AP
HK tycoon Lau rejects Macau corruption charges
HONG KONG (AP) -- Shares of a Hong Kong tycoon's property company tumbled Friday after he insisted he was innocent of bribery and money laundering charges filed by Macau prosecutors over a land deal in the Asian gambling hub....
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BBC
Billionaire faces bribery charge
Billionaire Hong Kong-based property tycoon Joseph Lau faces charges in Macau of bribery and money laundering over a property deal.
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FT
Hong Kong tycoon charged with bribery
Joseph Lau, the six richest man in Hong Kong and chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings, is accused of Macau fraud
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WSJ
Billionaire Lau Faces Charges in Macau
Developer Chinese Estates said its chairman, Joseph Lau, will face prosecution in Macau over charges of bribery and money laundering linked to a land deal.
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Reuters
Casinos bet on Macau growth but China a wildcard
MACAU (Reuters) - Gaming executives and industry players gathering for a convention in Macau on Tuesday may have to finally confront what they have been predicting for the past two years -- a sharp...
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BBC
Theatre leads battle to save Macau's 'sweet speech'
Macau theatre troop leads fight to save dying language
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Irish Times
Former Portuguese territory coins it in as casino for the Chinese
MACAU LETTER:The region, handed back to Bejing over a decade ago, has boomed and drawn tourist wealth as infrastructure develops
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Barrons
Wynn: Analysts Say Keep Putting Quarters in the Machine
Wynn Resorts (WYNN) fell 5.4% in midday trading on Tuesday following the release of a disappointing first quarter earnings report late on Monday. The company’s revenue in Las Vegas fell 8%, and its operating margin dipped by 270 basis points to 19.8%. But analysts cautioned investors against dumping the stock now. For one thing, the [...]
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webwire
WorldwideLottery.com returns to Macau for the G2EAsia Global Gaming Expo 2012
Jordan Gerberg, Founder of WorldwideLottery.com will rejoin the G2EAsia Expo in Macau, People's Republic of China on May 22-24, 2012 to meet with global leaders and individual representatives of the Asian and International gaming markets. - - In the p...
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USA Today
Vegas kingpin Wynn expanding in booming Macau
Vegas kingpin Steve Wynn expanding in booming Macau
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BBC
Wynn's new Macau casino approved
Wynn Macau, the Chinese arm of Wynn Resorts, gets approval to build a new casino on Macau's Cotai strip.
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Reuters
Jones Lang LaSalle assisting Macau anti-graft body
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Property brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle said on Thursday that it is assisting Macau's anti-graft body with inquiries into the new corruption case involving jailed former government official Ao Man-long.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Sands opens latest Macau casino, plans another
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson banks on Asia for growth, but also eyes $35-billion Spanish gaming project.
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Irish Times
Irish businesses should take a punt on Macau
ASIA BRIEFING:MACAU IS the world’s largest gambling hub, pulling in almost six times the revenue of the Las Vegas strip. The former Portuguese colony had €25 billion in gambling revenue last year.
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The New Yorker
Evan Osnos: How casinos in Macau, China made Siu Yun Ping rich.
In the late summer of 2007, a fifty-year-old former barber named Siu Yun Ping began making regular visits from his village, in Hong Kong, to the city of Macau, the only Chinese territory where it is legal to gamble in a casino. Macau sits on a horn of . . .
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Gizmodo
This Card Shuffler Is Your The-House-Always-Wins Deal of the Day [Dealzmodo]
Hey kids, gather 'round. I've got something important to share. In Macau, the Vegas of Asia, things are pretty much exactly the same as the original gambling Mecca – lots of people in pyjamas and loads of smoke. The same rules apply too. More »
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Fortune
Videos: Apple's largest iPad rollout continues
The new iPad arrived in 25 more countries Friday. The first YouTube videos:
Denmark:
Hungary:
More as they arrive.
On top of the 10 countries that got the new iPad last week, Apple (AAPL) launched the device Friday in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, N...
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Mashable
Diablo 3 to Launch May 15
The launch date for the next iteration of one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, Diablo III, is May 15, Blizzard has announced.
Ther…
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New York Times
DealBook: Las Vegas Sands Faces $375 Million Suit by Former Macau Partner
Las Vegas Sands, the casino operator controlled by the billionaire Sheldon G. Adelson and his family, is facing a new, $375 million lawsuit over how the company won a lucrative gambling license in Macau.
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DerSpiegel
Touristen-Boomstadt Macau: Die wollen nur spielen
Mit Dutzenden Casino-Palästen macht Macau Milliardenumsätze, um unglaubliche 42 Prozent stiegen die Einnahmen im vergangenen Jahr. Laut Experten hat die Stadt sogar Las Vegas eingeholt - und ein Ende des Touristenbooms ist noch lange nicht in Sicht.
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WSJ
Errant SEC Filing Roils Wynn Stock
Wynn Resorts added to its headaches Friday as trading in its shares was temporarily halted after the gambling giant erroneously said it received a hotly anticipated approval to build a new casino in Macau.
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WSJ
Wynn Unit Drops Okada From Board
Casino operator Wynn Macau said its board voted to remove Kazuo Okada as a nonexecutive director, days after the board of parent company Wynn Resorts forcibly bought out his 20% stake.
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Nikkei
Wynn Macau: Board Removes Kazuo Okada As Nonexecutive Director |
news.com.au
Crown posts 79 per cent profit rise
HIGHER VIP gambler revenue and improved returns from its Macau joint venture have helped casino operator Crown increase its first half profit by 79 per cent.
