... ever, the gap in mortality rates fell to just one and a half times, while the life expectancy gap has fallen from six years to fewer than four, MailOnline reports, citing the ONS study. During those 5 ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
... ersistent gap between aggregate demand and full employment. Stagnant middle-class incomes imply weak aggregate demand, which in turn means slack labor markets and stagnant wages for most workers. In t ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
... e growing gap between rich and poor; they're not the cause of inflation. There are many things about the local economy they're not responsible for, if only we had a whole day to list them down. Leung ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
... political gap between Hong Kong and mainland China is wider now than at any time after the handover. That divide is being exacerbated by Hong Kong people's mistrust of Beijing. Nearly six in 10 of 1,0 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-24
... arrow the gap with the pro-union side in a campaign in which he invoked 18th century economist Adam Smith and Scotland's greatest poet Robert Burns to implore Scots to "wake up on Friday morning to th ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
... losed the gap on the unionists before Thursday's referendum on the issue, the Financial Times reported. “We have an interest in seeing the UK remain strong, robust and united,” White House spokesman J ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-16
... les of Singapore and Germany, clear pathways linking education to employment must be created. Dangote has described how thousands of college graduates applied for a handful of truck-driving vacancies ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
... nd fill a gap in the market,” said Karby Leggett, head of capital markets for Greater China and northeast Asia at Standard Chartered. “With this issue, they’ve proved that this market works.” Islamic ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
... s a large gap compared with foreign firms. JPMorgan spent an average of US$122,700 in employee salaries and benefits globally, while at HSBC Holdings, the largest European bank, the amount was US$71,4 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
The gap between Hong Kong and China continues to widen after the Chinese legislature announced an election reform proposal local democrats and student groups say is utterly unacceptable. As a result, ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
... the price gap between large-cap and small-cap shares but institutional investors won’t invest in small-cap shares because of the stock connect,” Lu said. UBS chief China equity strategist Chen Li said ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
China and Russia are trying to close the technology gap with the US military and developing weapons systems that appear designed to counter traditional US advantages, the United States has warned. "Wh ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-04
... a gender-gap index, measures of public investment as a percentage of GDP, a competitiveness index, indicators of shared prosperity, and disaggregated unemployment data. A World Bank-led partnership, ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-03
Support for Scottish independence rose dramatically in August, leaving the Yes campaign just 6 points behind advocates of staying in the United Kingdom with only about two weeks left before the Sept. ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-02
... work. The gap is about 1.2 million experts or analysts, industry observer Botong writes in a blog post on caijing.com. People in this business have cushy job titles: analyst of public opinions on the ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
... uneration gap with the private sector has also grown wider. Many private firms are offering higher wages, in some cases several times the level seen in government jobs. At the same time, cadres are gi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
... there’s a gap of an entire generation between the last selfie and the one we know today. That’s a no-brainer. The internet didn’t arrive until 1996, Facebook and Twitter weren’t around till well into ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
... the usage gap between Facebook and traditional media may continue to widen. Users said they are likely to spend 8 percent more time on Facebook next year, compared to this year, while cutting the time ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
... n after a gap of one month, she got the shock of her life as she saw the banknotes partially eaten up. While she was distraught, Cai's daughter tried to lighten up the atmosphere by pointing out how " ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
... has a big gap with both estimates,” said Brave Chan Yung, a spokesman for the march organizers. Chan said they have investigated reports some marchers were paid off and found the allegations were inte ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
