... "Brother Sharp, the most handsome tramp", for his good looks and rugged sense of style, Metro Daily reports. Fans started hunting him down on the streets, and several fashion retailers sought to hire ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
Loss-making Japanese consumer electronics giant Sharp Corp. has agreed to a 700 billion yen (US$6.2 billion) rescue from Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing the Nikk ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
... dicates a sharp slowdown in economic growth, if not outright recession. Yet, China's growth remains between 6.5 and 7 percent, more than four times as high as the eurozone's and almost three times hig ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
... came to a sharp stop when the operator spotted the dog on the railroad tracks. MTRC staff carried the dog and put it on the platform. Representatives of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to An ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... life, in sharp contrast with Alibaba and even Baidu, which have both been caught up in high-profile tussles with regulators, rivals and even clients over issues like piracy and fraudulent advertising ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
... with the sharp declines in these prices, which have hit many developing and emerging economies in Latin America and Africa hard. Indeed, the UN report lists 29 economies that are likely to be badly a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... umented a sharp decrease in the area and mass of eastern Himalayan glaciers. One of the world’s most bio-diverse but ecologically fragile regions, the Tibetan Plateau is now warming at more than twice ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
... the many sharp bends on Keung Shan Road leading to Tai O could pose threats to drivers who are not familiar with road conditions, while the width of road in many areas is not ideal for driving even a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
Since the beginning of the year, sharp volatility and declines in the global markets have made investors confused. Are we heading into a global crisis? What has gone wrong? Is the market telling us so ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-16
... as posted sharp falls recently after strong rally earlier. The greenback may struggle to maintain the strength seen over the last two years if the Fed rate hikes lag expectations. By contrast, the Chi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... lieve the sharp drop of trade in January was a reflection of weak external demand, especially given the weak exports of neighboring economies such as Korea and Taiwan," ANZ economists Li-Gang Liu and ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
... ngenious, sharp and clever. That's good. We certainly need to have our wits around this year in Hong Kong," she said in a video greeting. "It's a year that should not be about monkey business but abou ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Struggling Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has chosen Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group as its preferred bidder in takeover talks, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. A successful ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
... eceived a sharp rise in complaints of desecrated urn graves in the villages of Sha Kong Wai, Ngau Hom Tsuen and San Hing Tsuen. Many of the damaged urns were repaired while some were buried undergroun ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... ve posted sharp tumbles, saddling investors with hefty paper losses. A strengthening US dollar and tepid demand are putting downward pressure on commodity prices. Sagging trade and falling freight rat ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... acquired Sharp Corp.’s LCD television factory in Mexico for US$23.7 million, as the financially embattled Japanese firm offloaded some of its assets. In October, China Communications Construction Co. ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... y between sharp and volatile short-term price movements in financial markets and more gradual long-term structural adjustments in the real economy. Unlike in the past, when Chinese policymakers were a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... t further sharp slide in its currency. If those things do not happen, hedge funds would attack the Hong Kong market and the Hong Kong dollar again. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Jour ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-30
... t allow a sharp devaluation of the currency, because that will lead to increasing capital outflows. Moreover, as the International Monetary Fund has decided to add the renminbi to its special drawing ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-27
An unusual cold wave sweeping across many parts of Asia and North America helped oil prices stage a sharp bounce on global markets last week. The rebound may have also stemmed from perceptions that th ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
