The United States and China signed an initial trade deal on Wednesday that will roll back some tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of US products, defusing an 18-month row between the world’s two larg ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
The Hong Kong government is expected to record a budget deficit of HK$38.3 billion for the fiscal year 2019-2020, its first deficit in 15 years, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Wednesday. The aud ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-15
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday pledged HK$10 billion (US$1.3 billion) in relief measures to prop up the economy as it grapples with months of anti-government protests that have ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
"Ireland, the new favourite for emigration. One passport, three identities. Tax as low as 12.5 per cent. The only English-speaking country in the European Union." So reads an advertisement on the Chin ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
Visa Inc. said it agreed to buy privately held software startup Plaid Inc. in a US$5.3 billion deal that will boost the payments giant’s access to the booming financial technology space, Reuters repor ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-14
Facebook Inc.'s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he is dropping his annual challenges this year to take a longer-term focus on the decade ahead, Reuters reports. Zuckerberg said he plans to work o ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-10
Although the lawyers are still ironing out the details, the last days of 2019 saw a Phase One trade deal sealed between China and the United States. The trade war is by no means finished and further s ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
There is an overwhelming consensus among scientists that this decade will be the last window for humanity to change the current global trajectory of carbon dioxide emissions so that the world can get ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
For a half-century, American corporations (and many others around the world) have embraced shareholder primacy, which holds that the only responsibility of business is to maximize profits. But this pr ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-07
Astroscale, a company founded by Japanese Nobu Okada, has taken on a bold mission: to design and operate satellites that will remove man-made debris in space. The purpose of the undertaking is signifi ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-06
April Fools' Day came three months early this year. Rumors that Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing was unveiling another relief fund – this time covering not just small retailers but all adult residen ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-03
