Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase lost a bid to block the Internal Revenue Service from seeing the trading records of its customers as part of a tax-avoidance probe, TechCrunch reports. A San Francisco ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
... enormous block of flat (to British standards) at number 42 Kennedy Road; this is where expatriate civil servants were housed. It was later demolished and replaced by the Commissioner’s Office of the ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-23
... power to block any government bill that requires two-thirds of lawmakers' approval. But now the pro-Beijing camp enjoys absolute majority after the High Court disqualified six pro-democracy lawmakers ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-23
The US Department of Justice sued AT&T Inc. on Monday to block its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., saying the deal could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers, Reuters repo ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-21
... search at Blockchain Capital, as saying. "Despite the fact that it was called off, there is still some group of people that will follow through with the intended fork. As a result, I believe some capi ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-17
... building block of the international order. But below the nation-state are states (or provinces), cities, and regions, which may have their own governance structures. Above, there are supranational bl ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-15
... y of the “blocks” transactions are processed in, thereby reducing competition to get payments processed and lowering transaction fees. Consequently, analysts said, some of those who see low fees as im ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-14
... wanted to block it but failed due to insufficient votes. In her policy address last month, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said running a community garden and related uses through a short-t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-13
A single block of bitcoin transaction requires as much electricity as it takes to power a regular home for a week, and BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen wants to fix that. The legendary coder has started ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-10
... vowed to block the deal shortly after it was announced, but has not addressed the issue publicly as president. Stephenson said on Thursday that he has no reason to think Trump would be a factor in th ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-10
... y camp to block problematic policy initiatives or bills proposed by the government, and what the pro-Beijing camp is doing is trying to take away this last remaining tool. Beijing-Hong Kong ties and t ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
... o lives a block away from the church, said what sounded like high-caliber, semi-automatic gunfire triggered memories of his four combat deployments with the Marine Corps. “I was on the porch, I heard ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
... ent would block it. As president, he has not revisited the subject. Approval of the deal marks an early challenge for Trump’s appointee as the Justice Department’s antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, who ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
... tried to block renewed efforts for a sweeping investigation into the scandal-ridden financial system. “I think we have the numbers for a commission into the banks and, if the government tries to bloc ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-27
... a way to block the co-location plan. She said the move can only make citizens suffer. Expressing her disappointment, Lam said society will make its own judgment on what happened. She expects discussi ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
... idents at Block 6 of Fiori Estate on Castle Peak Road in Ping Shan heard a loud bang and found the young girl surnamed Chong lying unconscious on the first-floor balcony. They called the police and th ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
... eeting to block the motion or at least prolong the debate and delay voting, we probably won't be able to find out until Wednesday. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Oct. 24 Tr ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
... stall or block unpopular government bills. It is also said that two heavyweights have rallied behind the pro-establishment camp in helping to plan its amendment initiatives, i.e. former secretary gen ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
