Author: Paulo Coutinho, MDT
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Godsend delay
Some newsman once said – and I like to quote – there is no good or bad news, just news. Well, to every rule there are ... -
Paris attacks: Latest video from Fox news
Paris attacks kill 129, shock the world Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com -
Reactions: Obama vowing to do ‘whatever it takes’ to bring perpetrators to justice
PARIS (AP) — World leaders are reacting to the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II. Some of their comments: PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY Pakistan ... -
Jim Murren Chairman and CEO, MGM | What’s good for Macau ‘is good for MGM’
Jim Murren, 53, believes whatever works for Macau works for MGM, paraphrasing his mentor and long time boss Kirk Kerkorian who passed away this year. “Mr ... -
The Latest: China, Taiwan leaders shake hands for 1st time
SINGAPORE (AP) — The latest on the historic meeting between the presidents of Chinaand Taiwan in Singapore. All times local. ___ 3 p.m. The leaders of ... -
Francisco Coelho, the ‘Dark Knight’ | ‘Macau’s economy will come back better and better’
Nicknamed the “godfather” of Macau’s nightlife, Francisco Coelho, 56, has been running the hottest clubs in town, namely D2 and DD3, for over two decades. Mr ... -
Studio City preview | Cotai 2.0: the show must begin
The countdown is over. Today Studio City opens its doors testing the waters of so-called Cotai 2.0 in times of gaming industry recession with Mariah Carey ... -
Uber lands in Macau
Uber announced the soft launch of the company’s services in Macau today. Its initial offering, UberBLACK, connects riders with drivers for a 5-star transportation experience at ... -
Editorial | Dore to door greed
My informed sources say that over 60 percent of Dore investors are Macau residents. This is typical of the stories where you can’t really distinguish victims ... -
Editorial | Bon Jovi, two systems
The Bon Jovi China tour was trimmed to Macau following the abrupt cancelation of their concerts in Shanghai and Beijing. The international press – from the ... -
Editorial | Bringing down the house
First it was the strong winds of the anti-corruption campaign from the North, blowing away the big red bucks from the VIP tables, which used to ... -
Exclusive interview | Lawrence Ho: ‘The cold hard truth is, non-gaming will never make any money’
Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL) announced yesterday its Q2 results in New York and, as expected, they continue to be on the fall as is the whole ... -
Far from where
3 Jews are sitting in a DP [Displaced Persons] camp after the war. Says the first Jew, “I’m going to settle in England.” The second Jew ... -
Exclusive interview with Bob Arum | Top Rank to promote 28 boxing events in mainland China next season
Bob Arum, the legendary promoter’s efforts in Macau and China, together with Sands China, were successful in bringing professional boxing, the “noble” fight, to this part ... -
Jack Black
“We are facing a pretty tough period,” Galaxy deputy chairman Francis Lui said at a briefing this week about prospects for a Macau gaming recovery. Revenue ... -
Kevin Clayton, CMO Galaxy | ‘95pct of our investment has gone into non-gaming’
Facing a “new norm”, gaming operators are adapting to the latest and decisive push by the government to diversify the economy, which for casinos means an ... -
Equatorial Guinea hopes to join Forum Macau
Equatorial Guinea wants to join Forum Macau and “apparently it has China’s blessing,” a diplomatic source told the Times. The membership of Eq. Guinea, a Franco-Lusophone-Spanish ... -
Jack Black
The chances of pulling off a hole-in-one in the sport of golf are 250,000 to one. Legislator and businessman Chan Meng Kam did it last weekend. ... -
Jack Black
Blaming Raimundo shouldn’t be an easy task: he wasn’t here for 15 years! Still, legislators of different colors somehow find a way to blame Secretary Raimundo ... -
Bullets over Gaming
Much has been said and written about the cap on gaming tables. Apparently nobody seems to listen to what Secretary Lionel Leong has been consistently saying: ... -
Jack Black
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), headed by André Cheong, has been in the news every week, baring its teeth to both “tigers” and “flies”. Two weeks ... -
Breaking News: Las Vegas bullish on Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight
Interested in coming to Vegas to be part of the matchup to end all matchups that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are selling? It’s gonna ... -
Jack Black
Secretary Tam appointed his adviser medical doctor Kuok Cheong U, this week as director of the Central Hospital and vice director of the Health Bureau to ... -
Interview with Robbert van der Maas, Artyzen | “citizenM hotels are perfect for Macau”
Artyzen, the hotel management arm of Shun Tak Holdings, has partnered with Dutch hotels citizenM, to develop an innovative concept of luxury but affordable hotels in ... -
Family business | Dairy Farm buys San Miu supermarkets for MOP1.3 billion
The Dairy Farm Company has acquired the Macau-based supermarket operator, San Miu Supermarket Ltd for MOP1.3 billion patacas, a source told the Times. The sale was ... -
Jack Black
We have to admire the “green” persistence of António Trindade, the founding President of the Macau Association of Environmental Protection Industry and one of the founding-fathers of the MIECF which is ... -
Jack Black
The Good Shepherd Centre led by Sister Juliana Devoy and the Vital Voices Global Partnership held a one-day conference titled “Business Leadership to End Human Trafficking ... -
WHO GRANTS WHAT
Dr Alexis Tam said this week to Beijing from the streets of hyper-crowded Macau during CNY holidays: Thank you, but it’s enough tourists. Please stop sending ... -
Jack Black
The government has appointed Echo Chan to replace Rita Santos as deputy secretary-general of Forum Macau, the Official Gazette announced this week. It’s a clear ... -
SHOW BITS: Placing your bets on Oscar winners
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Show Bits brings you the 87th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on ... -
Jack Black
Against the downtrend, MGM China was the only local gaming operator to record growth in “the main floor business” in the dramatic 4th quarter of 2014, ... -
Jack Black
David Chow urged the government to open up the gambling market by allowing more concessionaires to operate in Macau. On the sidelines of the inauguration ... -
Jack Black
Carlos Marreiros continues to show that he is the greatest promoter of the idea of transforming the São Lázaro district into a creative industries center. ... -
Jack Black
“Everything we have invested in Macau to date and everything we will invest in the future is predicated on delivering our promise to help Macau ... -
Breaking News: Founder Adelson is taking over Sands China CEO position
Las Vegas Sands founder Sheldon Adelson is taking over the Sands China CEO position, the company announced today (Friday). According to Bloomberg, Adelson will be appointed ...
