A microbiology expert expressed worries that 2019-nCoV, the new strain of coronavirus that is ravaging central China's Hubei province, may have begun to spread in Hong Kong. In a radio program on Sund ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... lights in May. United Airlines is scheduled to continue China flights through Wednesday before halting flights through March 27. Many other nations are imposing similar restrictions. Airlines must ens ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... s that it may be used for money laundering and upend the global financial system. Testifying before a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington last November, Zuckerberg admitted that L ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-31
As more and more countries like the United States and Japan evacuate their citizens from Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, the fate of some 200 Hong Kong residents stranded in t ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-31
... eserve in May 2018. The first phase saw regulators ease the rule’s trading restrictions, and on Thursday regulators moved to simplify the so-called “cover funds” aspect of the rule that restricts bank ...More
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... ries, but may disappoint Beijing, which had expressed confidence it can beat the “devil” virus. Experts are particularly concerned about person-to-person transmission cases outside China, which sugges ...More
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... shna, but may pursue more small acquisitions in the cloud and analytics space, said Tim Hubbard, assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame and a former IBM consultant. Shares of the company ...More
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... ter. That may assuage investor concerns that Amazon was continuing to invest heavily in its fast-delivery effort that could have erased its windfalls in e-commerce, advertising and its cloud computing ...More
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... a company may offer, the MAS said. In cryptocurrency dealing and exchange activities, one key risk is that funds entrusted by customers to payment service providers may be lost, such as when the servi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-30
... economy, may be hit hard. “Markets will remain highly volatile as long as they feel that they only have an incomplete picture of what is going on, and what is going to happen next,” said Agathe Demar ...More
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... ronavirus may eventually hit hardware sales in China as shops are closed. But Apple's overall growth momentum should not be affected as its users continue to spend more on service subscriptions, and t ...More
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... henomenon may turn out to be Beijing’s greatest challenge in the coming days. Experts have warned that from now until 2030, China's shrinking population is likely to cost the country half a percentage ...More
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... tocks and may be forced to suspend operations. Ho said he has urged the Food and Health Bureau to release hundreds of cartons of face masks so they could continue providing services. In a statement is ...More
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... nland, it may take some time to determine the results of the government measures, Yuen told a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. Experts have noted that the next 14 days are critical in determini ...More
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... ew people may have noticed that the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has confirmed that a local 17-year-old boy, who had tested positive for the rat hepatitis E virus (HEV), passed away in December ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-30
... ions that may be brought about by geopolitical events such as the ongoing US-China trade war. If traders focus on fundamentals such as results and growth potential, rather than the fluctuating prices, ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
... ion, they may have come too late. President Xi Jinping himself acknowledged this, saying on Jan. 25, the first day of the year of the rat, that the spread of the deadly new virus was “accelerating”. I ...More
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... me, which may be sub-optimal for the world as a whole. For example, the “phase one” US-China trade deal does not resolve core outstanding issues such as the persistent bilateral trade imbalance, fair ...More
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... t that it may take them “a very long time to get to the beginning of that path”. “If they agree to abide by all the conditions you have put forward in your plan, Israel will be there. Israel will be p ...More
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... rlines it may suspend all China-US flights due to the outbreak. The Hubei province health authority said in a statement early Wednesday that 25 more people had died as of end-Tuesday. The virus emerge ...More
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