Two entrepreneurs at a startup company in Hong Kong have raised nearly HK$200 million (US$25.8 million) from crowdfunding website Kickstarter and venture capital funds to produce smart coffee machines ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
It appears that GEM board listings will now need to surge at least 20-fold on their debut if they want to attract good media coverage. Following the sweet success of Hypebeast (what a name – caveat em ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
Amundi Asset Management is aiming to become one of the top five providers of exchange-traded funds in Asia, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. The firm launched its first ETF in Hong Kong on Tues ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-13
It’s quite common for listed companies to acquire assets, whether businesses, property, cars, wine or even airplanes. However, Sun International Resources Ltd. (08029.HK) said Wednesday that it spent ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-08
It's the best of times and the worst of times for Hong Kong's television industry. First, the good news: the city finally has a new free-to-air station as Viu TV kicks off its service today, promising ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Conventional wisdom tells us that inequality is an inevitable by-product of strong economic growth. Talent, innovation and entrepreneurship will inevitably capture the lion’s share of the income being ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
Apple product launches have been blockbuster media spectacles. Not this one in which Apple introduced its cheapest iPhone. Sure, the iPhone SE sold out in Hong Kong Thursday but counter sales don't cr ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
Bookseller Lee Bo (also known as Lee Po) has been allowed by mainland authorities to travel back to Hong Kong. During his first trip to the city last week following his three-month-long disappearance, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
The 112-year Hong Kong Tramways may be the oldest mode of public transport in the city, but it is also the most open-minded when it comes to sharing real-time information. Since 2012, Tramways has imp ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
All the complicated investment strategies are ultimately about seeking a balance between risk and return. While the goal of investment varies from one case to another, there is no correct answer as to ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
Street protests by tens of thousands of coal miners in the northeast province of Heilongjiang for back pay and job security are a sign of what is to come this year in China as it attempts to lay off u ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
Apple Inc. has launched its lowest-priced iPhone and slashed the price of its smart watch. The new four-inch iPhone SE will start at US$399, or US$50 less than the iPhone 5S where it is based on, but ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-22
Most electronic products are just for fun, but this one is about life and death. Snoring is a common problem. Not only is it a sign of poor quality of sleep, it may also be related to sleep apnea—a po ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
China's financial reforms have encountered various challenges over the last year. In the first half of 2015, the nation's stock market hit new highs on hopes for A-share inclusion in MSCI indexes, as ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
Guangdong province reported an 8 percent growth in its gross domestic product last year, and local residents’ income increased by 8.5 percent from the year before. The province’s fixed-assets investme ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-19
People who suffer from stroke or reduced mobility find it hard to operate devices and equipment at home, but now there is a new smart system that can help them do it without help from others. The iWhe ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
Given that the Hong Kong and mainland stock markets are unstable at present, investors might take a look at other markets; for example, Taiwan. Two factors will benefit the Taiwan stock market. First, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
Technology innovation is a crucial step if China wants to achieve its goal of economic transformation. But when it comes to actual results on the ground, we see an aggregation of innovation industries ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
Have you ever wondered why there are a growing number of mini-storage users? Why are they willing to pay thousands of dollars a year to keep things they rarely need in the daily lives? What exactly ar ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-12
Google's artificial intelligence system has shown super-human status in beating a top-ranked player of the Go board game. DeepMind achieved the feat in a televised match of the 2,500-year-old strategy ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
