... del” also makes a big difference. Realizing passengers are often far more price-sensitive than service-sensitive, United compresses the cost as much as possible in order to offer cheaper tickets. By r ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
... llar that makes US exports more expensive and hurts manufacturers. In complimenting Yellen and citing the advantages of loose policy, Trump also appeared to downplay the likelihood he intends to resha ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
... ss, which makes flash-memory chips for smartphones and computer servers. Battered by huge cost overruns at US nuclear-reactor construction projects, Toshiba is looking to cash out assets to stay aliv ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... president makes very clear to Xi and publicly what we expect on trade," a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Trump has often complained Beijing undervalues its currency to b ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
... diversity makes our nation strong”. At the start of the eurozone crisis in 2010, the EU, too, worried about its diversity, and how to reconcile differences between north and south, or center and perip ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... east, and makes us wonder if there is some deep calculation behind her words. By suggesting that she isn't finding it easy to get the desired personnel for her cabinet, is Lam trying to tamp down expe ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
In Hong Kong, you are where you live because your residence pretty much makes who you are. But for government officials, it's more important how you live. We cannot stop missing former financial secre ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
... he system makes it hard for mistreated maids to file lawsuits because the workers find it difficult to provide evidence. There is also another problem as the maids are required to leave Hong Kong with ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... election makes it “exceedingly difficult” to deal with the constant erosions of Hong Kong’s autonomy and rule of law, said Rep. Christopher Smith, chairman of the committee. “It is in everyone’s inte ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-29
... !" report makes some important basic points. One is that economic growth will be the main key to reversing and solving our gap in incomes. The report asks whether we can find ways to ensure that the b ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
As expected, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor triumphed in Sunday’s election, winning 777 votes from the 1,194-member Election Committee to become Hong Kong’s next chief executive. She will be the first wom ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
A giant yellow banner with the words "I want genuine universal suffrage" surfaced on Lion Rock mountain on Sunday morning, the day of the chief executive election. The banner was put up by the League ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-26
... lebrities makes the network a constant center of attention. "We regularly conduct user research to gather feedback about people's Twitter experience and to better inform our product investment decisio ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... ic (which makes the administration’s conflicting pledges impossible to fulfill). But even on the international stage, where US treasury secretaries typically enjoy more latitude and esteem, Mnuchin is ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
... he parent makes none. Buffett himself was a strong supporter of Democrat Hillary Clinton in last year's US presidential election. The other shareholder proposals, respectively from Marcia Sage and the ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... ung often makes his cabinet members edgy by constantly looking over their shoulders. As a result, our bureau chiefs often can't even stay focused on their job, let alone coordinate with one another as ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... rity that makes up 19 percent of the population in a state with a population of 220 million that is home to 15 percent of the world's poor. If it were a country, Uttar Pradesh would be the world's fif ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... he way he makes bread, saying the secret to making delicious bread is doing extensive studies, experiments, comparisons and inductions. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on March ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
