Crude prices plunged after OPEC members rejected calls for a drastic cut in their oil output. Meeting in Vienna, the 12-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which supplies more th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-28
... le is his ice-cold handshake and long face when meeting Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō at the APEC summit in Beijing earlier this month. Refusing to budge an inch to Hong Kong protesters over the ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... year, police recorded more than 100 incidents of violent crime blamed on methamphetamine, more than the total number seen in the previous five years, Liu Yuejin, head of the public security ministry' ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
... landed twice." The European Space Agency's probe touched down on schedule just after midnight Hong Kong time on Thursday after a seven-hour descent from its orbiting mothership Rosetta, about 500 mil ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... ve as the ice breaker between Obama and the Republican lawmakers who are mostly free-trade supporters. By successfully implementing the TPP, Obama could have one more legacy when he leaves the White H ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-05
... d Cheng, vice chancellor of Lingnan University, for showing bias toward embattled Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, calling him his "biggest fan", Apple Daily reported Wednesday. Undersecreta ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-22
... 1. The device burned through his jeans and left first- and second-degree burns on his leg, Phillip Lechter wrote, according to the Betabeat tech blog of the New York Observer. The ordeal began when th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
... treet and Ice House Street in Central where the race took place, a Hong Kong Economic Journal columnist noted Monday. A team from Pizza Hut beat others to win the race this year. Maxim's Caterers, Hon ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
... lats like ice-cream. Three new residential projects in Ma On Shan, Tseung Kwan O and North Point with a combined 456 units were sold out, although there were only six second-hand property transactions ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
... tip of an iceberg. People in 166 countries, from Argentina to Australia, participated in more than 2,800 events and rallies. Two million activists demanded through an online petition that governments ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
... offers a nice platform for charitable causes. Of course, Hong Kong's leading marathon event is the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, which the British bank has been sponsoring for the past 17 yea ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
... ke in the Ice Bucket Challenge. And for the second generation of tycoons, it's best to keep in mind Ronnie Chan's advice: "People who don't know how to make money cannot be involved in giving it away. ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-16
... picked officers and men vanished in 1846 while looking for the fabled Northwest Passage. Franklin's disappearance prompted one of history's largest and longest rescue searches, from 1848 to 1859, whi ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
... stes like ice-cream and custard mooncake which tastes like egg pastry seem to be gaining market share. Most notably, Spring Moon Chinese Restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel grabbed headlines when it rai ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... the practice has lost shine this year as demand has faltered due to Beijing's austerity and ant-graft campaign. Meanwhile, firms have to compete with new foreign entities which offer fresh mooncake f ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
... rms. "The ice in the North Pole is melting. Not only are we consuming the petroleum, but also our future. Climate change leads to extreme weather conditions. Is our fate really different from her's (P ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
With the Mid-Autumn Festival around the corner, some manufacturers of the traditional Chinese pastry are cashing in on the strong demand and asking for the moon. Prices have shot up by as much as 40.9 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
After the phenomenal success of its Ice Bucket Challenge, the ALS Association finds itself in the middle of what could be a major PR crisis as it parries growing criticisms from various quarters about ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
The Ice Bucket Challenge may be boosting awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and helping raise funds for victims of the neuro-muscular disease, but please keep children away from takin ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
It's already happening -- and catching on. The ice bucket challenge to raise awareness of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is inspiring spin-offs aimed at bringing attention to conflict and hunger ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
