... nk account. Uber Money will oversee the group’s financial services efforts, which will include a digital wallet, upgraded debit accounts, and the debit and credit cards. The mobile bank account will e ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
... y of China. Formidable challenges lie ahead. But China’s record so far, and the resources it has at its disposal, indicate that it may well be up to the task China’s achievements are undeniable. In th ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
US President Donald Trump said the United States plans to cooperate with “like-minded nations” to promote security in next-generation 5G networks, Reuters reports. In a letter to delegates at the 2019 ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
If Amazon.com decides to fight the Pentagon’s decision to award a highly contested US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft, it could act as early as next week. A challenge to the Defense D ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-29
I have written before in this column about the negative effects of social media and other digital channels in enabling cyber-bullying. Online intimidation, harassment and doxing have become especially ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
HSBC Holdings (00005.HK) on Monday flagged a softer revenue growth outlook and additional restructuring charges, leading it to drop a key profit target for next year after posting a more-than-expected ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Amid the civil unrest, there are a lot of uncertainties hanging over the District Council elections scheduled for Nov. 24. Although Barnabas Fung Wah, chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Depression is widespread in Hong Kong, especially in these days of unrest. A recent study by a research team from the University of Hong Kong faculty of medicine has described the mental health proble ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
... rs reports. About 3,000 people were battling the Kinkade Fire, the worst of more than a dozen major blazes that have damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures, and prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to d ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Argentina’s Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative President Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America’s No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after i ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
The United Auto Workers union said it has chosen Ford Motor Co. as the next US automaker the union will negotiate with after workers at General Motors Co. approved a new contract deal, Reuters reports ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Microsoft Corp. has won the Pentagon’s US$10 billion cloud computing contract, beating out favorite Amazon.com Inc., Reuters reports. The contracting process had long been mired in conflict of interes ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
... on Sunday. The protesters, many in all-black clothing and face masks now banned under a resurrected British colonial-era law, had gathered to denounce perceived police brutality during more than four ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump has announced. Baghdadi, who had led the jihad ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-28
... the future. In a press conference on Thursday, Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Headquarters) Derek Armstrong Chan said firefighters already have too much work to handle themselves, and it is impossible for ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
... ovember 24. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Thursday, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said a crisis management committee has been established to cope with any situati ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
... oko Widodo. Andre Soelistyo, the company's new CEO, said in a media briefing on Thursday that the primary listing will be in the home country, as Gojek wants to provide "the opportunity for Indonesian ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
In the United States and other advanced industrial economies, a growing number of workers no longer work for a single employer on a traditional contract. Instead, they earn income through a variety of ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Tom Cotton asked intelligence officials to investigate whether the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok poses national security risks, Reuters reports. ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-25
