The Dutch government will reconsider selling off ABN Amro after senior managers agreed to give up a controversial pay rise that had stalled progress on the bank's proposed share listing. Amid widesp ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
China National Chemical Corp., which could soon face the task of integrating Italian tire-maker Pirelli after its US$7.7 billion bid, can take heart in the knowledge that Chinese buyers have made a de ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
Bakery chain BreadTalk Group pulled a bun commemorating Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, from its shelves after drawing flak from social media users, Reuters reported. "We would like to ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
Every year, dozens of Asia's most promising government officials, most of them from China, fly to Singapore for what has become known as the "mayors' class". There they study good governance, economic ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
Lee Kuan Yew, Asia's last post-colonial strongman, has died at the age of 91. The former prime minister of Singapore had been in hospital with severe pneumonia since Feb. 5. The government has declar ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Japan and Australia have signaled approval of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Both are allies of the United States, which is worried about China's growing diplomatic clout a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied abandoning his commitment to the eventual creation of a Palestinian state, Reuters reported. "I haven't changed my policy," Netanyahu told MSNBC in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital on Wednesday, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians, after failing to launch an assault on the parliament as lawmakers we ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
Leung Chun-ying has been rarely seen or heard outside of his official duties since he became Hong Kong chief executive. But on Tuesday, he spoke as a parent and few would have failed to relate to what ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
Leung Chai-yan, the controversial elder daughter of Hong Kong's chief executive, said on her Facebook page she will leave home forever, after complaining that her mother hit her in a rage. "My mother ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
British police condemned onlookers who shouted "jump" and filmed a distressed man whom officers were trying to talk down from a tall building. One witness said she was "sickened" by the scene in Telfo ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Carmakers including Volkswagen AG, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Daimler AG pledged to act expeditiously on consumer complaints after China's annual consumer rights day TV show said the firms overcharged ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
Aid workers who have reached Vanuatu reported widespread devastation after a "monster" cyclone tore through the Pacific island nation. Authorities have declared a state of emergency. With winds of mor ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-16
One Man's View of the World, written by Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew, offers his insightful and candid views and forecasts for the world. Some of Lee’s analysis applies well in investment. C ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
European companies are likely to step up share buybacks amid an expected flood of cash from the central bank's 1 trillion euro stimulus program. But they will be under greater political pressure to us ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
The World Bank expects a surge in the number of people being forced to move out of their homes as it ramps up funding for new infrastructure projects in the developing world. Some three million people ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
The proportion of women on the boards of the companies on the Hang Seng Index (HSI) has risen to 11.1 percent this year from 9.6 percent last year. It is the highest ratio in five years but still fall ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity to help pave way for a landmark atomic deal, US President Barack Obama said on Monday. In an interview with Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. (06808.HK), China's leading hypermarket operator, hopes to build its online sales to 10 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion) within three years from 150 million yuan as online retai ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
China has ordered local governments in two key steel-producing cities to take tougher action against polluters from the sector as part of efforts to improve air quality, Reuters reported. Inspectors f ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
