UnionPay bogus transactions reach MOP260 million

Chinese and Macau authorities further restricted the use of China UnionPay Co.’s debit cards at casinos last year, since some gamblers had been illegally using UnionPay cards to obtain cash

Baccarat championship breaks world record

The gaming competition, which took a year and a half to prepare, broke two Guinness World Records for “greatest prize money for a baccarat tournament” and “greatest prize money for

Portuguese IT companies eyeing Macau

Called “The Future Pavilion,” the fair is being held at Friendship Square until Friday. Created by the National Association of IT and Electronics Companies (ANETIE), the LoginPT fair aims to capture

MICE | Revamped education expo back in town

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), together with The Venetian Macao, will hold the ‘International Higher Education Exposition of Macao’ at the Cotai Expo for three days starting on March

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Fortunes affected by gaming revenue slump

Macau’s gaming revenue, which fell 48.6 percent year-on-year last month, appears to have influenced local casino tycoons’ fortunes, as indicated by ‘The World’s Billionaires list,’ published yesterday by Forbes. One of

Chinese rushing to buy property for Portugal visa get burned

Billboards in Chinese at Lisbon’s international airport peddling luxury properties leave little doubt about who is buying real estate in Portugal. While the ads offer a chance at securing a so-called

Goldman partner who called Japan’s demise sees similarities with China

Forecasts for China to surpass the U.S. as the world’s main economic power are misplaced. So says an observer who foresaw Japan’s eventual demise a year before its land-price bubble

Corporate Bits | World champion boxer Amnat Ruenroeng meets Sands China employees at the Venetian

“The Junior Hotelier at Sheraton Macao is a special program that takes edutainment to new heights,” explained Mr. Josef Dolp, Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central Managing Director. “It is a

Prince William focuses on football and film on mainland trip

Britain’s Prince William focused his China trip on promoting links between the countries in football and film yesterday, watching students kick balls around with Premier League-trained coaches before attending a movie premiere. The

Beijing’s top legislative advisory body holds annual session 

The more than 2,000 members of China’s top legislative advisory body convened their annual meeting yesterday, kicking off a political high season that will continue with the opening of the national congress

‘Saturday Night Live’ going live through Sohu partnership

After 40 years as a weekend staple on U.S. television screens, “Saturday Night Live” will start a Chinese version in partnership with Sohu.com Inc., operator of an online search engine

State media seen stepping-up anti-Western rhetoric

Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas

Flight MH370 | Airlines move to better track planes a year after tragedy

At 656,000 pounds fully loaded and the length of six school buses, the Boeing 777-200ER is hard to miss. Yet nearly one year ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, taking the lives of

Nepal | Human waste on Everest a major problem 

Human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world’s highest peak, the chief of Nepal’s mountaineering

North Korea | Gov’t lifts Ebola travel restrictions 

North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners last

RUSSIA | Mourners view body of slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov 

One by one, thousands of mourners and dignitaries filed past the white-lined coffin of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov yesterday, many offering flowers as they paid their last respects to

USA | LA police chief: Man killed on Skid Row reached for gun 

  Police fatally shot a homeless man during a “brutal” videotaped struggle in which an officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the Los Angeles police chief said

This Day in History: 1975 Comic genius Chaplin is knighted

Silent film legend Charlie Chaplin has become Sir Charles after a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The star of such films as The Kid and The Great Dictator was knighted in the

Offbeat | Hungarian village for rent, comes with deputy mayor’s post

The village of Megyer, population 18, has put itself up for rent to companies and tourists. For 210,000 forints (USD750) a day, a prospective renter gets seven guesthouses that sleep 39

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