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Chinese portal Sohu reports USD45 million loss
Sohu.com Inc., operator of a popular Chinese Internet portal, said yesterday it lost USD45 million in the latest quarter while revenue rose 18 percent to $400 ... -
Review of Culture focuses of Asian Studies
Edition number 45 of the Review of Culture, composed entirely in English, is a special, compiled edition linked to the 8th International Convention of Asia Scholars ... -
DSEJ to consult high school academic attainment next year
The director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), Leong Lai, has revealed that her department is going to launch the public consultation of the ... -
CRIME | Man accused of raping mentally disabled woman
João Pedro Lau The Judiciary Police (PJ) has detained a 23 year old local who allegedly forced his former girlfriend, who has a mild mental retardation, ... -
Over 15,000 attend Youth Dance Festival
The biennial International Youth Dance Festival 2014 has concluded, with more than 15,000 visitors attending the seven-day event. The closing ceremony was held at the Macau ... -
Monetary Authority says sovereign wealth fund could be created
The Monetary Authority of Macau (AMCM) has not ruled out the possibility of creating a sovereign wealth fund, as recently suggested by the International Monetary Fund ... -
Unemployment rate remains at 1.7 pct
The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 1.7 percent between April-June as compared to March-May. Figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) also show that ... -
Non-resident workers exceed 150,000
The number of non-residents in Macau has climbed to over 155,310 by the end of June, with a stable unemployment rate of 1.7 percent in the ... -
Briefs: R-Cherikoff blames raw material for failing quality test
Several Macau and Hong Kong food products, including the almond biscuit and egg roll produced by R-Cherikoff, have failed the test of the Chinese General Administration ... -
GAMING | Chinese developers invest in overseas casino projects
GAMING Chinese developers invest in overseas casino projects Facing a drop in profits in their home market, Chinese real estate companies are trying to participate in ... -
The tricky business of proxy betting
Proxy betting is seen as one of the fastest-growing revenue streams in Asian land-based casinos. The system allows players outside of Macau to legally place bets ... -
US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas
Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home. Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook ... -
Corporate Bits | Asia to host its first UFC women’s fight
The UFC organization has announced that it will feature its first-ever women’s match-up in Asia at “UFC Fight Night Macao: Bisping vs. Le” on Saturday, August ... -
Mozambique receives funding of USD32b for infrastructure
Mozambique is one of three of the main foreign investment destinations in Africa and over the next few years is expected to be home to infrastructure ... -
Portugal is biggest foreign investor
Portugal topped the list of foreign investors in Mozambique in the first half of the year, with a total of US$248.8 million, accounting for 40.1 percent ... -
RELIGION | Toppled crosses in China spur defiance
The battle started when a government-hired crew tore down the metal cross atop the one-room church in this village surrounded by rice paddies last month. The ... -
MEAT SUPPLIER | Chinese unit fell short of standards
A U.S. meat supplier said yesterday a Chinese subsidiary embroiled in a safety scandal fell short of its requirements for maintaining high standards. The president of ... -
HONG KONG | Pro-democracy news site folds, citing pressure
A popular Hong Kong pro-democracy website has closed, citing political pressure, the latest sign of mounting tensions as the semiautonomous Chinese city braces for a possible ... -
PHILIPPINES | Abu Sayyaf gunmen kill 21 civilians in road attack
Abu Sayyaf gunmen attacked Filipino civilians traveling to celebrate the end of Ramadan with their families yesterday, killing 21, including at least six children, in a brazen ... -
Aquino: Not even a bomb can stop reform
An emotional Philippine President Benigno Aquino III called his opponents desperate and expressed confidence that many people will carry on his reforms even if he is ... -
THAILAND | Girls killed, hurt in attack in southern town
A 12-year-old girl was killed and seven people, including two other girls, were wounded in a roadside bomb attack near an army base in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued ... -
Sri Lankan asylum seekers fly to Australia
More than 150 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who languished on an Australian customs vessel for weeks have been temporarily brought to a detention center on Australia’s ... -
UKRAINE | Police team turns back from plane crash site
An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running yesterday as clashes raged ... -
GAZA STRIP | Israeli strikes, rocket fire, break lull
Israeli jets struck three sites in Gaza yesterday after a rocket was launched at Israel, the military said, disrupting a relative lull in the war-torn territory ... -
This Day in History: 1968 Pope renews birth control ban
Pope Paul VI has confirmed a ban on the use of contraceptives by Roman Catholics in spite of a Church commission’s recommendation for change. Most members ... -
Offbeat | Rotting food prompts German gas leak scare
Emergency officials called to check out a suspected gas leak in Germany found a culprit they didn’t expect: a fridge full of rotting food. Police in ... -
BASKETBALL | LA Clippers trial heads toward conclusion
Only final arguments and a ruling remain in the trial to determine whether Donald Sterling’s estranged wife can sell the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft ... -
CYCLING| Tour de France Humble, ambitious Nibali had early cycling dream
As a teenager, Vincenzo Nibali uprooted himself from his home in Sicily to head for Tuscany — and a career on a bike. Off to join ... -
FOOTBALL | Dick Advocaat introduced as Serbia coach
Dick Advocaat, who coached the Netherlands and South Korea at previous World Cups, has been formally introduced as the new Serbia coach. Advocaat will seek to ... -
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 – edtion no. 2117
* Several flights delayed per day over military drills * Police remove church cross amid crackdown on ‘China’s Jerusalem’ * Non-resident workers exceed 150,000 * Chinese ... -
World briefs
MYANMAR The new U.N. human rights envoy for Myanmar has expressed serious concern about the conditions in camps for more than 100,000 mostly minority Muslims displaced ... -
THE BUZZ: Pope goes to stronghold of Naples-area mobsters
Pope Francis has traveled to a southern Italian stronghold of a clan of mobsters who poisoned local farmlands by dumping illicitly trafficked toxic waste. Francis made ... -
AH5017 | UN finds second black box of Air Algerie jet
French President Francois Hollande said he wants the remains of all passengers on the Air Algerie plane that fell from the sky and disintegrated to be brought ... -
LRT plan draws ferocious opposition in consultation session
In a consultation session held last Saturday regarding the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Northeastern section on Macau Peninsula, many residents voiced their opposition to the “Avenida ... -
Macau Orchestra debuts in Taiwan
The Macau Orchestra is currently performing in Taiwan for the first time. The orchestra’s concert tour opened last week, bringing with it works by Rachmaninoff and ...
