... uously do good work and positively impact SMEs and societies, we’ll ring the bell in New York one day,” he said. When asked about the timeline, he said they prefer to focus on going good work instead ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
Twenty years ago on May 8, the Chinese embassy in the former Yugoslavia in Belgrade was struck by five guided bombs dropped by a US bomber, leaving three dead and more than 20 injured. Then US preside ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
A divided US Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple Inc. of forcing consumers to overpay for iPhone software applications, a decision that could lead to billions of dol ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-14
... With that goal, it has halved its proposed dividend and said payouts will only grow slowly. The Belgium-based company acknowledged that a minority stake listing would accelerate this process, but said ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
On May 23-26, voters across the European Union will go to the polls to elect members of the European Parliament. Much will be at stake. “Never, since World War II, has Europe been as essential,” Frenc ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos unveiled on Thursday a mockup of a lunar lander being built by his Blue Origin rocket company and touted his moon goals in a strategy aimed at capitalizing on the T ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
... f Chinese goods, to 25 percent from 10 percent, was due to begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) Friday. Trump said on Thursday he was “starting ... paperwork today” to impose a 25 percent tariff on the ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Thursday in its second such test in less than a week, and the United States said it had seized a North Korean cargo ship as tensions a ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-10
"It's May, it's May, the lovely month of May!" says Queen Guenevere in Camelot. But you can't blame those who think it's March by the way the weather is going. Except for the little rain, however, it' ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-09
Archie, the red-headed comic book character? Or Archie Bunker, American television’s bad-tempered bigot from the 1970s? The choice of Archie as the name for Britain’s newest royal baby sent social med ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-09
... f Chinese goods from 10 to 25 percent by this Friday, and then on another US$325 billion of additional products shortly. Trump’s shocking tweet immediately triggered a global stock market selloff on M ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
... ng on the government proposal to amend the fugitives law. In a special meeting held last Saturday, Legco’s House Committee earlier voted to replace Democratic Party lawmaker James To Kun-sun, who had ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
... nce drove governance. Until recently, policymakers sought to provide empirically compelling – albeit often simplified – assessments of problems such as poverty, disease, and violence, in order to buil ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
... rmined to go head to head with each other over the bill. A pro-Beijing lawmaker has said the pan-dems are welcome to join their meeting on Saturday in their capacity as bills committee members, while ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
Big data is changing the way we see the world. When the amount of information reaches a certain level, powerful algorithms and machine learning will often lead to new conclusions that go against tradi ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
... S$500 and go up with each subsequent offense, topping out at more than US$1,000. Drivers are fined an additional US$173 each time. “It’s just like gangsterism fighting for turf,” said Ivan, a South Af ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
Alphabet Inc.’s Google launched more affordable versions of its Pixel smartphone at about half the price of its current models, Reuters reports. Since hitting the market three years ago, the Pixel has ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-08
