Offbeat | GM, Honda team up to produce self-driving vehicles

General Motors and Honda are teaming up on self-driving vehicle technology as big automakers and tech giants race to develop the next generation of personal transportation.

Guardians of the global economy descend on Bali divided

A decade after the guardians of the world economy united to save it from depression, the scope for such shock-and-awe policies has all but dried up. It

Singapore happy to be ‘goldilocks’ for energy usage experiments

As the world tries to curb carbon emissions, Singapore could be a testing ground for new ideas on how to reduce energy use through data and urban

Real Estate Matters | Ideas for Small Spaces

The reality for many people living in Macau is adapting to spaces far smaller than they are used to. In this article we explore further the idea of creative

Art market | Rybolovlev slaps Sotheby’s with lawsuit

The epic international legal drama that has pitted a Russian billionaire against a Swiss art entrepreneur took a new turn this week with Dmitry Rybolovlev slapping Sotheby’s

Retail | Japan cosmetics, retailers dip on China report on customs checks

Shares of luxury-goods companies from Japan’s Shiseido Co. to France’s LVMH fell after social media reports that China is stepping up customs checks on citizens bringing in

Food & Beverage | Here are the world’s top 50 bars – and the best is in London

Fancy a few cocktails at the world’s best bar? Better be quick: It’s preparing to close. Dandelyan, in the Mondrian, London, yesterday was named

Corporate Bits | Sands China donates MOP1 million to local institutions

Sands China Ltd. has made a MOP1 million donation to six Macau tertiary institutions for scholarships and fellowships, which will benefit 100 students. The donations were presented

Jack Ma says US-China trade war could last 20 years

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said Tuesday that the trade dispute between the U.S. and China could last 20 years. But he expressed hope that a solution

IMF reveals crisis legacy is slower growth, more debt, fewer babies

The global financial crisis left lasting scars on the world economy, including slower growth, higher government debt and even lower fertility rates, the International Monetary Fund

Corporate Bits | lVS recognized by dow jones for corporate sustainability efforts

Las Vegas Sands Corp. has once again been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for its industry-leading corporate sustainability efforts. Sands is

SEC forces Tesla to dampen Elon Musk’s dominance

A run-in with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may prove to be the recipe for reform that corporate governance experts have said Tesla Inc.’s board needed

Uber clampdown in Spain hurts refuge for long-term unemployed

Spain’s Socialist government’s efforts to clampdown on the growth of car-hailing apps including Uber and Cabify threaten to hurt people it claims to want to help:

Real Estate Matters | How to read real estate news

Real estate news is often put in the spotlight in the press. It is a subject that is both emotionally charged and highly technical, and is often overly

Crypto’s open secret: its multibillion-dollar volume is suspect

Four months ago, BitForex was just one of many obscure exchanges offering users the ability to trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Today, the Singapore-based platform is

Aviation | Congo Airline, China’s Comac in talks to buy three aircraft

Societe Nouvelle Air Congo, a state-owned carrier, is in talks with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. to buy three new aircraft as it prepares to begin

Corporate Bits | MGM holds seminar on greater bay opportunities

MGM held another seminar on national education titled “The Development of the Greater Bay Area and the Opportunities for Macau” on Wednesday. Dr. Guo Wanda, executive vice

Food | With automation, Korean dumplings go global in business bet

Move over pot stickers, here comes another Asian dumpling. South Korea’s largest food company is making a multimillion-dollar bet on “mandu,” developing its own machines to

Clouds on horizon as trade wars, debt weigh on Asia’s growth

Trade conflicts, rising debt and the potential impact from rising interest rates in the U.S. will likely dampen growth in the coming year, the Asian Development

Corporate Bits | Melco launches 20 electric buses

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited yesterday celebrated the official launch of twenty zero-emission electric buses in collaboration with manufacturer Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company Limited (Yutong).

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