... further upside for Apple’s share price in the future. A major rally in Google’s earnings pushed the Nasdaq index to a record high. Google soared by 16.3 percent within a single day, bolstered by stron ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-22
Beijing’s intervention measures to stem the recent panic sell-off in the stock market have some unexpected side-effect. Rumors have it that the government has outlined several plans to withdraw trilli ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... the other side an extra advantage. Still, they do not have a common master who can arrange and mobilize all their resources, the role Beijing plays for the pro-establishment camp. One emerging factor ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... hen. Each side’s refusal to admit its mistakes reinforced the other side’s stubbornness. The Germans would have done better to admit that fiscal austerity is contractionary in the short run. The Greek ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
... he Indian side were injured and several houses damaged, officials said. Pakistan said Indian forces had fired small arms, rockets, mortars and heavy machine guns across the border. India, which is maj ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
... US on one side and Europe on the other, but one firmly over China, with the “stans”, Europe and Africa to the west, and the Pacific sea lanes going east. It is a concept wedded to global diplomacy, no ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... e Kowloon side has an asking figure of almost HK$20,000. The Hong Kong Economic Journal reported recently that even a tong fong (劏房), or sub-divided flat, in districts like Sai Wan and North Point wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
Wan Li, a Chinese politician known for his economic reforms, publicly chose the side of the hardliners in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Wan died Wednesday at the age of 98 in Beijing. He was a ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
... should consider relaxing its rules to enable sportspersons to carry their equipment. The rail firm, however, says that it cannot offer any preferential rules and that it will treat athletes carrying s ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... itor," President Barack Obama posted on Twitter. "Thanks NASA. It's a great day for discovery and American leadership." About 13 hours after its closest approach to Pluto, the last major unexplored bo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
Rumors have been flying again that Leung Chun-ying will soon be removed from office as chief executive. What has been fueling the speculation is “Xi’s handshake”: President Xi Jinping approached Finan ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-15
... ologies. Aside from small toy-like drones with limited range, there are now open-source websites like DIYDrones and Ardupilot that help hobbyists with complete plans and parts for building bigger dron ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
... uld be considered. It's hard not to see this sad affair as a side show to the bigger political conflict that is splitting Hong Kong society. Hong Kong doesn't want one of the last bastions of its free ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
... ts on the side of the Pluto that permanently faces its primary moon Charon, Reuters reported. The spots are related to a dark belt that circles Pluto’s equatorial region. "We're seeing these crazy bla ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
Some Hong Kong netizens have recently been discussing which side would win if Gurkhas and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers engaged in battle. As a former Gurkha, I may not be impartial in givin ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
... re on the side of the Philippines, Edwin Tan, president of the Palawan Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce, was quoted as saying. Palawan Island, a tourist draw for its pristine beaches and diving, i ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... rs on the side of upper windshield glass of the vehicle, or by jumping down onto the bus from a footbridge. Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, chairman of the Institute of The Motor Industry Hong Kong, said the man p ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... s the two sides weren’t formally extending the deadline but would effectively stop the clock on the talks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that there were still more than half a do ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... he racing side of the business while Dieter Hahn, chairman of the supervisory board of German sports marketing media group Constantin Medien, was also involved. Ecclestone told Reuters separately on S ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
Hong Kong is lost in a political labyrinth. There are many ways to turn inside a labyrinth but only one correct way out. Hong Kong people do not know the correct turns to find their way out. We are lo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03