Sony said on Tuesday that it has rejected a call by Daniel Loeb’s activist hedge fund Third Point to spin off the firm's semiconductor business. The company is of the view that retaining the operation ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-17
Tariffs imposed or threatened by the United States and China could shave 0.8 percent off global economic output in 2020 and trigger more losses in future years, the International Monetary Fund said. I ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-13
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) unveiled a US$39 billion takeover approach to the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Wednesday that received a cool response from investors concerned about its regu ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-12
Office-sharing startup WeWork is said to be pressing ahead with plans for an initial public offering despite calls by the firm's largest private investor, Japan's SoftBank Group, to delay the share sa ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-11
Norway's Telenor and Malaysia’s Axiata Group have called off talks to create a telecoms joint venture across South Asia and Southeast Asia, Reuters reports. The two sides have agreed to end the discus ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-09
China is offering to bankroll a development fund for the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific if it switches diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing, a parliamentary committee in the small island natio ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
Buying stocks for dividend was once a common theme. However, the investment culture shifted in recent decades and people began focusing more on speculative activities and the hunt for quick capital ga ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it will stand by Argentina after the government authorized currency controls on Sunday in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifte ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
The Solomon Islands, one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies, has formed a team of ministers to talk to Beijing ahead of a possible switch in ties that could be unveiled as early as this week, ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-02
