... ever, the sharp devaluation of the renminbi against euro was largely ignored. Most Hong Kong investors felt the renminbi was quite steady at 8.3 against the US dollar before the foreign exchange regim ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... That's a sharp slowdown from the triple-digit growth it was able to record in earlier years since its first products launched in 2011. Then there's the equally sputtering Lenovo, whose launch of a ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... or to the sharp cuts in spending between 2012 and 2014 – owing, no doubt, to sinking confidence in the government. Greek government spending per quarter climbed to a plateau of around 13.5 billion eur ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... with our sharp risk management senses. When I read a financial statement, I would often think how these figures go through a journey and make their way into the financial statement. The journey invol ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... rusalem's sharp social divisions between Orthodox and secular Jews. The annual parade in Jerusalem, which drew about 5,000 this year, has been a focus of tensions between Israel's predominant secular ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
The equity market has suffered sharp falls in the last two months, and investors are divided on whether the Hong Kong and A-share markets have stepped into the bear territory. Several commodities like ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-30
... rn that a sharp correction in equities could cause a significant wealth effect and a drop in consumption, although we’re sceptical that the impact will be large. Equities make up a relatively small pr ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
... led to a sharp drop in new stock accounts. In June, the number of stock accounts worth 5 million to 10 million yuan fell by 11.5 percent, and accounts worth 10 million to 100 million yuan were down 1 ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... able. The sharp stock sell-off has prompted some market players to forecast as much as 10 percent fall in the renminbi exchange rate in the coming year. This view is based on the unrealistic assumptio ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... s full of sharp teeth. It's a member of a group of dinosaurs called raptors closely related to birds and a cousin of velociraptor, although that dinosaur, featured inaccurately in the Jurassic Park fi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... includes sharp cuts to welfare spending. The document was seen by Reuters which is reporting that the IMF favors a 30-year grace period on servicing all its European debt, new loans and a dramatic ex ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... uffered a sharp dive of about 30 percent. Yet most investors can bear this reversal, considering the extent of the previous rally. People may have lost part of their quick profits, but their capital s ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... nt of the sharp tumble. 3) Up to 13.5 billion yuan of taxpayers' money has been used by Central Huijin Investment Co., a subsidiary of the nation’s sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp., for pu ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... an said a sharp decline in property values is therefore unlikely. A flat on a high floor in the Mid-Levels was recently sold for HK$66 million (US$8.5 million) after the owner revised his asking bid d ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... tion or a sharp rally every 15 years. Investors should think in terms of trends. They should join the market when the trend forms and leave when the trend ends. Central banks in Europe, Japan and Chi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... sult of a sharp fall-off in the city's gaming revenues, which dropped to 17.36 billion patacas (US$2.17 billion) last month, below the monthly 18 billion patacas required to keep the government's budg ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... ry made a sharp right turn soon after it left port in Leyte province, south of the capital Manila. Panicked passengers crowded the right side of the ferry, causing it to tilt slowly before capsizing, ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... tion. The sharp and rapid fall in the A-share market just gives Beijing more room to manoeuvre. Second, Beijing does not have a policy that targets the stock market, in my view, as the potential damag ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... ntion its sharp rebuff, including in a recent white paper, of the Dalai Lama’s overtures. Against this background, a Chinese-appointed “imposter” Dalai Lama could end up transforming a peaceful moveme ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... due to a sharp drop in international chip prices, which wiped out years of earnings. Using his own strong credit standing, Liu borrowed billions of dollars to save the Hong Kong unit. The following y ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-01
