Two more Chinese cities that rely heavily on car manufacturing plan to offer incentives to bolster auto sales, which have been hit by the fallout from the spread of the coronavirus, Reuters reports. I ...More
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... age, with two terms as mayor of a small Midwestern city as the chief item on his political resume. But his campaign invested heavily in rural and Trump-leaning counties in Iowa in the hope that a win ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... confirmed two other cases and locked down a long-term care facility where a resident and a worker also tested positive for coronavirus and 50 residents and staff are showing symptoms. About 70 cases h ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... subsidies two years ago. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Feb 27 Translation by Alan Lee with additional reporting [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us at [email protected] JC/C ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
US job openings dropped to a two-year low in December, with most sectors and regions pointing in the same direction. Retail and transportation were particularly affected, accounting for 40 percent of ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) under the Department of Health said two more people tested positive for novel coronavirus (Covid-19) infection, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the cit ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... et if the two items cannot be handled separately. Lawmaker Wu Chi-wai, chairman of the Democratic Party, said since the cash handout will not benefit those under 18 and as the budget planned for the p ...More
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Publishing magnate Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly. Lai, a self-made millionaire who has been a major financi ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... soldiers, two Turkish officials told Reuters. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, supported by relentless Russian airstrikes, have pushed hard in recent months to retake the last large rebel-he ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... more than two-thirds of US economic activity, slowed to a 1.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter, instead of the previously reported 1.8 percent rate. A decline in imports in the fourth quarter, in p ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... he day. A two-pack respirator was offered new at US$24.99 earlier this week by a third-party seller, up from a recent average of US$6.65 when sold by Amazon, the price-following site showed. “There is ...More
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... more than two months ago from an illegal wildlife market. The death rate appears to be around 2 percent, although it could be lower if there are many mild, undiagnosed cases, experts say. By compariso ...More
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... The other two confirmed cases are a 21-year-old woman (the 87th case) and her 16-year-old brother (the 88th case), who were quarantined at Chun Yeung Estate in Fo Tan after they returned to Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... inized in two meetings scheduled for April 22 and 29, but lawmakers voiced concerns that the cash would be handed out too late, thus defeating the purpose of easing the people’s financial burden. As s ...More
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... d started two late-stage studies to test its experimental antiviral drug remdesivir in humans. Latin America case As the cases have rippled outwards, the effects on large gatherings have increased. In ...More
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... n fine or two years in jail. Reuters – Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
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... ailed for two weeks as part of containment efforts. Markets have begun pricing in the risk of a canceled Olympics, with the Dentsu Group’s share price hammered as spooked investors fret about the Jap ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
Gilead Sciences Inc. said it has started two late-stage studies to test its drug in patients with severe and moderate cases of the illness caused by the coronavirus, Reuters reports. Beginning in Marc ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... nt number two who knows how to follow orders. She possesses none of the qualities required of a leader. Yet Hongkongers – most of whom loathe her – have no power to throw her out. I still remember Lam ...More
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... ayed only two matches this year, losing in the first round of the Australian Open, with her ranking sliding to 373. “Looking back now, I realize that tennis has been my mountain. My path has been fill ...More
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