World Views | Too much salt, America

When you eat too much salt - and you probably do - the problems mount pretty quickly. First it gets into your blood and confuses your kidneys, leaving too much

Thursday, May 26, 2016 – edition no. 2565

* Negative outlook | Moody’s downgrades Macau’s credit rating * Real estate agencies closing down * Sands brings Madison square garden to Vegas * HK publisher’s daughter seeks help in the US   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | North Korea’s UK ambassador rejects Trump’s offer

North Korea’s ambassador to Britain said yesterday that his country has no interest in presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s offer to open nuclear talks with North Korean leader Kim

World Briefs

HIROSHIMA By visiting Hiroshima, Barack Obama parachutes himself into a seemingly endless dispute among key U.S. allies and trading partners over World War II. CHINA-US Improved relations between the U.S. and

Bye-bye Kim | South Korea: Overseas North Korean restaurant workers flee

An unspecified number of North Koreans working at a Pyongyang-run restaurant overseas have escaped their workplace and will come to South Korea, South Korean officials said yesterday. The announcement by Seoul’s

CE meets with President of Portugal’s Supreme Court

Taiwanese universities whose names include the word “National” are seeing the word being deleted or replaced with “Taiwan” by the Macau government, related associations, and some media outlets, according to

Lovers’ feud disclosed in casino legal battle

A Hong Kong court glimpsed the private letters exchanged between billionaire Eric Hotung and businesswoman Winnie Ho Yuen during a legal battle over shares in a local casino operation. The letters,

Tourism | MGTO director made voting member of travel group board

Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, the director of the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), was elected on Saturday to serve as a voting member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association

Craig Samborski | President of Draw Events: Event producer ‘stunned’ over amount Macau paid for giant duck

Craig Samborski is the President of event production company Draw Events, and has produced concerts and festivals in the U.S. and Canada since 1992. Last year, Samborski held an exhibit in

Health | Hospital rejects accusations of delay from patient’s family

The Health Bureau (SSM) has responded to an accusation from a patient’s family that the Hospital Conde S Januario did not provide timely treatment. “The clinical condition of this patient has

Belgian products promoted in Macau

An event showcasing Belgian food and beverage products took place Monday night in the Macau University of Science and Technology’s (MUST) training restaurant, The Seasons. Nine suppliers exhibited products in areas

Final version of Animal Protection Law gathers support

The final version of the draft for the Animal Protection Law was debated yesterday by the First Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL). At the end of the meeting,

Entertainment | ‘Shrek the Musical’ cast visits Macau before show kicks off in July

The cast and crew of “Shrek the Musical” were part of a media event held yesterday anticipating the show’s debut set for the coming July 22. A “sneak peek” of the

Inflation up 4 percent year-on-year

The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key measure of inflation, increased last month by 3.02 percent year-on-year to 108.03, down by 0.29 percentage points from the 3.31 percent year-on-year

New-Home sales in U.S. surge

Purchases of new homes in the U.S. surged in April to the highest level since the start of 2008, pointing to a robust spring selling season for builders. Sales jumped 16.6

Stanley Ho buys prime Singapore hotel plot

Gaming tycoon Stanley Ho has bought prime land site off Singapore’s famed Orchard Road shopping belt, in the first transaction of a redevelopment site for a hotel in this location

Sony’s profit forecast misses estimates

Sony Corp. forecast annual profit that fell short of estimates, hurt by costs to repair a factory that was damaged in the Kyushu earthquake, lost sales and slowing demand for

Corporate Bits | Wynn volunteers organize outing for seniors

According to Wynn’s statement, the two-day outing “enabled seniors to enjoy a day in the great outdoors, surrounded by nature.” The press release added that the two pandas, Hoi Hoi and

Technology | Google tries to better connect physical to digital with new ads

Google is releasing new advertising products and services to take advantage of the way people use their smartphones to search for items, then often buy in nearby stores rather than

WWII | Hiroshima trip parachutes Obama into history disputes, from Seoul to Beijing

By visiting Hiroshima, Barack Obama parachutes himself into a seemingly endless dispute among key U.S. allies and trading partners over World War II. In Tokyo’s decades-long tug-of-war over history with

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