Toblerone has drawn mounting criticisms from British consumers who are upset over the bigger spaces between the distinctive jagged peaks of the chocolate bars sold in the UK. US manufacturer Mondelez ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
... low their peaks in September last year. The price surge can be partly explained by the pent-up demand after Brexit which saw capital chasing property assets, but a bigger part of it could be traced to ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... Lantau 2 Peaks, 23km, 2016. Despite his many achievements in such a short span of his sporting career, Tamang seldom gets mentioned in the local media. Some friends tell him that had he been a Chines ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... ne of few peaks in the city that are not part of a country park. Most of the hill is used as a firing range by military and police forces in the city. As such, you need not be surprised when you encou ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
High Junk Peak, one of the "treacherous peaks" of Sai Kung, is a relatively much easier hike than Sharp Peak, its elder sibling. With an altitude of 344 meters, it is a 6-kilometer-long mountain ridge ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
Sharp Peak, High Junk Peak and Tai Yue Ngam Teng are nicknamed the "three treacherous peaks of Sai Kung". Situated in the northeastern part of the Sai Kung East Country Park and rising to a height of ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-27
... cular icy peaks on the Tibetan highlands, had also sparked environmental worries. Exiled Tibetans and rights groups also say the rail project has spurred an influx of long-term migrants who threaten T ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
Amid the volcanic peaks and hot springs of southern Japan, something fishy is emerging. It's sturgeon roe, also known as caviar, the payoff from an aquaculture experiment that began with fish imported ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
... r usually peaks before a new rate hike cycle and starts to ease after the first rate increase. Oil prices have a close correlation with gold since the former is a gauge of inflation. Gold is viewed as ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
... cting the peaks of the cold snap would fall on Sunday morning and Monday morning. But should the Observatory be blamed for people who ignored warnings and dared to go out in the icy weather? As temper ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... nd Twelve Peaks on The Peak. The developer will be contributing 30 percent of the 20,000 new units expected to come onto the market this year, said Louis Chan Wing-kit, chief executive (residential) f ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-15
... reveals, peaks and troughs in the international capital flow cycle are especially dangerous, with defaults proliferating at the end of a capital inflow bonanza. As 2016 begins, there are clear signs ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-04
... , despite peaks around 2008 when Beijing hosted the Olympic Games and sent taikonauts into space. One fact worth noting is that Hong Kong people’s national recognition has been waning alongside the in ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... istorical peaks seen several months ago. Taikoo Shing, for example, has seen its average unit price down 16 percent at HK$14,488 psf this month from a record high of HK$17,301 psf in August. Tong Man ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
... rom their peaks in 2007. By contrast, Standard Chartered plc (02888.HK), which has big exposure to emerging markets, has slumped over 78 percent from its 2007 peak. The banking sector is very sensitiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... the smog peaks Wednesday, according to the China National Environment Monitoring Center. Monday’s bad air, coupled with five days of hazardous pollution on Nov. 27-Dec. 1, raised fresh concern about ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-08
... se liver, peaks over the year-end holiday season. Japan is the largest importer of French foie gras. Several cases of bird flu have been detected in the last two weeks of the farms in the Dordogne, a ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... rom their peaks since they were listed. Having raised a substantial amount of capital in recent years, VC funds have been flooded with cash and have therefore come under pressure to compete for good p ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-27
... ds on how peaks and troughs are defined.) The booms typically lasted seven or eight years, though the one that began in 1933 spanned almost two decades. That exception was sustained first by World War ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-20
... tion with peaks reaching 60 percent from June to September, environment minister Wong Kam-sing said at this year’s Earth Hour event. Hong Hong’s per capita electricity consumption is among the highest ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
