... of proof, beyond reasonable doubt, is applied in the trial of criminal cases, where proof will be accepted only if there is no plausible reason to believe otherwise. In a continental law system, there ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... t to live beyond our means and to assume too much speculative financial risk. We stopped investing in genuine engines of growth, letting our infrastructure decay, our education system lag and our work ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-19
... n to look beyond the local market and turn their focus to the United States. Andy is one such investor. Born in 1985 and graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in economics, Andy has been investin ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... ad impact beyond things like speeding up movie downloads. For example, it could improve road traffic by monitoring sensors in streetlights, roadside architecture and cars. It could even help detect ai ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-15
... games are beyond my tolerance for a politician." Cheung is not the first of Leung's former supporters to change their mind about him. In 2013, actor Anthony Wong expressed his regret for having suppor ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
... China Sea beyond its territorial sea were extinguished by the adoption of the convention and in customary law of the concept of the exclusive economic zone". That is to say, when China ratified the co ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-14
... gone far beyond the confrontation over the human rights issue," it said, according to Reuters. The statement came after the US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on North Korean leade ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-08
... sentence beyond 15-2/3 years in prison and to forfeit US$45 million. His lawer said he cannot afford that sum. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 2. Prosecutors said Caspersen, the son of late W ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
... re right. Beyond Southeast Asia, nowhere in the world is China’s reputation more at stake than on the Korean Peninsula. In the South, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has become a modern, vibrant, and cult ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
... one else. Beyond these reasons, it doesn't help that for years hardly anyone has vigorously defended British membership in the EU. This created a vacuum, allowing delusion and deception to blot out th ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-27
... aid it is beyond a legal issue that people are forming political groups advocating Hong Kong independence, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Even if the matter could be resolved by law, no one c ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
... e a few – beyond how much fiscal and monetary stimulus to pursue. There is no way to test econometrically this myriad of policies. It is this uncertainty that has driven the fact-checkers to rate Clin ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
... k extends beyond income, the logic goes, this could pose a serious problem. European social democrats, for example, worry that a basic income could undermine the worker solidarity that underpins curre ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
... e to look beyond its present difficulties, maintains confidence and finds ways to break out of the doldrums, Brazil's long-term prospects will slowly improve. Investors would do well to remember that ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-22
... on and go beyond my limitations.” She said she doesn’t want to follow the path of her mother, who got married at 19 and was forced to stop schooling. For Terenia, it is important to be smart, educated ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-21
... tions far beyond the invention itself. It reinforces the idea, which has been a defining motivation of my own work leading the Maternal and Child Health Division at icddr,b, that innovators living and ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-21
... vices are beyond its radar. In Hong Kong, anybody can provide accountancy-related services except auditing, and so service quality varies a lot. Clients may become aware of quality issues in service ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
... China and beyond and the pending investment reflects our commitment to expand internationally, and to bring equal access of financial services to more users around the world," the Chinese firm said in ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-20
... s changed beyond recognition. Fortunately, the cooked food center inside the complex has largely retained much of the old Hong Kong-style cuisine. We decided to kick-start a lovely day of shopping wit ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-17
... services. Beyond financing, making the infrastructure sector more efficient represents an even bigger opportunity. Delays stretching into years, and cost overruns soaring into the billions of dollars ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
