Corporate Bits | City of Dreams 5th tower wins construction awards

“Melco Crown Entertainment is committed to maintaining the very highest standards of Occupational Health and Safety practice,” said Lawrence Ho, Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We work closely with our

Real Estate Matters | The best places to live in Macau (Part 4)

Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It specializes in managing properties

Japan central bank holds fire on fresh monetary stimulus

Japan’s central bank stunned financial markets yesterday with a decision not to splash out still more monetary stimulus for the ailing economy — apart from zero-interest loans for an earthquake

Luxury | Hermes sales buoyed by bags after boosting leather output

Revenue reached 1.19 billion euros (USD1.35 billion), Hermes said yesterday, matching the median analyst estimate. Sales rose 6.2 percent, excluding currency fluctuations, slightly ahead of the 5.8 percent estimate. The

Hospitality | HNA to buy Radisson operator Carlson Hotels

HNA Tourism Group will acquire all of Carlson Hotels Inc., the companies said in a joint statement released this week that did not disclose the purchase price. They said that Carlson’s

Beijing passes law tightening controls on foreign nonprofits

China passed a law yesterday tightening controls over foreign non-governmental organizations by subjecting them to close police supervision, a move officials say will help the groups but critics charge is

South China Sea | Chinese forces to join exercises with rival claimants

China said yesterday it will send a warship and special forces for a multinational exercise next month that is also expected to include troops from the Philippines and other rival

Religion | Revered monk is mummified and covered in gold leaf

A revered Buddhist monk in China has been mummified and covered in gold leaf, a practice reserved for holy men in some areas with strong Buddhist traditions. The monk, Fu Hou,

Thailand | Video shows British family getting attacked in Hua Hin

A British couple and their son were savagely attacked during a family vacation in Thailand in the latest blow to the country’s image as a welcoming tourist paradise. Police said

Analysis | Terrorism: After hostage beheading, is Philippines facing IS threat?

Months before Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded retired Canadian mining executive John Ridsdel in the tropical jungles of the southern Philippines, they showed him pleading for life in a video with

USA | Elections: Republican donors deny Cruz, Kasich needed funds, data show

It seems like a logical pairing: Republican donors who despise Donald Trump, and two GOP presidential hopefuls sticking it out to keep him from the nomination. Yet such a financial cavalry

This Day in History | 1993 Queen to open Palace doors

Much of the Palace, including the Queen’s private apartments, will remain closed, however, and the Queen herself will not be at home. The Palace will open only during August and

Offbeat | Rotary Club: Winner of rubber duck race can dine anywhere in the world

A rotary club in a small Massachusetts town is gearing up for its annual rubber ducky race in which the winner’s prize is a free dinner for two anywhere in

Football: Champions League | Sticking to its plan, Atletico Madrid keeps surprising

It’s getting harder and harder to bet against Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone’s team continues to succeed against some of Europe’s top teams, sticking to a simple formula executed to perfection: Tough

Bizcuits | An ode to sleep

I need sleep. That’s the only thing really on my mind these days: how to get more of it at the appropriate moment. Rather than pull the ‘I’m so tired’ bunting

Friday, April 29, 2016 – edition no. 2548

* Antonio Ramirez exclusive: ‘First we look at Sands, then Macau’ * Public pools open on May 1 * Group tours slump * British family attacked in Hua Hin   DOWNLOAD

‘Gifted’ by Autism | The Strange World of Benjamin Alexander

Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy a few months before his third birthday. Now 22, he is a writer and a student at Tulane University in New Orleans

Adaptation examines dysfunction of ‘The Family Fang’

Family dysfunction takes on new meaning in "The Family Fang," a film about a pair of performance artists for whom everything in life is part of the act, and the

‘Siddhartha’s Brain’ smart take on meditation

It's a pleasure to read "Siddhartha's Brain," which comes from a science journalist with long experience of explaining ideas for readers of The Guardian and other publications. James Kingsland even

Beyonce again proves to be center of pop universe

Beyonce doesn't simply release albums anymore, she unleashes events. And so it was this weekend, amid deep mourning for a lost icon, music's queen dropped "Lemonade," an arresting display of what

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