... osit rate makes it harder for banks to attract depositors. On the other hand, if loans start to grow amid improving economic growth, banks will benefit from long-term growth. In other words, the cuts ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... ups. That makes the choice of a regulator or government administrator of the food truck business critically important. In Legco last week, Chan wanted to know if Tsang himself would spearhead the init ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... k that it makes sense to hold cash directly, rather than holding an asset with a negative return. But holding cash can be risky as Greek savers, worried about the safety of their bank deposits, learne ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... sales tax makes them cheaper. The shoppers often work for shadowy networks that organize the resale of the goods across the border for a profit, in what's known as parallel trading. -- Contact us at e ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... e factory makes 2,500 tons to 3,000 tons of snack food each year. Calbee works hard to keep the brand young and fresh. It keeps a constant stream of new flavors and actively engages the market, especi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-27
John D. Rockefeller once said: "Do you know what really makes me happy? Dividends arriving in my bank account." The American billionaire, who died in 1937 after building a mammoth oil empire, was spot ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... all. What makes the problem even more complicated is the issuing of the multiple-entry permits. On surface, the purpose of introducing this policy was to make it more convenient for Shenzhen residents ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... na, which makes Japanese Citizen watches, to fold its production base in Guangzhou. On Dec. 17, Microsoft said it was closing the mobile phone factories of Nokia in Beijing and Dongguan and moving the ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... ty, which makes them feel right. However, hasty decisions based on intuition are often wrong. And there has been very little research on how to overcome this human weakness. Another Year of the Goat h ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... idea that makes little sense from a defense perspective. China already has a standing army of 3.9 million-strong including 2.4 million in active military service and 500,000 in reserve. A few thousand ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... me, which makes it like a miniature government. When Leung assumed office, he was ordered to transform the minds of our young people through the implementation of ideological education in our schools. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
... dollars, makes money laundering difficult to detect. It took the United States 14 years to prosecute and convict all the defendants in a case involving Xu Chaofan, a branch president of Bank of China ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-24
Customers are being told to remove a pre-installed program on some Lenovo laptops because it makes users vulnerable to cyber attacks. The United States Department of Homeland Security said the program ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... ease that makes it difficult for him to walk, his daughter, Lee Wei Ling, a neuroscientist, wrote in Singapore’s Sunday Times in 2011. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/FL ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... on indeed makes the city look less innovative than its Asian counterparts. According to the Global Innovation Index 2014, Hong Kong ranks 10th among 143 economies surveyed but no better than 20th in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-19
... y, but it makes up for that with shopping convenience in the way shops of the same brand category are located on the same floor. China's individual travel scheme has helped drive tourism to Hong Kong, ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
After three decades running the empire of the late tycoon Pau Yue-kong, Peter Woo Kwong-ching will call it a day. That makes him the longest-serving, and probably most successful, son-in-law at the he ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... of space makes sense. But then, of course, the definition of the right design also changes with the homeowner’s status in life, and reflects who they are and what they like. When Wong was a child, so ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... age. That makes the comparison between then and now all that much starker. When a national scandal broke out over contaminated milk and infant formula in 2007, it remained hidden until after the Olymp ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
Hong Kong, which hosts the Asia bureaus of many of the world's biggest media players, is proud of its highly competitive news industry. Its media practitioners have long been known to be quite zealou ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
