Banks in the United States would be able to take large stakes in venture capital funds under a proposal to ease strict bank trading and investment rules introduced following the 2007-2009 global finan ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-31
This Year of the Rat didn't exactly start well, what with the Wuhan virus outbreak and the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, will not only be rememb ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-30
新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情由內地武漢蔓延至全球,促使外國生物科技公司開始研發有關疫苗,成功的話不但造福病人也創造商機 ...全文
Facebook Inc. recommended rules for how its independent oversight board will work and said a former human rights group director will lead the board’s administrative staff, Reuters reports. The content ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
US President Donald Trump proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan, drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 131 as health authorities at the epicenter of the epidemic reported another 840 confirmed cases, even as Beijing reiterated its confidence ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
沙地阿拉伯投資者有意斥資3.4億英鎊(約34.5億港元),購入英超球隊紐卡素(Newcastle United ...全文
以英國為基地的金融科技初創OakNorth,運用人工智能(AI)技術平台進行信貸分析及管理,專注做中小企貸款業 ...全文
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中美兩國簽署首階段貿易協議,中方承諾在今明兩年共增購320億美元的美國農產品,金額雖不及原先憧憬的500億美元 ...全文
Air France-KLM has submitted a proposal to acquire 49 percent stake in Malaysia Airlines, while Japan Airlines is looking at buying 25 percent, according to Reuters. Malaysia-based AirAsia Group and M ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-21
China’s troubled Baoshang Bank will be taken over by local governments and a group of state firms, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified central bank official. The governments of Inner Mongolia Auto ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-21
The long-awaited Phase 1 trade deal between China and the United States was signed last Wednesday. The talks hit a serious snag last year, but since then China has apparently yielded to some of the US ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
As big banks have looked to de-risk their balance sheets and receded from SME lending, Britain’s OakNorth, a banking startup that specializes in providing business and property loans, is leveraging ne ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
Temasek Holdings and Trustbridge Partners have held talks with WeWork China over increasing their stake in the China branch of the troubled co-working startup to take majority ownership, three people ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
Ernst & Young (EY) expects the Hong Kong government to record a budget deficit of HK$70 billion for the fiscal year 2019-2020, the first deficit in 15 years, due to an adverse economic environment ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
China’s economic growth slowed to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States and sputtering investment, and more stimulus steps are expected this year to h ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
The long-awaited US-China trade deal touted new wins for US companies looking to access China’s US$40 trillion financial sector, but many of the changes were already in the works with Beijing stepping ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16