Tesla has signed an agreement with Shanghai authorities for an 860,000 square meter plot of land as it seeks to build its first assembly plant outside the United States. The land agreement for the meg ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-18
Hong Kong-based financial technology firm and e-wallet provider TNG has announced its acquisition of Tranglo Sdn Bhd, a cross-border mobile transaction firm, from Malaysian government-linked fund mana ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-16
A bankruptcy judge approved US$300 million in financing to keep department store chain Sears Holdings Corp. open through the holiday season, giving the century-old retailer that once dominated US shop ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-16
What future awaits a young, high-profile anti-government politician? We are not talking about ousted lawmaker Lau Siu-lai, whose bid to run in the Nov. 25 by-election in Kowloon West to regain her Leg ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-15
People's Bank of China governor Yi Gang said he still sees plenty of room for adjustment in interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR), as downside risks from trade tensions with the Unite ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-15
Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma said on Saturday that he is discussing with Indonesia’s government the possibility of opening an institute to train tech entrepreneurs in the country, where he is alre ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-15
Washington wants to include a provision to deter currency manipulation in future trade deals, including with Japan, based on the currency chapter in the new deal to revamp NAFTA, US Treasury Secretary ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-15
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he told China’s central bank chief that currency issues need to be part of any further US-China trade talks and expressed his concerns about the yua ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor unveiled up to 250 measures in her second policy address on Wednesday, covering a wide range of issues from housing and technology to maternity leave. Lam sought to ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
China’s trade surplus with the United States surged to a record high of US$34.13 billion in September, compared with US$31.05 billion in August, Reuters reports, citing the latest Chinese customs data ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
The People's Bank of China announced last Sunday that it was cutting the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks, the fourth such move this year. It remains to be seen whether the easing move will h ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
Apple Inc. is taking control over the power-management technology at the heart of its iPhones in a US$600 million deal with Dialog Semiconductor, Reuters reports. The agreement to license technology a ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-12
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said her administration will allocate HK$28 billion to further promote innovation and technology (I&T) in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-11
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned countries of the perils of a trade or a currency war, saying they could be detrimental to global growth and hurt “innocent bystan ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-11
