Despite the three-percent drop in buyers, Baselworld 2015 remained the trendsetting event for the world’s watch and jewellery professionals to unveil and dis...
By Peter Ip At the risk of courting the umbrage of the editor of this esteemed publication, who – in the event – would never entrust another writing assignm...
Although annus horribilis, a Latin phrase meaning ‘horrible year’, has reportedly been wielded since 1985, it did not achieve prominence until 1992, when Que...
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” - John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) Thanks in no small measure to the magnanimity and accommod...
By Peter Ip THIS scribbler is an economist, otherwise known as “dismal scientist”, by education and training as well as profession and career. My ingrained ...
As the curtain for the Year of the Horse is unveiled at the end of January, there is broad agreement that the once runaway growth enjoyed by the hard-luxury ...
Emerged in 1960s, Hong Kong’s fine jewellery industry has gone through a remarkable transformation during the past half-century. The export-oriented industry...