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National Post
North Korea: Seoul nuclear summit a ‘childish farce,’ ‘grave provocation’
Isolationist North Korea lashed out at its neighbour on Wednesday for hosting an international nuclear security summit in Seoul next month, calling it a "childish farce" and an "intolerable grave provocation."
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The Nation
Rare Chinese white dolphin gets DNA bank
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong conservation group said Saturday it has set up a DNA bank for the rare Chinese white dolphin, also known as the pink dolphin, in a bid to save the mammals facing a sharp population decline.
There are about 2,500 Chinese white dolphins in the Pearl River Delta region, the body of water between Macau and Hong Kong, with the majority of the mammals in Chinese waters ...
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CNN
Macau casino boom fuelled by illicit cash
When Macau unveiled record gambling revenues on Tuesday, the government was silent about the source of much of the cash fuelling the territory's boom: illegal money transfers from mainland China.
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Daily Mail
Kim Jong-Il's playboy son makes a secret visit to his father's grave using a false passport
Kim Jong-Nam, 40, flew from the Chinese territory of Macau direct to Pyongyang where he paid his respects with his half-brother Kim Jong-Un who is now Supreme Ruler.
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Art Review
Blog post by Roystan Ling
Blog post by Roystan LingAbout CantoneseCantonese is the main language of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau.In English, the term "Cantonese" is ambiguous. Cantonese proper is the dialect native to the city of Canton, which is the traditional English name of Guangzhou, and later brought to Hong Kong and Macau; this narrow sense may be specified as "Canton dialect" or "Guangzhou dialect" in English...
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Daily Mail
Manchester United implicated in Chinese match-fixing trial over 2007 friendly
Manchester United are at the centre of a match fixing scandal in China after referee Huang Junjie admitted taking a bribe to fix the coin toss in their 2007 friendly against FC Shenzhen in Macau, which Sir Alex Ferguson's men won 6-0.
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Times of India
Foreign shores beckon Bangalore revellers this New Year
Popular domestic destinations are passé for Bangaloreans, and the preference has tilted in favour of foreign locales like Singapore, HK, Macau and Dubai.
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omg
Keanu Reeves lands financing, distribution for film
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Keanu Reeves has secured financing and distribution for his directorial debut, the martial-arts film "Man of Tai Chi." Village Roadshow Pictures Asia will co-produce the movie with China Film Group and Wanda Media Group, The film will be co-financed and distributed by the co-producing partners and Universal Pictures. Production will start in Beijing in February. Addi...
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Barrons
J.P. Morgan Less High on Wynn Resorts
The brokerage is reducing its price target on the casino operator as competition in Macau heats up.
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Barrons
J.P. Morgan Less High on Wynn Resorts
The brokerage is reducing its price target on the casino operator as competition in Macau heats up.
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The Sun
Brilliant Huffy is edged for title
SUN star Rob Huff missed out on a world title by the narrowest of margins in Macau
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Zeit
Motorsport: Formel 3: Wittmann Dritter in Macau
Macau (SID) - Formel-3-Rennfahrer Marco Wittmann hat den ersten deutschen Sieg seit 16 Jahren beim traditionsreichen Grand Prix von Macau knapp verpasst. Der 21 Jahre alte VW-Pilot aus Markt Erlbach ...
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Handelsblatt
Motorsport Formel 3: Formel 3: Wittmann Dritter in Macau
Formel-3-Fahrer Marco Wittmann hat den ersten deutschen Sieg seit 16 Jahren beim traditionsreichen GP von Macau knapp verpasst. Der 21 Jahre alte VW-Pilot belegte Rang drei.
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FOCUS
Motorsport - Formel 3: Wittmann Dritter in Macau
Formel-3-Fahrer Marco Wittmann hat den ersten deutschen Sieg seit 16 Jahren beim traditionsreichen GP von Macau knapp verpasst. Der 21 Jahre alte VW-Pilot belegte Rang drei.
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Eurosport
Wtcc - Macao - Muller, la passe de 3
Yvan Muller (Chevrolet) a remporté pour la troisième fois le titre de champion du monde WTCC en en finissant deuxième et troisième dimanche à Macau. Le Français avait déjà été sacré en 2008 et 2010.
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DieZeit
Motorsport: Muller zum dritten Mal Tourenwagen-Weltmeister
Macau (SID) - Der Franzose Yvan Muller hat seinen Titel in der Tourenwagen-WM erfolgreich verteidigt und ist zum insgesamt dritten Mal nach 2008 und 2010 Weltmeister. Der 42 Jahre alte Chevrolet-Pilo...
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L'EQUIPE
Auto - WTCC - Macau - Muller champion du monde
Malgré la victoire de Rob Huff lors de la dernière course de la saison, dimanche à Macau, c'est bien son coéquipier...
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TechCrunch
Forbes Travel Guide Debuts Startle, An Online Planning Site For Luxury Travel
Forbes Travel Guide is debuting Startle.com, a new online travel planning site for luxury travel. Launching in 72 U.S. markets and 5 international markets (Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Singapore, and the Dominican Republic), Startle uniquely combines content from Forbes Travel Guide inspectors, tastemakers and hotel, restaurant and spa experts.
The sites includes reviews of Forbes Travel Guide ...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Macau profits fail to impress
RECORD third-quarter profits from Crown's Macau partner have failed to please investors amid concerns on China's slowing economy.
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BBC
Regions and territories: Macau
An overview of Macau, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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