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Using data to anticipate city problems

Dr. Winnie Tang - Jun 23, 2017 12:31pm

Earlier this year, Smart City Consortium (SCC) organized an Internet Economy Summit where Lilian Coral, Chief Data Officer of Los Angeles GeoHub, spoke about gathering and utilizing open data, sharing with the audience her experience and...
Will Travis Kalanick stage a comeback?

Ko Tin-yau - Jun 23, 2017 11:27am

Entrepreneurs in the information technology era usually have strong personalities, which can both help and hurt their careers. Uber co-founder and chief executive Travis Kalanick resigned on Tuesday. The decision came at a difficult time, since...
American Airlines pushes back on Qatar Airways plan to buy stake

Jun 23, 2017 8:18am

American Airlines’ chief executive said he is not “particularly excited” about Qatar Airways’ interest in buying up to 10 percent of the US carrier’s shares, Reuters reports. The move by state-owned Qatar Airways to expand its...
Tesla moves a step closer to building electric cars in China

Jun 23, 2017 7:31am

Tesla Inc. took a step closer toward establishing an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in China with its announcement that it is in exploratory talks with the Shanghai municipal government, Reuters reports. Tesla has said it wants...
Fosun, Wanda, Anbang and HNA being investigated: WSJ

Jun 22, 2017 4:59pm

Banks in China have been ordered to investigate loans made to the country’s top overseas deal makers, the Wall Street Journal reports. These include Anbang Insurance Group Co., HNA Group, Fosun International Ltd. (0656.HK) and Wanda Group. ...
Samsung, Nokia doing far better than most people think

Ko Tin-yau - Jun 22, 2017 11:45am

Perception can be quite deceiving. Nokia’s exit from the mobile phone business and Samsung’s battery explosion saga might have left investors with the impression that the two are goners, but the truth is, both companies are...
Oil drops to 10-month low amid rising US output

Jun 22, 2017 8:36am

Oil prices ended down more than 2 percent on Wednesday after hitting a 10-month low in volatile trade, as growing US production and reduced Chinese refinery activity fed mounting concern over the stubborn global crude glut,...
George Clooney selling tequila brand for up to US$1 bln

Jun 22, 2017 8:17am

Diageo Plc has agreed to buy George Clooney’s high-end tequila brand Casamigos in a deal valuing it at up to US$1 billion, as the world’s largest spirits maker seeks to boost its presence in a high-growth...
AI and IoT to boost chips demand

Hao Chenglin - Jun 21, 2017 5:12pm

While stories like JD’s record sales in its June 18 shopping festival always grab the headlines, apart from the online shopping boom, rosy prospects in hardware such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)...
Electricity pricing: Smart meters, dumb arguments

Kelvin Tsui - Jun 21, 2017 4:51pm

When restaurants charge you more at dinner than at lunch, is that a form of “price discrimination”? Not necessarily. If the restaurant serves a full house every night, but sees only a few tables filled at...

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WORLD

An IMF bridge to somewhere for Greece?

Jun 23, 2017 5:00pm

The International Monetary Fund has resurrected an old technique – commonly used in the 1980s during the Latin American debt crisis – that would allow Greece to avoid a payment default next month on debt owed...
Friend of former South Korea leader jailed for three years

Jun 23, 2017 12:39pm

The friend of former South Korean leader Park Geun-hye, who was at the center of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country’s business and political elite, has been sentenced to three years in jail, Yonhap News...
China was hell on earth during the Anti-Rightist Movement

Ding Wang - Jun 23, 2017 10:00am

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Anti-Rightist Movement. As expected, all official mouthpieces and state-run media in the mainland are strictly forbidden to touch on the highly sensitive subject. However, while...
Donald Trump’s trade knowledge deficit

Jun 23, 2017 9:24am

As a longtime champion of liberty and free trade, it is not surprising that the United States enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. But unless its policymakers act soon, the US...
US man charged with passing top-secret papers to Chinese agents

Jun 23, 2017 9:02am

A former US defense contractor has been charged with transmitting top-secret documents to Chinese agents in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash. Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, of Leesburg, Virginia, came to the attention of authorities...

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Hong Kong

This FEHD lunacy must stop right now

Enough is enough, action needs to be taken right now to rein in the clipboard-wielding Food and Environmental Hygiene Department officials who spend vast amounts of taxpayers’ money terrorizing senior citizens trying to earn...
Green living: A former lawyer shows the way

Rachel Pang Hoi-yan hates it when people ask her why she chose to quit her job as a high-paid lawyer and become an environmental activist. The answer from her is straightforward: environmental protection is...
Osteoporosis prevention: Things to bear in mind

Many patients have mixed up ideas about osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, viewing joint pain from the former disease as an outcome of the latter, which is not the case. Osteoporosis is a normal part of...
It looks and tastes like real beef, but a lot healthier

As I reach middle age, I get more health-conscious and try to improve my diet by eating a lot of vegetables. But I feel that I am just deceiving myself when it comes to Chinese-style...
Fish in season: It’s time to enjoy shad

When it comes to eating fish in season, there is a Cantonese proverb that says “spring for bream, autumn for carp, summer for shad”. Now as it is already early summer, eating shad is...
Chasing shadows in bygone Hong Kong

Fan Ho has made many compromises in his 85 years but almost none in his photography. Born in 1931, Ho was raised as the only son of a well-off family in Shanghai. However, the...
Parents must help schools help their kids with special needs

Many parents of students with special educational needs struggle to inform the school of their children’s condition. “I am so worried about what would happen if the school knew that my son has SEN...
President Xi’s three-day visit to Hong Kong ‘confirmed’

President Xi Jinping will have a fully-packed itinerary when he visits Hong Kong for the first time since assuming the presidency in 2013 to mark the 20th anniversary of the city’s return to China. Sources...
Next Media union says outsourcing plan to affect dozens of staff

The workers union at Next Media, the publishing outfit controlled by Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, issued an urgent notice to its members, telling them not to accept any proposals from management to alter their employment...
FEHD under fire again for prosecuting housewife over vegetables

Less than a week after public outcry forced it to drop charges against a 75-year-old woman who sold cardboard scraps without a license, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) is under fire again. This...