US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen warned Wednesday of potential dangers from high equity valuations but said that risks to financial stability remained generally in check. "I would highlight that ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-07
Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen met with a research firm that later published confidential details from the central bank but said she did not know where the information had come from, Yellen met w ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-05
At the pace technology is developing, even the most tech-savvy of consumers will find it hard to predict the next big thing in mobile devices. First there were smartphones, then smart watches. But eve ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-30
Wang Jianlin controls the world's biggest cinema chain and is building skyscrapers that will redraw the skylines of London and Chicago. Among the 430 US dollar billionaires in China, Wang, the riches ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
Rioters hurled bricks, looted businesses and set fires in Baltimore on Monday in violence that followed the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody. The dis ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-28
Every day we make hundreds of decisions, many of them related to the principle of "pocket it first". First question of the day: Would you cash out of the market? China allowed fund managers to short-s ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
President Vladimir Putin is accusing the United States of undermining Russia's plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Putin said Washington is putting pressure on som ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-17
A woman protesting against the European Central Bank leaped onto a desk in front of ECB President Mario Draghi on Wednesday as he spoke at a news conference in Frankfurt, disrupting the usually somber ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran will accept a deal over its contested nuclear program only if world powers simultaneously lift all sanctions. The comments followed a decision by United St ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
The huge amounts of capital entering the Hong Kong stock market since last week could flow into the housing market, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said Wednesday. “Hong Kong i ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Most of Asia's wealthiest families are not fully prepared for succession, although it has become an increasingly urgent issue as the founders get older. After surveying more than 140 Asian families wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
The Hang Seng Index (HSI) may reach the historic high of 32,000 over the medium to long term because of continuing liquidity inflows from the mainland and the low valuations of H shares, asset managem ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
Greece is preparing to declare a debt default if it cannot reach a deal with its international creditors by the end of April, Financial Times reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
While Apple Inc.'s "stylish" smartwatch could make life easier for people on the move, reviewers give the gadget poor marks for battery life and slow-loading apps, Reuters reported. The watch, the fir ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Blue Origin, a space company owned by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has finished work on a rocket engine for a suborbital spaceship, Reuters reported. The firm expects to begin flight tests this yea ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
The World Bank’s president has pledged to find “innovative” ways to work with the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, welcoming it as a “major new player” in the world of development. Jim Yong K ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
These days, when we talk about bitcoin, the virtual currency is often associated with investment scams, criminal activities, highly speculative and volatile trading, and efforts by authorities to curb ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
The world's oldest living person, Japan's Misao Okawa, died from heart failure on Wednesday, just a few weeks after her 117th birthday. She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city where she was born ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Negotiators have agreed to extend talks on Iran's nuclear program shortly before a deadline on Tuesday midnight passed without reaching a preliminary accord. The United States warned that it was ready ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
Hip-hop mogul Jay Z has enlisted some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry to relaunch his music-streaming service Tidal, which is now billed as the first artist-owned platform for music ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
