... Inc. and Visa Inc. He was dismissed when a New York court ruled that FIFA had "lied repeatedly" during World Cup sponsorship negotiations with MasterCard, but eight months later he was re-hired as se ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... y tourist visas to Chinese and abolished a requirement that the applicant had a certain level of income; the visa can be extended to five years. Retailers have hired Mandarin-speaking personnel. It ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... Corp., a Visa Inc. licensee, and Heartland Payment Systems Inc. Drinkman, of Moscow and Syktyvkar, Russia, faces up to 30 years in prison on the wire fraud conspiracy count when he is sentenced on Ja ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... rCard and Visa as well as cards issued by banks such as Bank of America and US Bank. Google said Citigroup and Wells Fargo would also be added to the list in the next few days. As part of security, th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... ames like Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. This latest move is part of a larger new tie-up between Marriott and Alipay, which is part of the Alibaba-affiliated but separately owned Ant Financial. The tie ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... o tighten visa arrangements for those crossing the border from the north. Retail sales only registered a slight drop last month from a year earlier. Many pro-establishment politicians said the current ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... e granted visa-free privileges to HKSAR passport holders than to People's Republic of China passport holders because the international community widely regards us as special and different from the res ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... ned their visa restrictions on mainland tourists while currency rates encouraged them to visit other places. Wu expects a continued decline in the number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong. He said loc ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... getting a visa sponsorship and inadequate knowledge of Mandarin are three of the biggest challenges when seeking opportunities in Hong Kong. Hong Kong employers prefer to hire expats who are already h ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-29
... permanent visa last year, Grundy quit his job and enrolled in a journalism master's degree program at the University of Hong Kong. He is due to complete the course in December. Grundy gained hands-on ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-22
The United States has announced tighter security measures for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, Reuters reported. The new restrictions cover European nations that have seen hu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... aunched a visa in 2009 allowing Shenzhen residents to make multiple visits to Hong Kong. Each visitor who stayed overnight in Hong Kong spent an average of HK$7,960 (US$1,027). The amount declined for ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
... anasonic, Visa and McDonald's. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach told reporters on Monday he had spoken to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie and had full ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
... temporary visas since 2000, according to Reuters, which reviewed data from the US Department of Labor. Most of the applications were approved, the news agency reported. Nine companies majority-owned b ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... anasonic, Visa and McDonald's. Sponsors of the IAAF, and its world championships later this month, include Adidas, Canon, Seiko and Toyota. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... 9 visitor visas to Chinese, ranking third in Europe behind France and Italy. In June this year, the government announced a new system that allows Chinese to apply for visas to Britain and the European ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... y relaxed visa rules for mainland residents to visit the city. And there are also signs that authorities are softening their stance on a proposed total smoking ban on casino floors. Will these policy ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
Canada has received just six applications for its pilot immigration program for millionaires, Reuters reported. That is a pale shadow of the thousands of applications for its investor class visa, scra ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... without a visa. Less than 20 per cent are staying on to complete the seven years they need to acquire a Hong Kong identity card. In 2014, 16,000 mainland students came to study in Hong Kong's tertiary ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
The number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong under the individual visit scheme has dropped 10 percent in the first 28 days of June from a year earlier after the central government restricted visas fro ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
