Oliver Sacks, the English neurologist and author, has died. He was 82. The cause was cancer, said Kate Edgar, his longtime personal assistant, The New York Times reports. Sacks announced in February i ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... ought New York City’s Rockefeller Center. In retrospect, that was one of the great non-events of the 20th century. Similarly, Americans will most likely look back on China’s accumulation of US governm ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... el to New York in September for the United Nations General Assembly, Sudan's deputy UN envoy said earlier this month. – Contact us at [email protected] FL/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... on in New York where participants were asked to put on “froggy spectacles” and pose for a picture with him. There have been too many of them to remember. “Some were taken away at parties. Some got bro ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
... us," New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley said on Wednesday as he acknowledged the market turmoil had made a US rate hike in September "less compelling." China had said the revamp i ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... up in New York. The data came after New York Fed President William Dudley had said Wednesday that arguments for a September rate increase "seem less compelling" than only weeks ago, given the threat p ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... from New York City's Trinity Church, an investor pushing for tighter oversight of sales of guns with high-capacity magazines. In April a federal court ruled in Wal-Mart's favor and vacated an injunct ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ntial New York Fed president William Dudley said earlier in the day that a rate increase next month seems less appropriate given the threat posed to the U.S. economy by recent global market turmoil. S ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... like New York and Paris, it would cost HK$3-5 million. Venue cost is very high, says a consultant named Nicole who works for a non-profit organization that supports local brands. “You are also going ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... klyn, New York. Reuters is reporting that authorities are moving to seize bank accounts holding US$1.4 million and the website's domain name. US Homeland Security Department agents and the New York po ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
... f the New York Stock Exchange is more than US$20.7 trillion and that of Nasdaq if US$7.1 trillion, a 1-2 percent drop already means a huge loss. Two straight days of 3 percent slumps is definitely a m ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-25
... ormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg knew that these "lowly" workers are not to be sniffed at. He said in 2013: "Compare a plumber to going to Harvard College — being a plumber, actually for the ave ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
... n the New York Times. Amazon is the nation’s largest single bookseller, controlling about 40 percent of the new book market and nearly two-thirds of the e-book market, according to some estimates. Th ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... , the New York Times reports that the Chinese efforts are part of a global program, called Operation Fox Hunt, to coerce Chinese expats and fugitives into returning home. The Obama administration deli ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
... rs of New York-bound flight CX846, which was scheduled to take off at 6:45 p.m., waited aboard the plane for more than an hour before they were told to disembark at 8:15 p.m. An on-board announcement ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
... with New York, London or Paris? The idea that we need new attractions may be wrong. Tourists go to New York for Broadway shows, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Italian and Jewish delis – non ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... st to New York's Fifth Avenue last year, Bloomberg News reported. TAG Heuer closed its Russell Street store last week, citing high rents and declining traffic. Kering, owner of the Gucci brand, has al ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
... d the New York-listed company aims to build the best platform for startups in the cultural and entertainment industry. Under its three-year UGC plan, the company will nurture 100,000 video channels op ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that killed seven New Yorkers has triggered an effort to mandate citywide inspections and cleaning of air conditioning cooling t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... de in New York after the results came out, indicating investor relief that the profit erosion wasn't bigger. Losses for eLong The case was much more grim for eLong, where total revenue tumbled 25 perc ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
