China launched its first lunar probe into space Monday morning, marking the country's first attempt at soft-landing a spacecraft on an extraterrestrial body. If the probe continues on track, the Chang ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-04
Consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reportedly signed a deal to rent 14 floors of a brand-new grade A office tower in Guangzhou’s Zhujiang New Town {珠江新城}. One would be hard ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-21
Two new stories in the consumer space are offering an interesting look at the difficulty of taking over Hong Kong-listed companies, providing headaches for potential acquirers but also interesting opp ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
When it comes to which kind of technology best suits their needs, companies are spoiled for choice. That's where niche players such as Rackspace Hosting Inc. come in. Its expertise is in helping compa ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-13
China's web censors would like people to believe that nothing out of the ordinary happened at Tiananmen Square on Monday around noon, although eyewitnesses and the media had it otherwise. An SUV plowe ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-29
Buying a high-rise property in downtown Manhattan may have been a one-off shot by Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang {郭廣昌} to snap up a bargain overseas in the battered sector, but he is for sure dead ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-24
Fosun International Ltd. (00656.HK) has bought New York landmark One Chase Manhattan Plaza for US$725 million, it said in a regulatory filing Friday. The purchase was made by a subsidiary from JP Morg ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-18
I wrote recently about how smart TV could be poised for a sudden explosion in China due to a combination of factors. Now we're seeing one of the biggest obstacles that smart TVs could face: copyright ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-17
Wanda Group, China’s commercial realty colossus, turned the first sod of a 50 billion yuan (HK$8.17 billion) cultural and tourism complex with much fanfare last month, defying doubts about the company ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-15
Within days of each other, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (SHKP) (00016.HK) and Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (01918.HK) paid record auction prices last month for sites in Shanghai and Beijing, respectively ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-08
