Sears Holdings Corp. chairman Eddie Lampert won a bankruptcy auction to buy the once iconic US retailer after presenting an improved offer of US$5.2 billion, but creditors quickly moved to oppose the ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-18
As downward pressure mounts on China's economy, Beijing has announced a raft of measures to boost liquidity in the financial system. However, offering more liquidity does not necessarily guarantee tha ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-17
Chinese startup Luckin Coffee is reportedly seeking an IPO in Hong Kong this year, even as global coffee chain giant Starbucks has warned of a slowdown in the China market. Targeting a similar custome ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-16
Last week, the Chief Executive in Council officially adopted the recommendation made by the Minimum Wage Commission (MWC) to raise the statutory minimum wage (SMW) to HK$37.5 per hour from HK$34.5 at ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing warned last Friday that the "global economy will deteriorate this year, and GDP growth is likely to be subdued all over the world." The business tycoon urged the pu ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
US President Donald Trump's threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds allied with the United States in the wake of the announced withdrawal of American forces potentia ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
Chinese officials are again attempting to talk up the stock market, just like what they did in 2015. So, the question arises: are authorities trying to create another bull market through manipulation? ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-15
Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses slumped 25 percent and 34 percent respectively last year. Amid the equities slide, some brokerage houses and media have been suggesting that the People’s Bank of China (P ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-11
US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress to pay for a wall on the US-Mexico border, as a partial government shutdown tied to the issue stretched into ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-11
US President Donald Trump stormed out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico and reopening the government, complaining the meeting in th ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-10
Japanese tech and telecom heavyweight SoftBank is pouring more capital into US-based co-working space giant WeWork to fuel its global expansion. However, it has withdrawn a plan to invest US$16 billi ...More
EJ Insight2019-01-09
作為共享辦公室供應商WeWork主要投資者之一，軟銀集團（SoftBank Group）據報因市場動盪及投資夥 ...全文
今日信報財經新聞StartupBeat 創科鬥室2019年01月09日
