... eir opportunities in Europe,” Jim O’Neil, head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s global financial institutions group, was quoted as saying. “They have been consciously walking in the market before th ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... r housing unit in Hangzhou from Alibaba, a BMW 5 series from Tencent, a Stanford study tour from Baidu, and a homemaker package -- with all the home appliances you'll ever need included -- from Xiaomi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... Hong Kong unit sold a combined US$1.63 billion worth of bonds in euros. Steel giant Baosteel Group, meanwhile, is said to be considering its first euro bond issue. Asian companies are eager to take ad ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... 2004. The unit generated an after-tax profit of HK$520 million in 2011, HK$480 million in 2012 and HK$517 million in 2013. And the interim profit for last year's first six months rose by about 10 perc ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... sive care unit the same day. Two people at his home have upper respiratory symptoms, while the remaining person is asymptomatic. Professor Hon Kam-lun of the department of paediatrics at the Chinese U ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-13
... sidential unit at Beverly Garden, a Home Ownership Scheme housing project in Tseung Kwan O, was being used to store a large quantity of baby formula products. According to Luk, the matter has been rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
First, the bad (or, rather, good?) news: unit prices of small flats will fall 20 per cent within three months. Then, the good news: the source of this prediction has been quite accurate. Now the quest ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... c housing unit in Hong Kong. But at HK$11,564 per sq ft, the deal has set a new record for the public housing market. The price is even higher than private flats being sold in the same district. A pri ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... tment communities. Several other factors are driving this new wave of activity. One of the largest is the linking of Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges late last year, which has given Chinese and ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
... Shenzhen unit of Southern Power Grid has been picked to pilot a government initiative aimed at letting market forces, rather than power transmission companies, determine what end-users pay for electr ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... d peg its unit to a basket of currencies, rather than to the US dollar alone. Not everyone expects the dollar strength to last. Some, in fact, expect a surprising turn in the second half of this year. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... uare foot unit in the Avenue, a redevelopment project in the former Wedding Card Street, has been rented out for HK$35,000 (US$4,513) a month. That's news for me. According to Apple Daily, the monthly ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
Standard Chartered Plc is looking to sell its retail business in the Philippines as the banking group seeks to cut costs and shrink its asset base, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a source with knowl ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... d for the unit's high bad debt ratio. If that’s the reason for an NCB sale, that would not be sensible move for BOCHK as it would show its weakness in restructuring business. BOC Hong Kong should have ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... ver 6,700 units, mainly small flats. I immediately called my agent who has worked in the area for a decade and just loves the place. "Metro Plaza is a landlord's market -- most units are leased withi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... l Ltd., a unit of the Hong Kong-based company, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The deal is expected to be announced shortly in Hong Kong. An acquisition would h ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... . Ltd., a unit of Indonesia-based Asia Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. Zhang said disposable hygiene products, which include household paper and personal care products, are among the strongest and fastest-g ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... c housing units in the city. With the average income for Hong Kong people standing at HK$13,500 a month last year, it means the public housing unit would have required 10.5 years income for an average ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... sidential units smaller, so do owners of subdivided flats who have found a way to make the best use of a 800 square foot unit in an old district. But how can one explain that makers of chocolates, can ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... sive care unit of various hospitals across the city, bringing the number of severe cases to 134, the report said. Dr. Lau Chun-wing, a specialist in respiratory medicine, said the H3N2 virus specifica ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
