Gaming | Analysis: Wynn gets fewer tables than he wants for local casino

Casino tycoon Steve Wynn will get 150 gaming tables for his new USD4.2 billion resort in Macau, just over a third of what his company applied for as the Chinese

Cheung Kong’s Victor Li says open to sale of Hong Kong buildings

Billionaire  Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. signaled it’s willing to part with some buildings in Hong Kong, as it seeks to lessen dependence on a market where sales

Corporate bits | Blue Man Group’s first China performance

The Blue Man Group held their first performance in China on Friday night at the Venetian Macao’s Venetian Theater before an audience of Hong Kong and Macau celebrities. Attending the opening

Auto sales accelerate in July

China’s auto sales growth accelerated in July, an industry group said Friday, while General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. reported record demand for the month. Sales in the world’s biggest auto

Japan searches for 8 Chinese missing off disputed islands

Japanese coast guard ships searched Friday for eight missing Chinese crewmembers after rescuing six others from a fishing boat that collided with a cargo ship off disputed islands in the

Slowing growth in money supply hasn’t affected economy, Ma says

China’s slowing growth in money supply hasn’t affected the economy and the nation’s fundamentals support a stable foreign-exchange rate, the top economist at the central bank’s research bureau said. The country’s stabilizing hoard

Australian official rejects criticisms of China investor ban

Australia’s treasurer on Friday rejected accusations that the true reason his government plans to ban Chinese bidders from leasing a Sydney electricity grid is to appease influential lawmakers with xenophobic

Hong Kong economy expands most since 2011, dodging recession

Hong Kong’s economy grew at the fastest pace since March 2011 as a pick up in exports helped offset sluggish retail sales in the city. Gross domestic product expanded 1.6 percent

Philippines | Hundreds protest hero burial for dictator Marcos

Hundreds of Filipinos rallied in stormy weather yesterday against President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a heroes’ cemetery, but Duterte remained firm in

Indonesia | Tax-haven areas to lure investment mulled

Indonesia is considering options for setting up tax-haven jurisdictions as it tries to lure back billions of dollars through its amnesty program to fund infrastructure projects and finance the widening budget

USA | Workers to be reassigned after Michigan power plant fire

A utility is reassigning workers from a power plant northeast of Detroit and can’t say when the facility they worked at will be reopened following a massive fire. DTE Energy Co.’s

USA | 3 killed, thousands rescued in Louisiana floods

Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region yesterday,

This Day in History | 1965 – Los Angeles riot toll keeps rising

At least 28 people have died and hundreds have been injured after a weekend of rioting in Los Angeles. Armed National Guards have been deployed on the streets of the Californian

Swiss train attack suspect and female victim die of wounds

The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds yesterday, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman,

Pope treats Rome’s homeless to swim

Pope Francis this summer is treating dozens of Rome’s homeless to a day at the beach and dinner in a pizzeria on the way back. The pontiff’s almsgiver, Polish monsignor Konrad

Offbeat | At the Russian Mosquito Festival, the more bites the better

While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At

Rio Olympics | Jolting start for track: Ethiopian shatters 10,000 record

What track and field really needed was a Usain Bolt-like jolt to steer the conversation from the endless string of crime, punishment and doping that nearly sank the sport over

Rio still struggles with litany of problems through first week

Rows of empty seats, green water, controlled explosions, stray bullets, the killing of a young policeman in a favela, muggings of team officials, an attack on a media bus, spotty

Briefs | US landmark arrives 1,000 Summer Olympic gold medals

When Simone Manuel touched the wall to clinch a gold medal Saturday night, it was a moment 120 years in the making. The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter medley relay team of

The Buzz | HK Jockey Club CEO to speak at New York racing conference

The head of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will give the keynote address when the club’s North American counterpart gathers for its annual thoroughbred racing conference in Saratoga Springs. The Manhattan-based Jockey Club says Hong Kong Jockey

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