... state and federal bureaucracy. “We will do everything possible to attract global investors,” Tomar said. With a new policy regime in place, he said foreign companies "will find it much easier to set u ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... ar at the Federal High Court in the southwest city of Ibadan from Tuesday to June 4. Instead of destroying defaced local currency, the officials substituted it with newspaper cut into the size of nair ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-02
... s. The US Federal Reserve, for example, avoids stock market interference apart from occasional broad comments. Not so in China. Beijing was happy to nudge its citizens to invest in stocks -- they open ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... nday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation will no longer be able to employ "roving wiretaps" aimed at terrorism suspects who use multiple disposable cellphones, and it will have more difficulty seizin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... fter then Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke hinted at an end to the Fed’s monthly purchases of long-term securities. Likewise, in October 2014, US Treasury yields plummeted by almost 40 basis poin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... rgence US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has said she expects interest rates to rise this year, sending a clear signal to market participants that there will be a widening divergence between the U ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-30
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has put the first US interest rate rise since 2006 firmly on the agenda for this year. History suggests the consequences of such a move on Asia's economies could be ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
... "corrupt" federal tax code and the Internal Revenue Service, advocating a flat tax to take its place, and promised to roll back "every executive order and regulation that cost American jobs", the Jour ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
... cess. The Federal Office of Justice in Switzerland said that six would contest extradition but that one person agreed to be extradited. "As charged in the indictment, the defendants fostered a culture ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
... The Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) released a statement saying the six officials, who were not formally named, were suspected by US investigators of having received or paid bribes totaling mill ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
... g various federal and state taxes. Most basic food items were exempted, along with some education courses and medical products. But Howard dismissed calls for an exemption for tampons on the grounds t ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
The financial markets and global economies could experience some volatility when the US begins tightening its monetary policy, a top Federal Reserve official warned on Tuesday. "In the normalizing of ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
... en the US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates later this year, he says. The article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on May 22. Translation by Betsy Tse [Chinese version 中文版] – Contact us ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
... at the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates this year. I pointed out in last year's second half that a rate increase will be postponed until late this year or even early next year. Instead, the ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
US Federal Reserve officials believed that it might be too early to raise interest rates in June as some temporary factors were holding the economy back, minutes of an April policy meeting showed. Acc ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
The Federal Reserve is ready to take steps to ensure financial stability after officials cited high-speed trading and clearing-house operatios as potential threats. Chairman Janet Yellen said regulato ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-20
Federal investigators say a man who was removed from a United Airlines flight after tweeting about the airplane's security weaknesses previously took command of a plane long enough to make it fly side ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
Apple Inc. has won a ruling from a federal court that rival Samsung Electronics Co. infringed its intellectual property rights. However, the judge set aside part of a US$930 million jury award, the Wa ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
... by the US Federal Reserve is critical for the price movements of various asset classes. The US labor market has shown strong recovery, which makes the first rate hike very likely to be this summer. Ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
... he Canada Federal Aviation Administration that can be used to enrol in advanced aviation training courses, the report said, citing Goldmax supervisor Lai Wing-man. Meanwhile, EF Education First and Ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
