... chools to federal agencies". For the rest of the world, it is important to understand why the usually sedate community of scientists will be leaving their labs and offices to take to the streets in a ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
... f some 30 federal lawmakers led by Congressman Mark Meadows representing the state of North Carolina, and which played a pivotal role in blocking the bill. Intriguingly, the reason why the Freedom Cau ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
... arried, a federal marshal had escorted them from the plane before take-off from Houston, Texas, but United denied this on Sunday, saying in a statement that neither a marshal nor other authorities was ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
US equities pulled back as investors feared that the Federal Reserve would start reducing the size of its balance sheet later this year. The Fed’s decision obviously carries a lot of weight in the sto ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-12
Twitter Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit to block an order by the US government demanding that it reveal who is behind an account opposed to President Donald Trump's tough immigration policies, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
... y, the US Federal Reserve is poised to raise interest rates further this year and next year. The next Fed chairman may even lean toward tightening. Meanwhile, Zhou Xiaochuan, China’s central bank gove ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... nt of the federal budget, yet a recent public opinion survey found that 73 percent of Americans believe aid contributes “a great deal” or “a fair amount” to the national debt. There is one more misper ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker abruptly left the US central bank on Tuesday after admitting that a conversation he had with a Wall Street analyst in 2012 may have disclosed confiden ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) has won US antitrust approval to buy Switzerland's Syngenta AG for US$43 billion on condition that it divest three products, the Federal Trade Commission said ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
... cipal and federal leaders, shows that savings in fuel costs from an 80 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 could exceed the required capital investment by US$150 billion. Last January, the Busi ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... l, the US Federal Reserve launched monetary easing measures after the 2008 financial crisis. As a result, Hong Kong’s monetary base surged 340 percent as of late 2015, while that of the United States ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
Indian lawmakers on Wednesday passed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, setting the stage for the country to replace a bevy of federal and state sales taxes with a single nationwide levy. Followin ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... s, citing federal prosecutors. Candace Claiborne, 60, was charged in a Washington federal court with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Claiborn ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-30
... Brazilian federal police on March 17 unveiled an investigation into alleged payments to government health officials by meat processing companies to forgo inspections and ignore abuses, code-named "Ope ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
... stayed by federal judges. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... er the US Federal Reserve announced a rate hike earlier this month. The People’s Bank of China has raised the reverse repo and the medium-term lending facility rates by 10 basis points each. It marked ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... a senior federal government official at the trade ministry. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... boost its federal tax bill by US$1.5 billion plus interest. It also said a loss could add "significant" tax liabilities in later years. Amazon made just US$2.37 billion of profit in 2016, four times w ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... gal under federal law. The only way to get around the ban is to receive approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Growing acceptance of medical marijuana creates opportunities in countries th ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... , Belgian federal prosecutors' office said in a statement. A US government source said Masood had associates with an interest in joining jihadist groups abroad, but there was no evidence he had done s ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
