... en from a peak of nearly 2,000 yuan (US$327) in 2012 to 600 yuan. The best gifts were brands with limited production and availability; the scarcity drove up the price. But smoking is too deeply embedd ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-10
... June 2011 peak of 365 points. Like gold, fine wine is a tangible asset that is immune to inflation and its value cannot be eroded by the actions of governments. Alexander pointed out that the fine-win ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-27
Home prices in China's largest cities are on track to peak in the first quarter of 2014 and drop at the end of next year, Xinhuanet reported Tuesday, citing a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences green ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
China will implement a differential pricing system on electricity tariffs nationwide in a bid to encourage consumers to switch more power usage to off-peak hours, the National Development and Reform C ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-26
... with the peak construction season when builders rush to finish projects by the year's end. Xinhua reported that more than 1,000 loss-making cement producers were merged or shut down last year in the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-23
... er from a peak of 8.3 trillion yuan in March and 7.1 trillion yuan a year earlier. Thriving shadow banking activities without proper regulation gives the PBoC a solid reason to pursue a conservative p ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
... ices seen peaking in major cities Home prices in major Chinese cities are expected to peak in the first quarter next year, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a study by the Chinese Academy of Social ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
Home prices in major Chinese cities are expected to peak in the first quarter next year, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday, citing a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. T ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-19
... 1.HK) and Peak Sport Products (01968.HK) have also said that they have begun to regain lost ground in product orders. With leading brands appearing to pull out of the bottom, there were hopes that the ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-18
... with off-peak discounts. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-17
... nter, the peak season for gas consumption. Also, the two other energy oligopolies, Sinopec Group and CNOOC, have mixed feelings about the move. While they hope to break CNPC’s monopoly, they are relu ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-13
... tered the peak season for corporate travel. Business was spurred by the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, while Beijing and Shanghai routes, two pillars of income for the firm in the mainland, saw continued g ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-06
... reached a peak after debate started in 2004. The idea of seeking change through civil disobedience Occupy Central movement, however, is not worth encouraging. The city's democratic development should ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-05
... all-time peak of 11,793 in 2008. -- Contact the writer at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2013-12-02
... s upscale Peak district for nearly HK$1.3 billion in the recent two weeks. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] MY/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
... ing their peak in 2012. The pan-industry's combined ratio, a key indicator of underwriting profit, hit 100.2 percent in the first 10 months this year, The Economic Observer quoted a senior executive i ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-28
... a Nov. 23 peak of US$776.7 in three weeks, according to a CoinDesk index. The 12.03 million units in circulation value the bitcoin economy at US$9.3 billion. "Our number of users doubled recently and ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-26
The weekly price index of cordyceps sinensis or Chinese caterpillar fungus, a traditional herbal medicine mainly grown in Tibet, has declined 22.1 percent to 142.57 points as of Monday, from the peak ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-21
Hong Kong's biggest electricity provider, CLP Power, and state-owned China Southern Power Grid have agreed to buy Exxon Mobil's 60 per cent stake in Castle Peak Power Co., the South China Morning Post ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-20
... reach its peak in 2014. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] EL/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-18
