United Photovoltaics (00686.HK) booked a staggering HK$2.3 billion (US$370 million) loss last year due to heavy impairment charges. But all is not lost, it insists -- the firm is looking to make a bre ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-03
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) was cheered by comments overnight by US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, who made it clear that the Fed will persist with its quantitative easing po ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. (00144.HK) said in a regulatory filing Monday that it plans to publicly issue mandatory convertible securities to raise up to HK$15.42 billion (US$1.9 ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Tuesday, April 1: TOP STORIES China Merchants Holdings seeks to raise HK$1 ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-01
Ctrip will stop saving users' credit card verification (CCV) information online after system loopholes were discovered on the travel website that led to the leak of user information, Shanghai Daily re ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-26
Hong Kong stocks climbed higher Monday as the market celebrated news that Chinese regulators will allow certain companies to issue preferred shares. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 1.91 percent t ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-24
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. (03968.HK, 600036.CN) is launching credit asset-backed securities products estimated to be worth 15.39 billion yuan (US$2.47 billion), China Business News reported Friday ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
The People's Bank of China set the renminbi's daily midpoint against the US dollar at 6.1460 on Thursday, 109 pips weaker than the 6.1351 fixing on Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange T ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
Peer-to-peer (P2P) online lending is an increasingly popular form of financing and investment and there's no shortage of players trying to get into the act, according to the Hong Kong Economic Journal ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) tumbled nearly 400 points, while mainland stock markets also slumped, after the latest economic figures indicated that China's economy may be slowing at a f ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-10
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) continued its winning streak Thursday as investors piled into sectors expecting to receive Beijing's policy blessing during the National People's Congress a ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
China Merchants Group has entered into an agreement to build a US$1 billion expressway in Sri Lanka, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Sri Lankan official. The expressway, said to be the ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) ended a volatile trading session Wednesday, the first day of the National People's Congress's annual session. The HSI climbed as much as 181 points in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
The ultimate aim is to cut air pollution but the goal in one number is to build 18 gigawatts of new wind generation capacity this year. The figure is part of the National Energy Administration's 2014 ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
At first glance it looks just like what hundreds of millions of Chinese e-shoppers do everyday: you go to a cyber store and choose the items you want to buy, add them to your cart, check out on the pa ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-03
The only way to beat them is to join them -- sort of. Top and second-tier banks, including household names like Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (01398.HK), Bank of China (03988.HK) and China M ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-24
Yue Xiu Group is open for more acquisitions in the banking sector after completing a US$1.5 billion deal for a Hong Kong lender, joining the growing array of Chinese firms that are seeking opportuniti ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-24
Hong Kong stocks surged Tuesday, following gains in mainland indices, as spot gold rose a fifth straight day to a record US$1,287.81 an ounce. The Hang Sang Index added 1.78 percent to 21,962 points. ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
Leading real estate developers such as China Merchants Property Devt. Co. Ltd.(000024.CN), Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. (03333.HK) and China Vanke Co. Ltd. (000002.CN) are expected to see their p ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-11
The Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng Index (HSI) rebounded for a second day as it followed the mainland market to close higher. The HSI rose 213 points, or 1 percent, to 21,636. The Hang Seng China Enter ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-07
