The World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld a ruling that China violated international trade rules with its export restrictions on rare-earth minerals, Reuters reported Thursday. "... China has not ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
Standard Chartered Plc has taken a US$175 million provision to cover its exposure to suspected commodities fraud in China, Reuters reported Wednesday. "We believe that in the provisioning we have take ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
An Austrian law student challenging Facebook in a Vienna court has closed the list of plaintiffs in his class action suit after 25,000 people joined the campaign alleging that the social media giant h ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
Between viewing the treasures of the Palace Museum and playing Candy Crush, most web-addicted youngsters would have no second thoughts about choosing the latter for a day of recreation -- unless, of c ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-05
China's targeted bank reserve ratio requirement (RRR) cuts have helped boost credit support for the farming sector and small businesses, but it would be unwise to adopt the monetary tool for the long ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
Shantou's planned trial economic and cultural cooperation zone, which aims to attract investment from overseas Chinese, will put pressure on Shenzhen's Qianhai special economic zone to step up its act ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-23
European nations will face heavy pressure to impose tougher sanctions on Russia as foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the attack on the Malaysian jetliner last week. A UK-led gr ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-22
Here's an idea that many of us in the rat race are likely to agree with: Carlos Slim, the world's second-richest man, believes that we should be working only three days a week. Hooray! But he also say ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-21
Regulators took aim at Cheung Kong Holdings (00001.HK) on Thursday for ordering prospective buyers of homes at Mont Vert Phase I to surrender the right to view the flats in order to qualify for a prop ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
Some turn to purchasing managers indexes, others pull apart gross domestic product figures. But if you want to get a real sense of what shape the economy is in, take a good long look at underwear sale ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-17
Hong Kong commuters are generally known to be considerate, giving up their seats on trains and buses when they see an elderly or a pregnant person or a woman with baby in arms. But every now and then ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-16
Win some, lose some. But the people behind a Singapore government ad campaign against gambling lost big-time in the World Cup, becoming the butt of jokes at home and abroad. To drive home the message ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-15
Two penguins have got some Singapore book borrowers all hot and bothered -- so much so that the city-state's National Library Board has pulled several banned volumes from its shelves. The board confir ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-14
The term “smackdown” was first used by professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock) in 1997. Ten years later its use had become so ubiquitous that Merriam-Webster felt compelled to add it to ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-09
The Al Qaeda offshoot that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria has declared itself an Islamic "Caliphate" and called on factions worldwide to pledge their allegiance, Reuters reported, citing a sta ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-30
China will do its best to help but Africa could be expecting too much from Asia's biggest economy, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing vice president Li Yuanchao during a state visit to Zambia. Li said ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-20
Britain's deputy prime minister has condemned China's political system and accused the country of systematic abuse of human rights, the Guardian reported Monday ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's t ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Staff at Next Media are working to get content online after the company's Hong Kong website was hacked at 3.30am Wednesday. The attack, just days before the June 22 Occupy Central poll on political re ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
Can vanity drive female officials to commit graft? This question has surfaced after a study by the official crime prevention unit (OCPU) of the Supreme People's Procuratorate showed an upsurge in the ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-17
The mainland's contribution to Hong Kong is only partial and the city is not overly reliant on the rest of the country for its fortunes, according to two Hong Kong government chiefs. The comments come ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
