As the public eagerly waits to see how Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is going to deliver her “new deal” in her upcoming policy address, particularly on housing, Marco Wu Moon-hoi, chairma ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-07
A US judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over one billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches, Reuters repor ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-01
The potential of women in cybersecurity is seriously underestimated, according to a study by the Global Information Security Workforce, which interviewed nearly 20,000 professionals in the information ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-31
Amazon.com Inc. said it will cut prices on a range of popular goods as it completes its acquisition of Whole Foods Market Inc., sending shares of rival grocers tumbling on fears that brutal market sha ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
On Wednesday the police officially pressed charges against Democratic Party member Howard Lam Tsz-kin, accusing him of making false abduction claims and deliberately misleading the authorities. Some i ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
US retailer Michael Kors has agreed to buy luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo for US$1.2 billion, snapping up a British company whose towering stilettos have been made famous by celebrity customers from Prin ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
Finance is a service industry that has become self-serving. The consequence, regrettably, is the frequent occurrence of debilitating financial crises that undermine economic growth and development wor ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-24
All told, heading a university is an honorable dream for an educator. But the road to becoming a vice chancellor can be rough. How rough? Think about the tough time Robert De Niro gave Ben Stiller in ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
Research firm Gartner estimated that climate change and sustainability would become key performance indicators for half of all the smart cities. Like other international cities, Hong Kong needs to red ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has pledged to do her best to improve the relationship between the legislative and executive branches during her five-year term. In her first question-and-answer session at ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-06
Winning Tower Group Holdings (08362.HK), a food supplier, issued 350 million shares in an initial public offering (IPO) on Hong Kong's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). Everything was normal with the de ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-04
Apple Daily newspaper, which has been a vocal supporter of the democracy movement in Hong Kong, is facing a tough time in its key market. The outspoken daily, launched in 1995 by maverick tycoon Jimmy ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-27
For the past two years, the global economy has been growing, but it has swung between periods of rapid expansion and deceleration. During this period, two episodes, in particular, caused US and global ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-06
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) Chairman Liu Shiyu recently invited retail investor representative (also an economist) Han Zhiguo to lunch in the CSRC canteen. After the lunch, Han revea ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-31
A vessel built for Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has earned the title of being the world's largest container ship in terms of carrying capacity. The new ship, measuring 400 meters ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-29
HNA Group, parent of the Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines, had kept a low profile until the end of last year, when the conglomerate must have realized that given its size and sway, media scrutiny was a ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
Walt Disney Co. reported a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue and lower profit from its cable TV operation as it grapples with higher costs at its cash-cow sports network ESPN. The world' ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-10
It is wrong to blame Hong Kong for causing smog in nearby Guangdong province when the wind comes from the south and blows toward the north, according to a former director of the Hong Kong Observatory. ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
European voters, looking at Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency in the United States and the hard road ahead for a post-Brexit Britain, may be turning away from right-wing populists such as Marine Le Pe ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
The Ching Ming festival is always a sad day because it reminds us of our deceased loved ones. However, for people who can't afford a niche for their late parents or grandparents in a private columbari ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
