... e used to going to bed late on weekends. The Americans go to bed 64 minutes late on weekends, that is, they may go to bed at 11 on weekdays, and after midnight on Saturday and Sunday. They have “socia ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-22
... unds that go back millennia. The US is also attempting to renegotiate terms of trade and security agreements with these two key regional allies. Against this backdrop, the US and Japan recently announ ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-21
... up’s main goal remained to create a more efficient payments system, but it was open to looking at alternative approaches for the currency token it would use. “We could do it differently,” he said. “In ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-21
A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament on Saturday that means he is obliged ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-19
... ere we’ll go from here, but the direct answer to your question is the financial consequences have been and may continue to be fairly dramatic.” The controversy began this month after Rockets general m ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
Over the past decade or so, Goldman Sachs Group has watched its annual trading profits fall 84 percent, as post-financial crisis regulations upended Wall Street. Now, bank executives are hoping they h ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
... at Ankara got “exactly what we wanted” from the talks with the United States. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described it as a pause, solely to allow the Kurdish fighters to withdraw. Kurdi ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-18
On Wednesday, amid protests mounted by pan-democratic lawmakers inside the Legislative Council chamber, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was unable to deliver her annual Policy Address in pe ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-17
... l Reserve governor Lael Brainard reiterated those concerns on Wednesday, saying at a separate event in Washington that the Libra project “must address a core set of legal and regulatory challenges” be ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-17
Britain and the European Union were on the verge of a last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still has work to do at home to ensure his government and factious parliamen ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-17
Apple Inc. is known for making enormous efforts to protect its customers' privacy, while its rivals Google and Facebook have been criticized for abusing users' personal data for business purposes. The ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-16
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant, but the devices have no surprise features to ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-16
... rects the government to impose sanctions to those who suppress “freedom” in the territory. The leaders of the “leaderless movement” of the Hong Kong protests are touring the capital, urging the US Con ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-15
... they will go all out in the race to helm the 18 Legco policy panels, eyeing the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship of each and every committee. According to the Legco Secretariat, most pro-establishme ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-15
... e Chinese government, Hong Kong “may make appropriate arrangements with foreign states for reciprocal juridical assistance.” So Hong Kong was able to initiate the legislation, but China probably becam ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-15
