CURB exhibits local architects’ proposals for the Lakes area

The Architects Association of Macau (AAM) and CURB Center for Architecture and Urbanism are currently presenting the AAM Architectural Design Competition 2015 expo. The exhibition features a total of 14 projects,

Kering announces new collections launch at Studio City

Kering Eyewear has announced the launch of its Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta eyewear collections via a partnership with DFS Group, The Moodie Report revealed yesterday. The collections will be unveiled

Macau Connection | Indictment brings additional bribery charges in UN case

Federal prosecutors beefed up charges yesterday in a bribery conspiracy case that has ensnared a former president of the U.N. General Assembly, a Dominican Republic diplomat and a Chinese billionaire. The

Lionel Leong | Gov’t expects better gaming performance in October

Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong Vai Tac, said that “so far in October, monthly gaming revenue performance judged year-on-year has been better than in the prior few months.” GGR

Melco lenders face crunch as tables fall short of targets

Lenders to the newest Macau casino of Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. face debt renegotiations as the company hasn’t gotten enough gambling tables for the USD3.2 billion project ahead of requirements

Investment | Jupiter buys Sands China, Chinese Noodlemaker stock after slump

Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., which oversees about USD53 billion, bet on Asian consumer demand after the region’s sharpest equity selloff since 2011. Ben Surtees, a London-based money manager for Jupiter, this

Real Estate Matters | Did you know…? 20 interesting facts about Macau property – Part 2

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

Corporate Bits | Lagoalva wine pairing event at hotel royal

During the event, Luís Américo, Fado’s executive chef showcased his culinary skills with a live cooking performance and a 5-course dinner, paired with a selection of Quinta da Lagoalva wines. The

Apple cleaning up act in China with more renewable energy 

Apple is cleaning up its manufacturing operations in China to reduce the air pollution caused by the factories that have assembled hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads during the past eight

Xi says goodbye to queen, set for talks with Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron planned to discuss the fight against extremism with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday on a state visit hailed as a landmark by both China and Britain. Xi and

Beijing inks nuclear power deal as UK seeks investment

Britain will be China’s “partner of choice” in the West, Prime Minister David Cameron declared Wednesday, as China demonstrated its commitment by putting down a 6 billion-pound (USD9.3 billion) stake in the U.K.’s first

Robert Mugabe wins PRC’s alternative to Nobel Peace Prize 

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been awarded China’s alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize for what the prize committee called his inspired national leadership and service to pan-Africanism. The 91-year-old Mugabe is the

Beijing to take custody of mainland couple in Philippine deaths 

Beijing has claimed diplomatic immunity for a Chinese couple suspected in the shooting deaths of two Chinese diplomats and the wounding of the country’s consul-general in the central Philippines, and

Novelty insurance guards do-gooders against scams by elderly 

Now there’s an answer to a sad, strange and common question in China: How can someone be a good Samaritan to an elderly person in need without getting scammed? China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba

North Korea | An obsessive bunch penetrates totalitarian fog

In an anonymous office building in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, in a part of Colorado where cattle ranches fade into strip malls, a gravel-voiced man with a Brooklyn

SINGAPORE | Mega-church head guilty of embezzling USD35 million for wife’s pop career

The founder of a popular Singapore church was found guilty Wednesday of misappropriating more than USD35.5 million in donations to support his wife’s singing career in Asia before helping her break into

Russia-Syria | Assad’s trip to Moscow bolsters sense he may survive war

Russia’s military intervention in Syria has deepened the sense that President Bashar Assad may survive the country’s disastrous civil war, and his surprise visit to Moscow — a first foray out in

Hacking | WikiLeaks publishes CIA director John Brennan’s emails

The WikiLeaks organization posted material Wednesday from what appears to be CIA Director John Brennan›s personal email account, including a draft security clearance application containing personal information. The material presumably was taken in

Israel | Netanyahu causes uproar by linking Palestinians to Holocaust

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked an uproar in Israel on Wednesday for suggesting that a World War II-era Palestinian leader persuaded the Nazis to adopt their Final Solution to exterminate 6 million

This Day in History | 1956 – Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule

There are believed to have been many casualties in a day which started as a peaceful rally, and ended with running battles between police and demonstrators in which shots are

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