... given the go-ahead for the rally, albeit with some conditions that aim to ensure that the assembly would be peaceful, according to the organizer. It marks the first such protest event approved by the ...More
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... was in negotiations to make a US$1 billion investment to enable WeWork to go through a major restructuring. WeWork is working with JPMorgan Chase to negotiate a US$3 billion debt deal after a planned ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-14
... es. We’ve gone through a significant amount of paper, but there is more work to do,” US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said as the two sides gathered with Trump at the White House. “We will not sig ...More
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... would not go beyond. A Reuters journalist saw shells exploding just outside Tel Abyad. Ankara brands the YPG militia as terrorists because of their ties to militants who have waged an insurgency in T ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-11
The protesters' so-called endgame on Oct. 1 turned out to be a damp squib compared to what happened over the weekend following the government’s decision to invoke emergency powers to impose a ban on w ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-10
... ages. The government is also considering taxes on sugary drink makers and importers, and even a total ban on the sale of some beverages, the ministry said in a statement Thursday, according to the rep ...More
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... stward to go home. But it was quite hard to find a restaurant in a place that isn't a usual venue for protests. My friend had suggested that we look for a place near my flat, but I had turned down the ...More
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... eng Yuet-ngor was toasting central government leaders in Beijing while I choked on teargas. People expect leaders to learn from their mistakes. Did Lam learn anything at all from the political storm s ...More
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... eng Yuet-ngor was toasting central government leaders i ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2019年10月10日
... ooking to go public and raise around US$200 million since 2015, but has shelved its plan several times because of weak markets and volatile oil prices, the report noted. A major consideration in the d ...More
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Goldman Sachs is reviewing its involvement in Megvii Technology's planned initial public offering after the US government placed the Chinese artificial intelligence firm on a human rights blacklist, R ...More
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... wo years ago following the failure of its Windows phones. At the event in New York City last week, Microsoft announced a series of product upgrades for its Surface devices. While the regular upgrade t ...More
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... and then go tomb-sweeping for ancestor worship during the festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month each year. But many local cemeteries were dull this year, with muted activity ...More
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Internet-powered technology is shaking things up in traditional industries. Hong Kong startups GoGoVan and Lalamove, for example, have brought digital solutions to the logistics business. In the const ...More
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If, as Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, the Chief Executive in Name Only (CENO), unconvincingly claims it was actually her own idea to evoke emergency powers to introduce the face mask law, she and her wax ...More
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This week marks the beginning of the fifth straight month of protests in Hong Kong. A million-person march on June 9 was focused on opposing the government’s extradition bill and that goal was finally ...More
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Globalization has gotten a bad rap in recent years, and often for good reason. But some critics, not least US President Donald Trump, place the blame in the wrong place, conjuring up a false image in ...More
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On Oct. 18, the government of Zhuhai will auction a large plot of land near the bridge to Hong Kong with a minimum price of 5.64 billion yuan (US$790 million). The land will be used to build a large h ...More
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... offer to go ahead. When HKEx announced its surprise move, analysts also said the perception that Beijing was exerting growing influence over Hong Kong could become another key sticking point for an L ...More
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