Statistics | Hotel revenues increase in 2014

Hotel sector revenues amounted to MOP27.87 billion in 2014, up by 10.2 percent year-on-year, according to an annual survey released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Analyzed by subsector, room

Nintendo taps 65-year-old human resources head as president

Nintendo Co. named a 65-year-­old human resources executive as president to lead the company’s long- awaited push into smartphone gaming and development of its new console. Tatsumi Kimishima will succeed the late

Apple says iPhone on pace to beat last year’s first weekend

“Customer response to iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus has been extremely positive and preorders this weekend were very strong around the world,” Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said. Apple didn’t give

Corporate bits | CEM launches “E-bill Grand Lucky Draw”

The “E-bill Grand Lucky Draw” promotion period starts now until 18 March 2016. Customers who successfully register for CEM’s e-bill service will automatically enter into the lucky draw. The lucky

Oil production costs in Angola ‘must fall’

The Director of Total E&P Angola, Jean-Michel Lavergne, warned that if oil exploration costs in Angola did not come down significantly, the country runs the risk of no longer having

Fosun withdraws from Novo Banco purchase

Daily financial newspaper Diário Económico also reported that the sale of Novo Banco was expected to be postponed until after the Portuguese elections on 4 October. Apollo’s proposal, believed to

Party issues blueprint on overhauling bloated state industry

China’s Communist Party issued a long-awaited blueprint for overhauling bloated state industries while retaining the party’s dominance in the economy. The government of President Xi Jinping is under pressure to reverse

UN rights chief airs worry about detained lawyers

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the detention and interrogation of more than 100 lawyers in China. Speaking at yesterday’s start of the 47-nation Human Rights Council

Film | Mr Six closes Venice Film Festival with reflection on mainland’s transformations

Mr. Six centers on a once notorious streetwise hoodlum named Mr Six, played by Feng Xiaogang, who lives a lonely existence in a Beijing hutong behind a small convenience store

Australia | Party ousts PM Abbott for more moderate rival

Australia’s beleaguered prime minister was ousted from power in an internal party ballot yesterday as the ruling conservative party attempts to win back a disenchanted public by replacing the nation’s

Japan | Volcano in Kyushu erupts, sending smoke into the air

Mount Aso, a volcano on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, has erupted, sending huge plumes of black and then white smoke 2,000 meters into the air. The eruption yesterday prompted

Thailand | Police say Bangkok bombing suspect fled to Turkey

A key suspect in last month’s bombing at a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people has fled to Turkey, Thai police said yesterday, in another indication that the attack could

Afghanistan | Taliban insurgents raid prison and free inmates

More than 350 inmates escaped an Afghan prison following a coordinated attack by Taliban insurgents, an Afghan official and the Taliban said. Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy governor of Ghazni province, said

European migrant crisis | German border checks add urgency to EU refugee debate

Germany announced yesterday it expects to handle one million people fleeing their homelands this year and Slovakia joined Berlin in reintroducing border checks with Austria, underscoring the need for European Union

Egypt | 12 killed when security forces accidentally fire on Mexican tourists

At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured in Egypt’s southwestern desert Sunday when security forces mistakenly fired on a group of Mexican tourists, Egyptian officials said. The Mexican Foreign

This Day in History | 1964 – The Sun newspaper is born

It is replacing the Mirror Group’s Daily Herald, which has been losing readers and advertising revenue for several years. The newest arrival on Fleet Street is promising to follow a “radical”

Offbeat | Utah twins pregnant again with 2nd set of twins

Kerri Bunker and Kelli Wall know a thing or two about twins. The two women are identical twins who already each have one set of twins. Now, they are getting ready

Football | Barcelona, Real lead Spanish clubs’ charge in Champions League

Wed, 2:45am Real Madrid v Shakhtar Donetsk H 1.18, D 9.1, A 19 Spanish clubs have dominated the Champions League lately, and the odds are stacked in their favor again when the group stage

Briefs |Cricket – Former England, Yorkshire captain Brian Close dies aged 84

Four-time champion Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan cruised into the second round of the Japan Open yesterday with a straight-set win over a player 20 years her junior. The 44-year-old Date-Krumm,

World Views | Britain’s Labour Party chooses death with honor

Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide victory in the election for leadership of the U.K. Labour Party begins a fascinating experiment. Voters and political parties everywhere, not least in the U.S., ought to

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