The United States is hoping to attract more investments from Hong Kong and China by launching a first-of-its-kind roadshow this week in various cities in the Pearl River Delta, a region well-known for ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Tycoon Li Ka-shing is known for his constant drive for better efficiency and profitability. Fortune REIT (00778.HK), although only a tiny part of Li's business empire, lives up to that reputation. For ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-09
... et search makes it a strong competitor in the online fund sales market, Guan Qingyou, vice director of Minsheng Securities’ Research Institute, was quoted as saying. -- Contact HKEJ at digest@ejinsigh ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-04
... cials. It makes the traders a prey to criminal gangs who attack them when they carry large sums of cash. “We have managed to improve the Chinese economy,” said Alexandre Maline, vice governor of the r ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... ons. That makes the battle over third-party online payment services a proxy war over internet finance and for the hearts and minds of bank depositors. Jack Ma is fighting a bigger one. He envisions ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
Harbin Bank shares were flat on their trading debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday after a rocky initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported. The mainland lender closed the mo ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
... firms, it makes sense for the central leadership to bolster the stock markets while capturing funds to support the restructuring of SOEs. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28
... ses. That makes it imperative for the latter to cement its position by taking in new partners and protecting its competitive edge. The CJ Games deal can be seen from this perspective. The investment i ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-28
... dware, it makes up for in sales of software and services to users. That's a double whammy of a large user base and a captive market. Lei Jun , Xiaomi's brash founder and chief visionary, thinks that i ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-27
... nk’s move makes some sense, but the state banks’ restrictions on Yu'E Bao and Alipay certainly don't. In China, banks can attract deposits at a government-set annualized rate of about 3 percent. Finan ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-27
... urer that makes all-in-one chips for all networks, from WCDMA to CDMA and LTE. Surprisingly, none of this makes MediaTek a winner. At first, MediaTek thought it had secured a big break by landing the ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-26
... e partner makes "virtually zero contribution". Reports have also said that Volkswagen is in talks with FAW to boost its stake in a joint venture. It, thus, brings up the question: what exactly is prom ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-25
... ies. That makes it different from rival offerings from Alibaba and Tencent, which target big retailers -- such as well-known department stores -- to divert online traffic to offline. JD's service will ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
... UnionPay makes money for every credit card transaction. Thus, online credit cards have the potential of knocking out this business model which benefits UnionPay as 90 percent of the transactions will ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
... ies. That makes Qin half as expensive as a Toyota Prius or a hybrid Camry. One wonders how much more Wang will have to spend in his “money for market” approach. BYD will be on the hook for 3 billion y ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-19
... he system makes use of the consumer's bank account for the actual payment, which means the service is still linked with traditional bank services, although the payment is made via the QR Code rather t ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
... em. Zocai makes 70 percent of its sales online and uses its site to draw customers to its brick-and-mortar outlets. Once buyers get comfortable with the brand through the product and after-sales servi ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-14
... ies as it makes economic sense to adopt them. "We need more storage capabilities, whether it is thermal, compressed air or hydro storage. But China is having stresses in water resources so I think thi ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
... th JD.com makes sense, given the fact that JD.com is the No. 2 online retailer in China. With the deal, JD.com and Tencent will hold 26 percent share in the nation's B2C e-commerce market. But that wo ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
... heer size makes it unwieldy to inject hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of assets into these small caps but nothing should stop it tapping the market on their behalf. -- Contact us at english@hke ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
