... 424 – or two-thirds of the house – that he needed. After the vote, Johnson said he would try again, by a legislative route that would only require a simple majority. “We will not allow this paralysis ...More
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... the first two weeks of October, following a combined 37 percent fall in the previous two months. Hotels saw occupancy rates in September and October slide to the lowest level since 2003, when Hong Ko ...More
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... pacted by two things – the US-China trade dispute and the protests,” said chief financial officer Ewen Stevenson, referring to HSBC’s business in Hong Kong. “The part of the credit portfolio that we a ...More
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Professor Teng Jin-guang, president of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), refused to shake hands with two masked doctoral graduates during the annual graduation ceremony on Sunday. Before t ...More
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... drooms -- two of which are 60 square feet in size and the other two are 160-square-foot units -- he would get a monthly rental of HK$68,000 from the apartment. But that would mark only a little more t ...More
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... of these two platforms at this moment, when industrial logistics has become so pivotal to the new economy, will further the industry’s ability to support the nation’s supply chain,” Liberty chairman ...More
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... ould last two days. The governor has been sharply critical of PG&E, saying corporate greed and mismanagement kept it from upgrading its infrastructure while wildfire hazards have steadily worsened ...More
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... in debt. ‘Two opposing views’ Polling stations closed at 6 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Sunday. Soon afterward, Argentine media quickly started to call the election in Fernandez’s favor, although with few detai ...More
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... the past two years. “As we continue to execute the DOD Cloud Strategy, additional contracts are planned for both cloud services and complementary migration and integration solutions necessary to achi ...More
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... head and two men were beaten by protesters, while several journalists were hurt as officers fired tear gas and non-lethal rounds, public broadcaster RTHK reported. Rallying cry Police detained some p ...More
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... nt around two hours in the compound, he said, adding that they had taken away “highly sensitive material and information”. Russia “treated us great” by opening up airspace it controlled for the raid a ...More
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... had lent two “general-purpose” 24-seat minibuses to the police, but he stressed that since the original badges and vehicle registration number plates on them had been removed before they were put to ...More
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... tween the two sides, seeking discussion through the exchange of documents, the ministry said. “The government will actively respond through consultations with relevant agencies to protect the property ...More
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... pute. The two sides are working to try to agree on a text for a “Phase 1” trade agreement announced by US President Donald Trump on Oct. 11, in time for him to sign it with China’s President Xi Jinpin ...More
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... ture, the two new co-CEOs said it has not disrupted the firm’s operations. Structures are in place for succession planning at all levels, Aluwi said, adding that he and Soelistyo will take a different ...More
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... more than two million independent contractors, has attempted to resolve this question with a new law, California Assembly Bill 5, which codifies the legal criteria for determining how to categorize wo ...More
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... marketed two-day shipping without subscription fees. Costs for that program will nearly double to US$1.5 billion during the holiday season, from what Amazon spent on one-day delivery during the secon ...More
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... tween the two countries, the report said. Criticizing China’s construction of a “surveillance state,” and “increasingly provocative” military action, Pence held up Taiwan’s Democracy as a better path ...More
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... upport of two-thirds of its 650 lawmakers. “This parliament has refused to take decisions. It cannot refuse to let the voters replace it with a new parliament that can make decisions,” he wrote to Cor ...More
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