... s – Sony, Sharp Corp and Kyocera Corp – in a global market dominated by Apple Inc, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and cheaper Chinese rivals. Samsung late last year said it would cease operations at one o ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-28
... ofit fell sharply on cuts to subsidies for electric vehicles. China’s market for electric cars is booming, but profits in the sector have been squeezed by fierce competition between established firms ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-28
... sses. The sharp decline in profits suggests further trouble for the world’s second-largest economy, which expanded at its slowest pace in almost three decades last year. The government has already low ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-27
... llowing a sharp decline in equities at the end of 2018, the Fed has quickly responded with a pause of its tightening policy and a timeline for ending its balance sheet reduction move. Meanwhile, infla ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-27
... ould make sharp cuts in corporate taxes and fees. It would deregulate while strengthening oversight. He ruled out “flooding the economy with liquidity” which, he said, could also lead to future proble ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
... ed by the sharp tightening in financial conditions after the FOMC’s December meeting, which hastened a rout in global equity markets that had begun in October 2018. And these fears were exacerbated by ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-19
... idst of a sharper slowdown at present. China is ramping up assistance for the economy as 2019 growth looks set to plumb 29-year lows, but support measures are taking time to kick in. Most analysts bel ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-14
China’s central bank pledged to further support the slowing economy by spurring loans and lowering borrowing costs, following data that showed a sharp drop in February’s bank lending due to seasonal f ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-11
... lso has a sharp sense for spotting great companies with strong moats and led by great leaders, and investing in them for long term. Coca-Cola is one such example. The way I see it, having too much cas ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-04
... risk of a sharper slowdown if current Sino-US trade talks fail to relieve some of the pressure. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell for the third straight month, dropping to 49.2 in Feb ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-28
... risk of a sharper slowdown. Analysts polled by Reuters expect China’s official growth rate to cool to 6.3 percent in 2019, a 29-year low, and some believe real activity levels are already much weaker ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-22
... n 2020. A sharp fall in the stock market is unlikely as corporate earnings remain upbeat. Still, the Fed’s balance sheet reduction move may lead to some correction in the equity market. The housing ma ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-19
... a similar sharp fall in sales in India – another big emerging market where Apple is struggling. Counterpoint said iPhone sales in the fourth quarter, which includes India’s electronics sales-heavy Diw ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-12
... cut by a sharp tool and thrown onto the cable. Train services between Tai Po Market and Fanling were suspended in the early morning and resumed around 6:15 a.m. after MTR staff removed the handrail a ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
... led to a sharp fall in global equity markets toward the end of the year. The good news at the start of 2019 is that the risk of an outright global recession is low. The bad news is that we are headi ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-11
... given the sharp fall in mainland tourists – 2.46 million in the first 11 months of the year, down from 2.73 million in all 2017 and 4.18 million in 2015. This fall was due to restrictions imposed by b ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-08
... rompted a sharp selloff in US stocks, dashing the optimism that had been building that the countries were progressing toward a deal before tariffs on Chinese imports rise to 25 percent after the March ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-08
