Alibaba Group is eyeing a listing in Hong Kong as early as November to raise up to US$15 billion, reviving a plan that was put on ice earlier due to political unrest in the city, according to Reuters. ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-31
WeWork’s new Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure on Wednesday defended huge payouts to the office-sharing company’s founder Adam Neumann and said there is now “zero risk of the company going bankrupt,” ...More
EJ Insight2019-10-24
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she is certain she will receive harsh criticism when she meets with members of the public in the first session of the community dialogue on Thursday nig ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-26
China’s top diplomat hit back at US criticism of its trade and development model, saying Beijing had no intention to “play the Game of Thrones on the world stage” but warned Washington to respect its ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-25
New York has extended its lead as the world’s top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll on the UK capital, a Z/Ye ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-20
The Federal Reserve will conclude its latest policy meeting on Wednesday buffeted by conflicting economic data, under steady pressure from the White House for steep interest rate cuts, and confronted ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-18
WeWork owner The We Company has postponed its initial public offering (IPO), walking away from preparations to launch it this month after a lackluster response from investors to its plans, Reuters rep ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-18
When world leaders gather in New York later this month for the annual United Nations General Assembly meetings, they will have much to discuss besides climate change and sustainable development. In pa ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-12
Hong Kong took the No. 38 spot on a list of the world's most liveable cities, down three notches from a similar survey last year, as per the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The city, however, can d ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-05
Divers have found a total of 25 bodies after a pre-dawn fire sank a scuba diving vessel off a Southern California island, leaving nine people unaccounted for as the search continued, media reported. R ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-03
The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands on Sunday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as t ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-08
Lee Iacocca, the charismatic US auto industry executive who gave America the Ford Mustang and was celebrated for saving Chrysler from going out of business, has died at the age of 94, Reuters reports. ...More
EJ Insight2019-07-03
Hong Kong activists have raised HK$5.48 million (US$701,800) in a single day in an online crowdfunding campaign to apply international pressure on the government to completely scrap the now-suspended ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-26
Member states of the European Union (EU) are set to hold the European Parliament elections between May 23 and 26. Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist under President Donald Trump, re ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-22
Former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang, along with pan-democratic lawmakers Dennis Kwok Wing-hang and Charles Mok Nai-kwong, recently paid a 10-day visit to Washington, D.C., and New York at t ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-02
The Brexit crisis has intensified almost every week recently, with neither the British government nor the parliament able to find a solution. Amid this, I have been regularly receiving -- through the ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-01
The United States told airlines it was safe to fly 737 MAX 8 planes as investigators found two black box recorders that will help piece together the final moments of an Ethiopian Airlines jet before i ...More
EJ Insight2019-03-12
Hong Kong is undeniably one of the world’s wealthiest cities. The jobless rate is a mere 2.8 percent, over half the population lives in government-subsidized flats, healthcare in government hospitals ...More
EJ Insight2019-02-14
