Sands China announces Edward Tracy retirement

  Sands China announced on Friday that its president and chief executive officer, Edward Tracy, will be retiring from his positions, effective March 6, 2015, after running Las Vegas Sands’ most

Lionel Leong says the gaming industry will be reevaluated

The Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong has declared that any eventual change to the gaming tax system can only occur after a reevaluation that will happen this year. “The

Sex ring bust shows China expanding crackdown on graft

The arrest of a prominent Macau executive in the largest prostitution bust in the city’s history shows China’s President Xi Jinping is broadening his crackdown on corruption to restrict even

Gaming | Junket operator David Group to close some of its VIP Rooms

David Group, a Macau junket operator that serves higher-spending casino customers, is closing some rooms in the city and expanding into other Asian countries as China’s anti-graft drive reduces customer

PROPERTY | China Overseas Land plunges after sale of homes is blocked

  China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. led property stocks lower in Hong Kong after authorities in the southern city of Shenzhen blocked unit sales by the company and other developers. China

Corporate Bits | The Venetian bringing the Philadelphia orchestra back to Macau

CEM’s Energizing Tour was first launched in 2009, and since then has attracted more than 24,000 citizens to visit Coloane Power Station. To encourage visitors to provide feedback on the Tour,

Home prices fall as trends diverge among cities

China’s real estate market has extended its slump with new home prices in December registering month-on-month declines in a majority of surveyed cities. Of 70 large and medium-sized cities surveyed, 66

Senior spy official under investigation for graft

China announced a formal investigation into a top spy chief for alleged corruption, confirmation of the highest-ranking intelligence officer nabbed in President Xi Jinping’s battle against graft. Ma Jian, deputy minister

22 confirmed dead in tugboat capsizing

Authorities confirmed 22 people dead in the capsizing of a tugboat with an international team on a test voyage in eastern China, after rescuers dragged the overturned vessel to shallow waters

PHILIPPINES | Record 6 million turn out for pope’s final day in Manila

  A crowd estimated at a record 6 million people by officials poured into Manila’s rain-soaked streets and its biggest park yesterday as Pope Francis ended his Asian pilgrimage with an

Indonesia | Authorities reject foreign appeals, execute 6 drug convicts 

  Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals by foreign leaders and executed by firing squad six people, including five foreigners, convicted of drug trafficking, sending a message that the new government will not

PALESTINE | International court opens probe into Israeli war crimes

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-­scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories — plunging

Charlie Hebdo | Protests leave at least 10 dead in Niger 

  At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in the West African nation of Niger over the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s depiction of the Prophet Muhammad, the country’s president

ASK THE VET | Health & Illness Factors of Hedgehogs

Cancer
 Cancer is a fairly common disease that affects hedgehogs. A hedgehog may get cancer in any part of its body. Cancer symptoms can be a tumor or resemble a different

Oracle’s Ellison to underwrite California wildlife center

One of the world’s richest men, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, is using some of his wealth to establish a wildlife breeding and rehabilitation center in Northern California that will focus

Obama proposes tax increases on wealthy to aid middle class

President Barack Obama is proposing new taxes on the wealthiest Americans that would limit their profits from investments and make it harder for them to pass assets to heirs. Obama, who

Iraq  | Islamic State group releases 200 captive Yazidis

The Islamic State group released at least 200 Yazidis after five months of captivity in Iraq, Kurdish military officials said yesterday, mostly elderly, infirmed prisoners who likely slowed the extremists

Belgium | Suspects held in Greece as European terror crackdown widens

With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening counterterrorism dragnet across

This Day in History: 1966 Indira Gandhi takes charge in India

Following her win, Mrs Gandhi pledged herself to serve the Congress Party and the country, and said she would “strive to create what my father used to call a climate

Offbeat | US man delivers 1 pizza and gets USD2,084 tip

Now that’s a special delivery! A group of real estate agents meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, surprised a man by giving him a USD2,084 tip for delivering one pizza Thursday. The

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