The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft Corp., Reuters reports, citi ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
The fallout from the coronavirus spread across the Pacific on Friday, with travel companies in Australia and New Zealand issuing profit warnings as US airlines rushed to cut flights to Europe in the w ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
The US Trade Representative’s office said it has granted exclusions from import tariffs for some medical products imported from China, including face masks, stethoscope covers and blood pressure cuff ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
US President Donald Trump signed legislation to bar telecom carriers from using US subsidies to purchase network equipment from Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corp. (000063.CN) and other companies deemed a ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced strict immigration curbs and a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Metro Manila, in what he called a “lockdown” of the national capital ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
Asia’s stock markets were hammered on Friday as panic gripping world financial markets deepened and even safe-haven assets such as gold and bonds were ditched to cover losses in the wipeout. Australia ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-13
The United States should impose sanctions on Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu and Commissioner of Police Chris Tang Ping-keung for human rights violations in their handling of the anti-governme ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-12
US President Donald Trump said the United States will suspend all passenger travel from continental Europe on Friday to limit the spread of the coronavirus after the outbreak was formally declared a p ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-12
Now officially a global pandemic, the coronavirus outbreak is forcing Italy to tighten its nationwide lockdown by shutting bars, hairdressers and restaurants as other countries closed schools and canc ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-12
Joe Biden won Michigan’s crucial Democratic nominating contest on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the party’s presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders’ fading Whit ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-11
As coronavirus cases rose steadily in the United States, the White House and Congress negotiated measures to bolster the economy and Americans’ paychecks against the outbreak’s impact, although there ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-11
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defeated his first party rebellion over a government decision to allow Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to have a role in building the country's 5G phone network, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-11
Saudi Arabia said it will boost its oil supplies to a record high in April, raising the stakes in a standoff with Russia and effectively rebuffing Moscow’s suggestion for new talks, Reuters reports. T ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-11
Oil prices bounced back 7 percent on Tuesday from the biggest one-day rout in nearly 30 years, as investors eyed the possibility of economic stimulus despite a price war between top producers Saudi Ar ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
Wall Street suffered its biggest one-day loss since the 2008 financial crisis on Monday and recession worries loomed large as tumbling oil prices and ongoing coronavirus fears prompted investor panic ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Major ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-10
Twitter Inc. used its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on a video clip of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was retweeted by President Donald Trump, Reuters reports. ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus 8in the United States reached nearly 550 on Sunday, including 22 deaths, according to state public health authorities and a running national tally kept by ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
A US judge said Amazon.com Inc. is likely to succeed on a key argument of its challenge to the US Department of Defense’s decision to award cloud computing deal worth up to US$10 billion to Microsoft ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-09
The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for th ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-06
