... e, the US Federal Reserve might end up hiking interest rates more than markets anticipated. And the other major central banks, particularly the People’s Bank of China, the European Central Bank, and t ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
... er to the Federal Communications Commission, citing a committee report on Huawei's alleged ties with the Chinese government. "Additional work by the Intelligence Committees on this topic only reinforc ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
... es by the Federal Reserve and ongoing strains on the US budget. The Fed has started shrinking its US$2.5 trillion Treasuries portfolio as it seeks to normalize monetary policy. US interest costs rose ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-11
The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an "urgent public safety issue," the head of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation sa ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-10
... me as the Federal Reserve only gradually raises interest rates. And while the US tax reform may boost sentiment on the greenback initially, we expect its weakening trend to resume not long after. Seco ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
... pping the federal deduction for state and local income and property taxes. Ironically, this provision will hurt growth, by raising the marginal tax rate on millions of workers in the country’s most pr ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
... pared the Federal Reserve the not-so-tender mercies of his wee-hour tweets; he has also nominated highly qualified individuals to fill Fed vacancies. Meanwhile, the German right has failed to pull the ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-09
... 2016, two federal judges dismissed separate lawsuits accusing Starbucks of cheating customers who bought iced beverages, finding that reasonable customers would understand that ice counts toward their ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-08
... Canada’s federal government will partner with the Ottawa-based company to devise its strategy so as to define “suicide-related” behavior on social media and "use that classifier” to carry out market ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
The US Securities and Exchange Commission sounded a warning Thursday about cryptocurrency risks, urging investors to "exercise caution" in dealing in units like bitcoin. State and federal regulators m ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-05
... If the US Federal Reserve comes to view that to be the case, it will raise interest rates at the first sign of a significant increase in aggregate demand. And higher interest rates mean that investmen ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
... alifornia federal court. Wixen also alleged that Spotify outsourced its work to a third party, licensing and royalty services provider the Harry Fox Agency, which was “ill-equipped to obtain all the n ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-03
... l. 4. The Federal Reserve may hike interest rates by three times or more. Correct. The Fed has raised rates three times this year, and the Fed fund target rate has increased to 1.25-1.5 percent from 0 ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-29
... ling with federal criminal probes, a high-stakes lawsuit and an overhaul of its workplace culture. SoftBank and the rest of consortium, which includes Dragoneer Investment Group, will own approximatel ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-29
Apple Inc. defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the compa ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
... sting the federal deficit. If they are right, it increases financial and economic risks. It has also been criticized for benefitting the rich rather than the middle class. If the tax cuts lead to redu ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-27
... a 2006 US federal court ruling, four companies have been forced to reveal the truth behind years of deceptive marketing, by publishing advertisements containing “corrective statements” in US newspaper ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
... he German Federal Cartel Office found fault with Facebook’s requirement that it gain access to third-party data when an account is opened, as well as how it tracks which sites its users access, the re ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-20
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has repealed the Obama-era regulation on net neutrality. That will eliminate the right to equal access to the internet, and allow big telecom companies t ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
Russian security software maker Kaspersky Lab said it has asked a US federal court to overturn a Trump administration ban on use of its products in government networks, Reuters reports. Referring to a ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-19
