Supermonkey, a self-service fitness gymbox operator in China, is believed to have raised at least US$30 million (around HK$234 million) in series C funding in a recent transaction. The investment was ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
The government is set to pull the plug on the Internet Learning Support Program in August next year, according to media reports. The program, run by the Office of the Government Chief Information Offi ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
US ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. on Tuesday launched its service in Toronto, marking the first time it has taken its battle against the much larger Uber Technologies Inc. outside of the United States ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
During the Chinese Communist Party's 19th National Congress in October, President Xi Jinping stressed that the government will take targeted measures for poverty alleviation. The Chinese leader didn't ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-11
Nearly two years have passed since France’s then-foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, struck his gavel and declared: “The Paris agreement for the climate is accepted.” Next week, President Emmanuel Macro ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-11
China should prioritize financial stability above development goals, as pursuit of regional growth targets and helping firms avoid heavy job losses had led to a surge in debt, particularly at local go ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-07
Fifteen years ago, I published Globalization and Its Discontents, a book that sought to explain why there was so much dissatisfaction with globalization within the developing countries. Quite simply, ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-06
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has put a lot of thought into the idea of futures contracts on cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, but has yet to move forward due to the opaque nature of the underlying mar ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-06
Ren Zeping, a renowned economist, will join Chinese property developer Evergrande as vice president and chief economist. He will get a monthly salary of 1.25 million yuan, 207 times his wage three yea ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-06
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今日信報理財投資THE LEX COLUMN2017年12月06日
The People's Bank of China recently unveiled some guidelines aimed at curbing financial risk in the asset management industry. The impact of the new rules will gradually be felt in the market. The nat ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-05
During his recent state visit to China, US President Donald Trump was accompanied by an “Alaska energy delegation”. That should not be a surprise. As the largest state in the United States, Alaska has ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-01
On this year's World AIDS Day, on December 1, we should remember the 35 million people who have died of AIDS-related illnesses, and the 76 million who have been infected with HIV since reporting began ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-01
面對港股市場已被一家公司完全主導，市場又一片喧鬧什麼港股大時代2.0，老友Candice的姨媽姑姐也傾巢而出問 ...全文
Tenants of small shops in 17 shopping malls sold by Link Real Estate Investment Trust (0823.HK) to a consortium face hefty rent increases, an economist said. Andy Kwan Cheuk-chiu, director of ACE Cent ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
Nasdaq aims to launch next year a futures contract based on bitcoin, making it the third exchange operator to plan US derivatives contracts linked to the digital currency, according to Reuters. The ex ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
