... P) growth target. To double GDP in 2020 from the 2010 level requires a 6.6 percent annual growth rate in the next five years. President Xi Jinping said that goal could be achieved with a 7 percent ann ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... the next target of subjugation following HKU. Appointing a couple of new members to the Lingnan council may not be able to give the government enough votes to take complete control of the university, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... Beijing’s target of about 7 percent for the whole year. HSBC economist Ma Xiaoping was quoted as saying year-end trade figures tend to pick up, because of Christmas shipments. “But if you factor in se ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are expected to trim the country's economic growth target to as low as 6.5 percent a year when they gather later this month to discuss the development pla ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... on) sales target for September and it is uncertain whether this month's higher goal can be achieved. Sales of luxury watches and jewelry have also been affected by lackluster market conditions. The av ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... unds rate target will depend critically on future developments in the economy,” Fischer told a group on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meeting in Peru. He said “considerable uncertai ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... he annual target set by the SMBA is for 10 percent of all SME products procured by public entities to be new-technology products. 2) Bid price preferences. The government either gives discounts to SME ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-10
... The next target against whom the pro-establishment proxies will gang up is likely to be HKU vice-chancellor Peter Mathieson. The HKU is probably the last stronghold of our academic freedom and core v ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... 2 percent target after undershooting it for more than three years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Officials had signaled in midsummer they could move in September to lift their benchmark interest-r ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... ntionally target a protected medical facility." The comments by Carter and Campbell were the most direct acknowledgement yet by the US government that the strike on the hospital was carried out by US ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... n, always target you when looking for illegal activities. Don’t forget they have a quota to fill, and ethnic minorities are always the first target and victim. Ethnic minorities have always been the m ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-03
... 6 percent target, thanks partly to the government's efforts to contain food prices. Inflation dropped to a record low of 3.66 percent in August. Analysts said the prospect of additional easing was unl ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
... nt growth target this year, Beijing will unveil more stimulus measures, like accelerating the reform of state-owned enterprises. The Chinese currency may continue to fluctuate, but it won’t slide furt ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
... n initial target of HK$2 million (US$258,000) for those in need of legal assistance, Chan said. At 5:28 pm, the time when the police first used tear gas and pepper spray against the protesters last ye ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-29
... t an easy target of hostile takeovers. It seems to be the case now for China's biggest real estate firm. Has Vanke -- or the mainland's property sector for that matter -- hit bottom? And more to the p ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
... to set a target in advance. For example, you have to decide how much time you wish to complete the game. Then you start with a proper training program, and keep practicing to get your body adjusted t ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
... ntends to target pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Some commonly-used drugs have witnessed price increases of several dozen times overnight. Last year Canadian pharmaceutical group Valeant acquir ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
... Abe’s new target was met with skepticism among economists, given the spotty growth seen during his tenure. Gross domestic product contracted 1.6 percent during the second quarter, and economists expec ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-25
... inflation target of 2 percent can be achieved. "Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal fun ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-25
... ecame the target of a report by US investment research and short-selling specialist Muddy Waters LLC, the board appointed one of the director’s 23-year-old sons. Superb Summit has been suspended since ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
