Billionaire Lau is said to redevelop Goldman’s London base

Joseph Lau’s Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd. has invited companies to pitch to redevelop Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s London headquarters after the bank vacates the building next

Qatar pledges USD3b to spur interest in new free zones

Qatar plans to spend USD3 billion to attract foreign companies to its new free zones as the oil-rich country seeks to diversify its economy amid a boycott.

Corporate Bits | Sands China kept large-scale conference running smoothly during typhoon

When a super typhoon struck Macau last month, the Jeunesse Expo 9 was taking place at The Venetian Macao. In spite of the storm, the conference –

Trade War | China, US jockey for global support as dispute ramps up

The U.S. and China are set to use the latest gathering of the world’s finance chiefs to marshal support for their respective cases in a

Hackers are using stolen Apple ids to swipe cash in China

Ant Financial’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings Ltd. warned that cyber-attackers employed stolen Apple IDs to break into customers’ accounts and made off with an unknown amount of cash,

Malaysia | Government says it will end death penalty for all crimes

Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that

Thailand | Authorities to deport 70 Pakistani asylum seekers

Thai authorities yesterday convicted 70 Pakistani asylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailand despite their protestations that they face persecution if they are sent home, as

Indonesia | Grim search for disaster dead nears its end

Indonesia’s search for victims buried in neighborhoods annihilated by an earthquake and tsunami is nearing its end almost two weeks after the double disasters hit the remote

India | Severe cyclone hits eastern coast; 8 killed

A severe cyclone damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles yesterday in eastern India, where eight people were killed and about 300,000 forced to move to higher

Turkey | Saudi team after Post writer included soldiers, royal guards

Saudi royal guards, intelligence officers, soldiers and an autopsy expert were part of a 15-member team from the kingdom that targeted missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish

Offbeat | Giant hammer artwork stolen in Northern California, police wants to nail thieves

Authorities in Northern California are looking for a hammer. A really, really big one. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says police in Healdsburg in California’s wine country

This Day in History | 2002 – Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion

Reports from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali say more than 50 people have been killed in two explosions. At least 10 foreigners died and more

Football | Monaco fires Jardim after poor start to season

Relishing his team’s fifth consecutive top-three finish in the French league, Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev spoke in May about his dream to make Leonardo Jardim the

Football | Attorney: Ronaldo rape report documents altered, fabricated

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Las Vegas criminal defense lawyer went on the attack yesterday , saying documents cited in media reports about a rape claim against

World briefs

INDONESIA The heads of the World Bank and IMF appealed yesterday to the U.S. and China to cool their dispute over technology policy and play by world

The Buzz | Police: Trump’s UK visit used 10,000 officers, cost USD24M

British police chiefs say security for U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit in July involved almost 10,000 officers and cost nearly 18 million pounds (USD24 million), making it the

US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing

Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe yesterday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying

Bizcuits | Activists: Guiding us down Desire Paths

Desire paths are tracks worn by the wishes and feet of those gone before. As explained in an article in last week’s Guardian, they very often run contrary

Friday, October 12, 2018 – edition 3148

* More than 1,200 people on death row | Malaysia claims it will end death penalty for all crimes * The state of the art * Qatar airways starts cargo services to

Biblical Honey

  * Movies:The Hate U Give * Books: The Forgotten by Ben Bradlee Jr. * Music: Look Now by Elvis Costello & The Imposters * Wine: The Mistaken Identity * Travelog: New Tokyo fish market

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