One of the vivid memories of my days as an undergraduate law student in London was to watch a live debate between Lord Woolf and Professor Michael Zander on what was known as the Woolf reforms. Lord Woolf was then the Master of the Rolls in the English Court of Appeal and was undertaking the…
Open this photo in gallery: Financial news plays in the background as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, on April 21, in New York City.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump roiled markets by reigniting his public tirade against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending everything…
Hong Kong is set to attract about 170,000 visitors on the back of at least 56 events the Tourism Board has helped to put on the city’s calendar this year in the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector. The board said it had submitted bids to bring the events to the city, with 16…
John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Open this photo in gallery: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 17.Richard Drew/The Associated Press Following the wild gyrations…
Back in 2008, the stock markets welcomed young investors of the millennial generation with a peak-to-trough decline of close to 50 per cent. Lessons about the downside of stocks came regularly after that. The S&P/TSX composite index lost money in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Obscured by a quick rebound was the 37-per-cent peak-to-trough fall…
The number of Form Six graduates in Hong Kong pursuing further studies outside the city has declined by 15 per cent year on year, marking the second straight year of record lows since the government launched an annual survey in 2012. A student consultant and the owner of an agency connecting pupils with overseas universities…
A pedestrian jogs along the Bund across from buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street declined overnight as investors assessed quarterly earnings, while tariff worries continued to weigh on investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei…
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Human rights organisation Amnesty International has opened a new Hong Kong office based overseas led by diaspora activists following its exit from the city in 2021, in what the group described as its first section operated entirely “in exile”. The NGO announced on Tuesday that Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas would be led by the…
Travellers denied entry, detained and then deported. Phones seized and searched. Scientists and academics fleeing because of “safety concerns”. As the Trump administration continues its crackdown on border security, stories like these are sparking increased anxiety for travellers across the globe. So why are people avoiding travel to the US? And is it safe to…