... ty of New York in his book A Middle Class Without Democracy, the Chinese middle class may not follow the same historical pattern as their western counterparts. On the contrary, instead of becoming mor ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
Top executives of New York-based hedge fund manager Platinum Partners were arrested and charged with running a US$1 billion fraud. Federal prosecutors said the case was "like a Ponzi scheme" as its la ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-20
... ed to New York businessman Herbert Hutner, oilman Joshua Cosden, Barbie doll designer Jack Ryan, her divorce lawyer Michael O'Hara, Count Felipe de Alba of Mexico and Frederic Prinz von Anhalt. The ma ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-19
... ed to New York with her family at the age of six. On the trip to Hong Kong last month, the singer-songwriter said she instantly feels at home in the city of her birth even though she has been away for ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
... n, or New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. While Hong Kong attracts a lot of tourists, not many make a point of going to our museums. And if you visit our Leisure and Cultural Services Department (L ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-16
Apple Inc. has begun selling its AirPod wireless headphones after a nearly two-month delay. Apple first said AirPods ordered online Tuesday would arrive Dec. 21 but by mid-morning New York time, Apple ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-14
... o the New York-based International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), nearly 33 percent of American shoppers bought items online and picked them up at a store during the 2015 holiday shopping season. ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
... er at New York City Ballet for nearly two decades. Verdy, also a former artistic director of Paris Opera Ballet, died early this year. One of the many ballets that she created for Balanchine was the R ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
Time really flies. This year is Zhang Jieping’s 10th year in Hong Kong. An adept media professional with an impressive career at some leading news outlets including the International New York Times, ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... ed by New York with US$13.67 and Singapore with US$9.15. These two measures, along with the creation of smoke-free areas in public and work places, have been effective in cutting the number of smokers ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... , the New York Post reported last month. Bronfman, former chief executive of Warner Music Group, made the bid along with Russian billionaire Leonard Blavatnik and Israeli businessman Ynon Kreiz, accor ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... eve, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman unequivocally insisted that a Trump victory would lead to a stock-market collapse, with no recovery in sight. Investors who relied on his insights lost a lo ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-08
... mp in New York, the Wall Street Journal reports. Trump said it was his election victory in November that spurred SoftBank’s decision. Son plans to invest in new startup companies in the US, the newspa ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
... rough New York early next month on her way to Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. Taiwan has not formally confirmed Tsai's trip but visits to its allies in the region are normally combined with tran ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
... ol in New York City and undergraduate years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then remained and worked in Boston. He converted to Catholicism and became an enthusiastic advocate for hum ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York in November was an important diplomatic event but it was Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, who was the f ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
