... ridge the gap between the two arms of power. Executive Council Convenor Lam Woon-kwong, who is a veteran high-ranking government official, has lamented that the present executive-legislature relations ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... rest rate gap between loans in yuan and the greenback. A typical way of getting easy and cheap loans is to use an overseas-registered subsidiary to borrow in US dollars and then transmit the money to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... filling a gap in the market and overcoming the limitations of the existing tablets. The Surface Pro 3 will have a screen measuring 12 inches diagonally, up from 10.6 inches in the previous model, but ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
... e biggest gap is seen among those working in the export, import and wholesale sectors, with men making HK$20,000 and women receiving HK$13,500 a month. Female workers out-earn their male counterparts ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
... big price gap encourages many to go to other e-tailers. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
The link between economic growth and human wellbeing seems obvious. Indeed, as measured by gross domestic product, economic growth is widely viewed as the ultimate development objective. But it is tim ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-16
Declining inflation in many major economies is consistent with negative output gaps (which occur when actual output is lower than potential output). It may also indicate that output gaps are being und ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
... ’s income gap with Western Europe today is smaller than it has been at any point since the year 1500. Given that the EU’s combined GDP is eight times larger than that of Russia, we should expect a pat ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-15
American fashion retailer The Gap Inc. plans to open 35 stores in China this year and boost market share by adopting a multi-channel, multi-brand strategy. Jeff Kirwan, president of Gap's China divisi ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
Smugglers are squeezing through cracks in Hong Kong's milk powder ban by shipping imported formula sold in the city to Zhuhai via Macau, according to Ming Pao Daily. The newspaper reported Monday as m ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-12
... till, the gap will inexorably narrow and, quite possibly within the next decade, the Chinese economy will be bigger than that of the US in real terms. Of course, it is only natural that a country with ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... gnificant gap between the general public and journalists about their perceptions of the enjoyment of press freedom, Ming Pao Daily News quoted Robert Chung, director of Public Opinion Programme at the ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-24
... after the gap between the country’s economic condition and the Fed’s inflation and employment goals is drastically narrowed. It is a clear message to the market interest rate hike will not come any ti ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-18
... he income gap between urban and rural residents narrowed, with actual income growth in rural China 2.9 percentage points higher than that in urban areas, the report said. Urban residents had an averag ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
... that the gap of saving over investment has narrowed, most countries can still comfortably finance their investment needs on their own. Countries running current account surpluses are far less likely ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-17
The “through train” is in town and it's time to get aboard, if the market buzz is to be believed. A through train is a way of allowing Hong Kong- and mainland-based investors to trade shares directly ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
... ening the gap between the rich and the poor. Ma's cross-strait approach has a lot of support from big business because of the commercial benefits that flow from it. But many local businesspeople and t ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
... narrowing gap in stock valuations between the two sides. New-economy stocks got a jolt from tech-heavy NASDAQ which tumbled 3 percent overnight, its worst finish in more than two years, sending rel ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-11
... e for the gap left by Western investors, giving a chance to Chinese investors. As of the end of 2012, China had invested US$27.92 billion in Russia, ranking the fourth. The top three investors were Cy ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
... arrow the gap with Tencent. It has its own Laiwang mobile application as well as investments in Weibo and Tango. It is also developing its own mobile operating system, Aliyun, in cooperation with hand ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08
