Hongkongers now have various ways to pay for goods and services – cash, credit card or Octopus card. But when they shop online at Alibaba’s Taobao or Tmall, they prefer to use the Alipay mobile wallet ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
The world’s advanced economies are suffering from a number of deep-seated problems. In the United States, in particular, inequality is at its highest since 1928, and GDP growth remains woefully tepid ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
美國風投基金（VC）最近幾年聚焦在巨額融資上，投放金額數以十億計。雖然規模較小的風投，集資額遠不及大型基金；隨 ...全文
今日信報財經新聞StartupBeat 創科鬥室2019年03月12日
為了削減生產成本、發展多元化業務，香港製造商致力探索在營商環境優良、勞動力充足的國家投資設廠的機遇。 新興國家 ...全文
2019年03月11日
SoftBank Group Corp. has expanded its appetite for early-stage startups with a venture capital unit set to launch its biggest fund for early investments, Reuters reports. The global fund from newly re ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-11
Chipmaker Nvidia Corp. is nearing a deal to acquire peer Mellanox Technologies Ltd. for more than US$7 billion in cash, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the matter. The deal would be Nvi ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-11
脫歐新聞中的meaning vote的普遍理解是，英國國會以文翠珊跟歐盟談判的協議為基礎，在加入近月的修訂後再 ...全文
At a time when the Chinese economy is slowing and trade tensions remain with the United States, the rise in corporate bond defaults can be interpreted as a further signal to exercise extreme caution w ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-06
Chinese authorities are stepping up preparations for the launch of the new tech board in the second quarter of this year, ahead of the nation’s 70th anniversary celebrations. It appears, however, that ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
Singapore state wealth fund GIC was among the entities that had backed the US$300 million funding round of US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase last year, according to Bloomberg. Coinbase, one of the l ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
Just as the US Federal Reserve seems to have beaten back blistering tweets from President Donald Trump, the next battle for central bank independence is already unfolding. And this one could potential ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-05
That morning ritual loved by millions, a simple cup of coffee, may one day be a thing of the past. New research shows that 60 percent of the world’s 124 species of wild coffee face a mounting threat o ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
I intend to utilize this column in the coming weeks to discuss various topics pertaining to the Hong Kong government’s latest budget, adding my perspective on the key issues related to the city. For s ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Tencent-backed Chehaoduo Group, the parent company of second-hand vehicles trading platform Guazi.com, said it has agreed to a US$1.5 billion investment from SoftBank’s mega tech investment vehicle Vi ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Dianrong, one of China’s biggest peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders, is shutting down 60 of its 90 offline stores and laying off an estimated 2,000 employees, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Apart from some routine sweeteners, such as property rates concession and tax rebates, the budget unveiled by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po on Wednesday was a lackluster affair that didn't conta ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-01
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has invited some financial experts and business leaders to offer suggestions on ways to enhance the investment returns on the Future Fund, which was launched in 201 ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-28
