... official target of 7.5 percent but still the weakest annual expansion since 1990. The economy grew 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, marginally better than expected, though it co ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... ctors are targeting 53 strategic central government-owned groups, where top executives hold the rank of deputy government ministers, Reuters reported Monday, citing a state industry source. President ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... ures will target a wider range of businesses that own irreplaceable technologies, Chau said. She said Horizons Ventures has invested in about 50 companies, including 27 in Israel, for a combined US$4 ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
... vices all target rich people. But now that the Hong Kong government is suspending its investment visa program, these service providers will struggle to find clients. That said, the government has to b ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... lower its target range for the three-month Libor rate to minus 1.25 percent to minus 0.25 percent, from the existing range of minus 0.75 percent to 0.25 percent, effective immediately. The central ban ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... nits will target groups that cannot afford private housing, but also are ineligible to apply for HOS, it said. The initiative was announced during Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's policy address on W ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
A 21-year-old Norwegian man was fined 10,000 crowns (US$1,300) for fraud because he accepted a contract killing job without intending to carry it out. The man agreed to take cash to kill a 17-year-old ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... overnment target is below the average reduction of about 2 percent annually by many property developers. Energy audits will be conducted on major government facilities to improve their energy-saving ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... "we could target any North Korean government agency; we could target any North Korean government official ... we could apply sanctions with respect to any individual or entity who is providing them, i ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... official target marginally, its CPI inflation (which averaged less than 2 percent in 2014) undershot Beijing's target of 3.5 percent significantly. In the meantime, the PPI has been stuck in deflatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... a Jewish target were justified by French military interventions overseas. French security forces killed Coulibaly, 32, on Friday after he planted explosives at the Paris deli in a siege that claimed ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
A former senior Chinese official has called for urgent reforms in Hong Kong's education sector so that the city's youth will develop a positive attitude toward their motherland. The remarks of Chen Zu ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... mperature target is met, the cost of adaptation will reach 2-3 times the previously anticipated US$70-100 billion per year by 2050 (an increase of as much as fivefold is possible, though less likely). ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-09
... our main target today," Reuters quoted Fransiskus Bambang Soelistyo, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, as saying at a news conference in Jakarta. The tail had been identified using an ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ently the target of much of the foreign investment in real estate globally," said Thomas Arnold, head of Americas-Real Estate at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and chairman of AFIRE. "With a stable a ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ic growth target to an average of 5-6 percent for 2014-2022, Ha said. "China should reduce the contribution of investment to gross domestic product to 40 percent by 2022 for a healthier economic struc ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
... ng out of targets to buy. Attractive major targets at home have largely been purchased by now, and Ctrip was even reportedly in talks at one point last year to merge with its biggest rival Qunar (QUNR ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
... had also targeted revenue of US$70 billion by 2018, or annual growth of about 10 percent a year. Huawei's smartphone shipments rose by more than 40 percent last year to 75 million units, according to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-05
... 5 percent target and mark the weakest expansion in 24 years. Many economists still expect more interest rate cuts as well as reductions in banks' required reserve ratios this year, perhaps as soon as ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
... nt growth target for the economy is too high. "There would be more flexibility if the target is set at 7 percent, and thus the government wouldn't be that passive," Hu said, noting that the country's ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
