Microsoft Corp. has set a new ambition among Fortune 500 companies in addressing climate change, pledging to remove as much carbon as it has emitted in its 45-year history, Reuters reports. The focus ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
A second person has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan following an outbreak of a previously unknown virus, Reuters reports, citing local health authorities. The 69-year-old man ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
... r for life. The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Thursday gave its backing to Mikhail Mishustin, a 53-year-old with almost no political profile, endorsing his nomination with 383 votes of ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
... rs reports. The assessment from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) was a setback for Trump, but it was unclear if it would figure in his trial in the Republican-led Senate given th ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
... as "riots". The squabbles over the nature of the social unrest won't end anytime soon. If you ask me, both those labels -- “resistance”, "riots” -- are not truly reflective of what is really going on ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
... US exports. The agreement, meant to reduce tensions after nearly two years of a tit-for-tat tariff war, included a pledge by China to purchase at least an additional US$12.5 billion worth of agricultu ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
... rs reports. In an emailed statement, Hironaka said that everyone involved in the case at his practice had resigned. A spokeswoman there declined to give a reason. A second lawyer in Ghosn’s three-pers ...More
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... heir homes. Some residents took advantage of what they perceived as a lull in the activity of Taal, one of country’s most active and deadliest volcanoes, to return home even though a 14-kilometer (nin ...More
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... nald Trump. The Democratic-led House voted earlier in the day to send the two formal charges against Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a US president to beg ...More
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... unresolved. Beijing and Washington touted the “Phase 1” agreement as a step forward after months of start-and-stop talks, and investors greeted the news with relief. Even so, there was skepticism the ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
They say when it rains, it pours. But some end up with just trickles. Same thing with IPOs. Beijing-based mobile app developer NewBorn Town (09911) saw the retail tranche of its initial public offerin ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
... from users. Google's plan is to restrict advertising software companies and other organizations from connecting their browser cookies to websites they do not operate, the company said in a blog post o ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
Iran said on Tuesday that it has arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people aboard last week. President Hassan Rouhani, in address Tuesday, prom ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
Commodity traders and analysts are struggling to map out how China will reach the eye-popping amounts it is committing to buy from the United States under Phase 1 of their trade deal. China has pledge ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
... terim deal. Mnuchin told reporters that President Donald Trump could consider easing tariffs if the world’s two largest economies move quickly to seal a follow-up agreement. “If the president gets a P ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
We have now seen ten consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year retail sales declines in Hong Kong. Retailers are wondering if there will be a recovery soon and how much recovery they can expect. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
China loan prime rate (LPR) is down 16 basis points (bps) compared to half a year ago. Authorities have also cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial lenders, and there could be more suc ...More
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