As if flying economy is not bad enough, Airbus has thought of a way to make it even worse. According to Los Angeles Times, the France-based plane maker is seeking a patent for a new design of passeng ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
Hong Kong stocks opened firmer on Thursday as fears over the Occupy Central movement, triggered partly by downbeat comments from HSBC and Barclays, subsided, helping the market come off the post-July ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-10
It wasn't always pretty but it was quite simple. When desktops reigned, advertisers could get their message across with simple tools like banner ads and pop-ups. The challenge now is to reach out and ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-10
United States fashion retailer American Apparel faced a social media barrage after a picture of the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster surfaced on its Tumblr page. The company deleted the offendin ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-07
It's been a surprise but a pleasant one. Executives at US-listed REIT Digital Realty did not anticipate just how robust demand in Hong Kong would be for data center services after it opened its first ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
Hong Kong's youth don't want to be told what to do. Push them, and they will push back. They resent it when Beijing asks them to be loyal to the Communist Party. They start entertaining thoughts of in ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-02
If you own retail space in Hong Kong’s prime shopping areas such as Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui or Mong Kok, you can sit back and let tenants fall over each other. A deal, complete with rent-rise prov ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is planning to sell its Community College, which has around 7,000 students and teaching staff and assets worth HK$870 million (US$112 million), Ming Pao Daily ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-26
Less is more but what is it good for? Japanese consumer goods retailer MUJI has built a name for itself by making minimalism a household word. Its reach extends from Europe to Asia and this year it ch ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-23
Hong Kong's cha chaan teng tea restaurants are known for their affordability but some steep dim sum prices in the city's touristy Tsim Sha Tsui area are taking a bite out of that reputation. Sky Post ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-19
If your luxury properties already have a swimming pool (which luxury property does not have one?), what do you do for an encore? Build one in the shape of a violin. That’s exactly what a former Goldma ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
After Virgin Galactic hurt the feelings of the Chinese people earlier this year by banning Chinese nationals from its space flights, prospects looked dismal for mainland space freaks. Perhaps that's w ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
Has Elon Musk just changed the world? With apologies to Steve Jobs and Earl Woods, we see the Tesla founder transforming the auto industry in a way no one has since Henry Ford rolled the Model T off h ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
It's just a matter of time before one of the world's oldest bourses takes its next step to one of the world's newest areas of growth, according to the exchange's chief executive. The London Stock Exch ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
Chinese hackers are using ever more ingenious means to steal industrial secrets from western targets, the New York Times reported Monday. In the latest case, they used an e-mail attachment disguised a ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-10
CEC International Holdings Ltd. (0759.HK) surged 10 percent Tuesday on news it's preparing to open its first 759 wonton noodles restaurant in Hong Kong. It mattered little that founder Lam Wai-chung s ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
Liu Cixin (劉慈欣) is something of a space oddity. As the author of the science fiction blockbuster The Three-Body Problem (《三體三部曲》) novel trilogy, Liu is lauded for creating a milestone in Chinese sci-f ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) should lead the way for all other major businesses and move their headquarters out of Beijing to give the capital the breathing space to tackle its notorious gridlock an ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-03
Wanda Cinema Line Corp. is confident of a blockbuster market showing after the securities watchdog last month included the theater chain operator in its list of candidates for the resumption of initia ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-29
Next time you answer the door, it might be Apple or Google calling. The world's two biggest's technology companies are taking their battle for consumers' hearts and minds into their homes. The target: ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
