France will propose that the G20 group of major economies discuss regulation of the bitcoin virtual currency, the nation's finance minister said on Sunday. "I am going to propose to the next G20 presi ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-18
A US regulatory panel called for watchdogs to closely monitor risks created by financial innovation, warning that "fintech" and virtual currencies such as bitcoin threaten to disrupt the traditional f ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-15
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates but left its rate outlook for the coming years unchanged even as policymakers projected a short-term jump in US economic growth from the Trump administration’ ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-14
Virtual currency bitcoin hit another all-time peak, two days after the launch of the first ever bitcoin futures on a US exchange and ahead of the start of another futures contract next week, as invest ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-13
General Electric Co. said it is axing 12,000 jobs at its global power business, the struggling industrial conglomerate’s latest effort to shrink itself into a more focused company, Reuters reports. Th ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-08
A US-based Volkswagen executive was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined US$400,000 by a Detroit federal court on Wednesday for his role in a diesel emissions scandal, Reuters reports. The pri ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-07
Opinion polls show Vladimir Putin is already a shoo-in to win a fourth presidential term. But a ban on Russia taking part in the Winter Olympics is likely to make support for him even stronger, by uni ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-07
Something must have gone terribly wrong at AVIC Joy Holdings. The tiny listed firm, formerly known as China Environmental Investment Holdings, has had three chairmen in the space of just about four we ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-05
Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said that Alexa, its increasingly popular digital aide that shoppers command by voice, is now programmed to handle a range of tedious office tasks, Reuters reports. Busines ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-01
Missouri’s attorney general said his office will investigate whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google violated the state’s consumer protection and antitrust laws. Josh Hawley, a Republican seeking to unseat Dem ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-14
The smashing success of Tencent's e-book unit China Literature (00772.HK), which saw its shares surge more than 80 percent on their first day of trading on Wednesday, is expected to encourage more tec ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-09
The major futures exchanges believe in the development of cryptocurrency trading and will push on with launching exchange traded funds that allow investors to trade in them, Reuters reports, citing th ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
Chief Executive Carrie Lam has enjoyed a much higher rating than her predecessor, Leung Chun-ying, as she showed her capability to push forward policies such as special funding for the education secto ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
Every time China’s ruling Communist Party convenes a major gathering, like the congress that just ended in Beijing, the list of delegates is hand-crafted in part to burnish the party’s image as “repre ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
The Trump administration will temporarily delay the processing of most refugees from 11 countries deemed to be high-risk while resuming refugee admissions for other countries, government officials sai ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-25
Apple Inc. sees its mobile devices as a major platform for artificial intelligence in the future, Reuters reports, citing chief operating officer Jeff Williams. Later this week, Apple is set to begin ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-24
Two wealthy regions of northern Italy voted overwhelmingly for greater autonomy in referendums that could fan regional tensions in Europe at a time when Spain is striving to prevent Catalonia from bre ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc scored a big win in Sunday’s election, bolstering his chance of becoming the nation’s longest-serving premier and re-energizing his push to revise the ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
