... t British Prime Minister David Cameron during this visit, which comes a month before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to make his first official state visit to Britain. A meeting between Cameron an ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... l succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loon has begun. One name that keeps cropping up is that of Tharman Shanmugaratnam, an ethnic Tamil politician who has served as finance minister since 2007 and as de ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
Malcolm Turnbull will succeed Tony Abbott as prime minister of Australia, the fifth in eight years, after a party rebellion. Turnbull, Abbott's long-time rival, won a secret party vote by 54 to 44 on ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
Credit Suisse Group plans to sell its US private bank and slash its prime brokerage business, Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported, citing unnamed sources. Results of a strategic review announc ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
... f Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vociferously opposed the agreement. Netanyahu said the deal demanded too little from Iran in exchange for sanctions relief and would strengthen a country he ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to develop new industries in the Southeast Asian country, and Abu Dhabi was among its major supporters. Malaysian investigators are examining the transfer of hundr ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
... y, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is likely to sweep the parliamentary election once more, analysts say its hold on power is softening, the Wall Street Journal reported. With economic growth s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
... was then prime minister, so he could secretly perform some sort of black magic in the shrine to preserve his regime. It sounds far-fetched but superstition has been part of Thai politics. In 2010, pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a vociferous opponent of the Iran nuclear agreement, calling it a threat to his country's existence. Many opponents of the nuclear agreement, annou ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... of US$99 Prime membership. The handset’s sales fizzled and steep price cuts couldn’t boost sales. In October, Amazon said it would take a US$170 million writedown primarily for unsold inventory. -- C ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... nd former prime ministers, the newspaper said. The Committee for Reform Strategy and National Reconciliation would have the power to take control of the country from the elected government if two thir ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
Britain plans to participate in Syrian airstrikes if there is a political consensus to do so, Treasury chief George Osborne told the BBC. Osborne, a close political ally of Prime Minister David Camero ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... e or Lyft Prime Time ride and nothing in between,” he told the BBC. “I said, let’s see what happens if I throw a few vans on the street and cut people’s commuting time in half and give them a fast, s ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... d Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away, BBC noted. In his opening speech during the parade, Xi paid tribute to "the Chinese people who unwaveringly fought hard and defeated aggression" from J ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Scuffles have broken out as police forced migrants from a train in Hungary as Europe struggled with a worsening humanitarian crisis. In Brussels, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the si ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
Hong Kong rents are being slashed 30-40 percent in prime retail locations amid lackluster sales. These include Russell Street in Causeway Bay where Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. (00887.HK) has re ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, concerned about the message a massive show of force will send a region already worried by China's growing military assertiveness. The DPP's Tsai Ing-wen, who is th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Singapore voters will give Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a report card at the Sept. 11 election on his government's economic policies. Lee will find out if he’s done enough to stem a decline in suppo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered near Japan's parliament building in Tokyo on Sunday to oppose legislation allowing the military to fight overseas, the latest sign of public mistrust in Prime ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad has called for a "people's power" movement to topple Prime Minister Najib Razak over a financial scandal, Reuters reported. Joining anti-government protesters ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
