... uting and swift scrapes of blades against the ice edging closer. The world was a blur, and all that I know is that the practice performance of “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” had come to a halt as I found ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red. In the A Team, nominated for song of the year at the Grammy Awards in 2013, Sheeran performed with Elton John. He then spent much of the year opening for Sw ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-10
... s. Taylor Swift pulled all her music from Spotify after a dispute over her new album 1989. Swift withdrew her entire catalog because the streaming service would not bend on a core principle that all a ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
... nication (SWIFT) said. The Chinese unit overtook the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar for such payments. The Japanese yen remains the largest payment currency between Japan and mainland China or Hon ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
... by Taylor Swift's "1989". Adele's coup is remarkable in an industry that has seen a steady decline in sales. At the turn of the millennium, retailers were selling about 700 million CDs a year, while l ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-30
... ed on the SWIFT network continues to edge up. In September, the renminbi accounted for 2.5 percent of total payments, up from 1.7 percent a year earlier. That makes the renminbi the fifth-most used gl ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... ording to SWIFT data. The rapid development of renminbi products also offers new options. The market now provides various yuan-denominated funds, bonds and derivatives. The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Co ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-21
... ral Scott Swift, commander of the US Pacific Fleet, was on board a Boeing P-8 surveillance plane as it carried out a seven-hour flight over the South China Sea. Swift said his flight was routine, but ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
... emand for swift justice. "We are happy that justice has been delivered and that the process didn't take that long," said Madhur Verma, deputy commissioner with the Delhi police. The victim, a woman wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-04
... ording to SWIFT data. The currency has also climbed to the fifth spot in terms of foreign exchange trading and second in trade financing. The global use of the Chinese yuan is very close to that of fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... data from SWIFT shows. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. deputy chairman and chief executive Peter Wong Tung-shun expects the use of renminbi to flourish as the country pursues its financia ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... issued a swift rebuttal, accusing Pakistan of claiming to be the primary victim of terrorism while "in truth, it is actually a victim of its own policy of breeding and sponsoring terrorists". On Thur ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
... aign. The swift gains in Kunduz are a major setback for the government of President Ashraf Ghani, which marked its first year in power on Tuesday, and raised questions over how ready Afghan forces wer ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... rted. The swift action against Valcke is another major blow for Blatter as questions about corruption during his 17-year reign build, the news agency said. The allegations against Valcke come on top o ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... "We need swift progress on the Commission's proposals now," the Commission said in a statement issued as tens of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in Syria and other parts of the Middle Eas ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
... g to take swift action against cross-border parallel trade and cap the number of visitors coming to Hong Kong under the IVS. It was an unprecedented victory for Hong Kong, despite the fact that some h ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... o issue a swift statement to reject claims of political prosecution. Yuen denied that the charges are intended to affect the district council elections in November. He said the inclination to label th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ause once swift and severe sentences have become the norm with the court in dealing with anti-government protesters, the result is likely that the police will get even tougher on them, putting the pan ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... g to make swift progress in order to have a deal preferably before the 20th of August so the disbursement can be made under the new ESM program,” European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva told rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
A top Taliban official has resigned amid a growing leadership struggle in the Afghan insurgent movement after news of the death of leader Mullah Mohammad Omar last week. The swift announcement that Om ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
