payments from arou ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
Saudi Aramco is set to raise US$12 billion with its first international bond issue after receiving more than US$100 billion in orders, a record breaking vote of market confidence for the Saudi state o ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
