Chinese venture capital group GSR Capital is raising US$5 billion to fund the acquisition of overseas technology. The fund, expected to be announced Monday, will target tech assets in internet and bio ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... d was the target of a defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his late father Lee Kuan Yew. The magazine was banned for a long time in Singapore. In 2010, the New York Times was fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... inflation target (to reduce the need for nominal wage and price reductions), debt relief where appropriate, a proper banking union with an adequate, centralized fiscal backstop, and a “safe” eurozone ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
... nt growth target. “Here lies the credibility of the leadership,” said Zhang Wenkui, a senior researcher at the Development Research Center, a unit of the State Council, or China’s cabinet. The five-ye ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
... announced target of 100 million units shipped for the year. That previous target would already be up by a third from 2014, meaning Huawei could now post 50 percent growth or higher for its smartphone ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-22
... teams who target celebrities as well as its focus on triad, erotic and crime news. This has prevented Next from expanding its readership from the mass market to the middle class, despite the fact that ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... overnment target rate of 3 percent. Therefore, we can expect more interest rate cuts and reserve ratio requirement reductions. Over the past year, Chinese authorities have launched several financial r ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
... year. The target set by ZTE is a lot milder. The group only plans to ship 60 million handsets this year, up 25 percent from 2014. “Many industry players experienced ups and downs in a fast pace, but Z ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... is year’s target for growth in gross domestic product, for instance, has been set at 7 percent, and so the figure that will emerge at the end of the year can only be exactly the same. Even though Prem ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... mple, the targeting of al-Qaeda or IS members by drones from the US and its allies. The real danger here is that as this technology becomes ubiquitous, those who know what they are doing can insert – ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... ultimate target of recapturing the northern city of Mosul. Ramadi remains the strategic target but military sources and Shi'ite militia leaders have said the initial focus will be on Falluja, the fir ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... city. Its target of 150-160 new sales outlets in the mainland each year remains unchanged. Sales in Hong Kong and Macau slumped 16 percent in the quarter, although those in the mainland remained at th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... ts growth target this year. UBS A.G. said the average Chinese household has about 12 percent to 13 percent of their assets tied to stocks and properties. If the financial sector declines to 2013-2014 ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
... a certain target support level, the government can keep buying futures whenever the index drops below that level. That will send a clear signal that it's serious about restoring market confidence. -- ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... favorite target for negative reports by Chinese media in the past, partly owing to its high profile, which makes any big brand vulnerable to extra scrutiny. But in Apple's case, the company also came ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... does not target Hong Kong and will not apply in Hong Kong, Yuen said, nor will it be added as an annex to the Basic Law to enable its implementation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents will face no add ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... inflation target of 2 percent in the US, Britain and eurozone can be raised to give further room for nominal rates to be cut. Yet this raises the issue of central bank’s credibility: what assures inve ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
As demand from South Americans, the largest group of condo buyers in Miami, slows down, sales agents are making the 13,000 kilometer trek to China to market new developments in Florida. Representative ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... lso set a target to end waste production. “I'm hopeful that Hong Kong will show a much higher level of environmental awareness," she says. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Ju ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
Two young vandals with foreign-sounding names picked the wrong target to mess with -- and the wrong place. The two men, identified only as Colk, 23, and Adamson, 22, were arrested for criminal damage ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
