Goldman Sachs is reviewing its involvement in Megvii Technology's planned initial public offering after the US government placed the Chinese artificial intelligence firm on a human rights blacklist, R ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-09
... wo years ago following the failure of its Windows phones. At the event in New York City last week, Microsoft announced a series of product upgrades for its Surface devices. While the regular upgrade t ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-09
... and then go tomb-sweeping for ancestor worship during the festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month each year. But many local cemeteries were dull this year, with muted activity ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
Internet-powered technology is shaking things up in traditional industries. Hong Kong startups GoGoVan and Lalamove, for example, have brought digital solutions to the logistics business. In the const ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
If, as Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the Chief Executive in Name Only (CENO), unconvincingly claims it was actually her own idea to evoke emergency powers to introduce the face mask law, she and her wax ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
This week marks the beginning of the fifth straight month of protests in Hong Kong. A million-person march on June 9 was focused on opposing the government’s extradition bill and that goal was finally ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
Globalization has gotten a bad rap in recent years, and often for good reason. But some critics, not least US President Donald Trump, place the blame in the wrong place, conjuring up a false image in ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
On Oct. 18, the government of Zhuhai will auction a large plot of land near the bridge to Hong Kong with a minimum price of 5.64 billion yuan (US$790 million). The land will be used to build a large h ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
... offer to go ahead. When HKEx announced its surprise move, analysts also said the perception that Beijing was exerting growing influence over Hong Kong could become another key sticking point for an L ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-08
... were not good for building companies. Some of the problems were blamed on Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., a backer of WeWork that has become one of the most powerful tech investors globally. SoftBank d ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-04
... 2006, his good friend Warren Buffett said he will donate US$3.6 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway shares to the Foundation. The Foundation now holds assets worth US$100 billion, making it the world’ ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-03
Anti-government protesters went on a rampage in several districts on Wednesday night, setting fires and trashing shops and MTR facilities as they vented their anger over the shooting of a teenage stud ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-03
Southeast Asia’s internet economy is forecast to grow 39 percent this year to US$100 billion as millions of people in region go online to shop for the first time and ride-share firms grow in popularit ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-03
In case you blinked, the Argentine government built up a pile of debt out of almost nothing with surprising speed, and then proceeded to default on it almost as quickly. Compared to the country’s slow ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-03
London’s Court of Appeal gave the go-ahead for action against Google over claims it collected data from more than 4 million iPhone users, overturning a ruling in 2018 that in effect blocked any route ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-03
With just 29 days to go until the deadline, Britain is hurtling toward a No-Deal Brexit – the worst scenario for the business community. “A No-Deal Brexit is not the end of chaos for business, it is j ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-02
... ar. Let's go back to the highly regarded AI program. Its performance had been very disappointing since the service was launched. On Feb. 14, 2018, the computer program predicted that the S&P 500 i ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-02
... ibly with good intentions – has led to a downward spiral driven by long-accumulated resentment and frustrations at governance in our city. The police force – once touted as the finest in Asia – is now ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-02
Facebook Inc.'s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees in July that the company would “go to the mat” to defeat Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren’s expected effort to break up the world’s ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-02
