Las Vegas | Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett set for new year’s duet

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett are set to take the stage at The Cosmopolitan casino on New Year’s Eve for their first show together in the U.S. since they released

GGR fell 11.7 pct y-o-y Sands China leads casino stocks higher as revenue meets estimate

Sands China Ltd. led gains in Macau casino stocks as the world’s biggest gambling hub reported revenue that was in line with the government’s estimate. Sands China Ltd. surged 7.1 percent

Gaming | Industry sees no difference on first day of smoking ban

Additionally, a source from the gambling industry told the Times that they still cannot see any changes after the smoking ban was imposed. They believe that it will take some

MSAR submits formal request for Hengqin land

Jackson Chang said that there is an active response from the Guangdong authorities regarding the request. All parties are now waiting for a reply from the central government. Moreover, the president

SJM employees gather outside Macau Tower

The employees have asked SJM to pay the same amount to workers in the same positions. They also accused the company of stealing their bonuses. Chio Kin Hou, an SJM employee

Pictures of Nothing at All | Experimenting with words and image

A book with English poems translated into Portuguese, Chinese, French, and Indonesian, as well as a set of mixed media panels, might evoke unfamiliar landscapes in our minds or even

Water consumption per capita down, prices to rise next month

Meanwhile, the Macau government will adjust the water price calculation mechanism. Some have worried that it will lead to businesses shifting the extra expense to consumers. According to the report, the

Creative industry representatives voice concerns in meeting with CE

Macau’s leader took the opportunity to hear the suggestions and opinions of members of the Cultural Industries’ Fund and the Cultural Industries Committee. He pledged to assess their comments and

Briefs | Resident deposits decrease 0.1 pct

Resident deposits have decreased by 0.1 percent from a month earlier in August to MOP479.1 billion, of which MOP deposits and HKD deposits increased by 0.7 percent and 0.9 percent

Local fashion and makeup artists nominated for Fashion Asia Awards

A group of thirteen fashion industry artists from Macau have been nominated for the upcoming Fashion Asia Awards (AFMA) 2014, to be held on November 5 in Chongqing, China. Last

Banks to brokerages shrug off Hong Kong protest turmoil

CLSA Ltd., located in a tower directly behind the main protest area in the Admiralty district, didn’t have to activate its contingency plans even when crowds of demonstrators swelled into

Briefs | Billionaire founder of Taiwan’s Fubon Group Tsai dies

Hewlett-Packard Co. is splitting itself into two companies, one focused on its personal computer and printing business and another on technology services, such as data storage, servers and software, as

Fosun International expands asset portfolio in Portugal

The next deal is expected to be the acquisition of Espírito Santo Saúde (ES Saúde), for which the Chinese group has proposed to pay almost USD600 million, which is more

Guangxi builds housing estate in Sao Tome and Principe

Chinese company Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau has started building a a housing estate on the island of Sao Tome, on a self-funding basis, the Minister of Public Works of Sao

HONG KONG | Protests shrink after tumultuous week

Student-led protests for democratic reforms in Hong Kong shrank yesterday but a few hundred demonstrators remained camped out in the streets, vowing to keep up the pressure until the government

Hong Kong | FireChat helps demonstrators overcome traffic jam

Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators finding it difficult to communicate over congested mobile-phone networks are downloading the application FireChat about 100,000 times a day in an effort to stay connected. Open Garden’s

Tiananmen legacy looms over Hong Kong protests 

The legacy of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square looms larger in Hong Kong than in mainland China, where the Communist Party has virtually erased all public mention of it. In

JAPAN |Typhoon washes 3 US airmen out to sea

A powerful typhoon that washed three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea, killing at least one, slammed central Japan yesterday, stalling trains and flights and triggering mudslides, before swerving

INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER DISPUTE | Kashmiris flee renewed shelling, 9 dead

Tens of thousands of villagers were fleeing their homes in Kashmir yesterday, as Indian and Pakistani troops bombarded each other with gunfire and mortar shells over the border separating Pakistan from India’s

BRAZIL | Surprising election keeps zigging, zagging

It’s the presidential election that just keeps surprising. A year after a spasm of huge anti-government protests across Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff piled up more votes in Sunday’s election than any

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