Macau hosts Asia’s largest gaming expo

Inquirer Business - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Gambling machines are displayed at the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian hotel in Macau on May 21, 2013. The largest gaming event in Asia, showcasing the industry’s latest products, services and technologies, is taking place amid a decline in growth rates in the former Portugese colony’s gaming industry as China’s economic ...

Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...

Kerry Logistics Deploys Hybrids in Hong Kong

Journal of Commerce - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The vehicles operating in Hong Kong are using a combination of fuel and battery-powered electricity. For two years, the logistics service provider will operate three conventional trucks in parallel to the new hybrid trucks, and a research team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University will compare performance, diesel consumption, and maintenance cost of the two ...

Treat Hong Kong for HKs sake or the karma will never end

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Richard Hughes's Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time: Hong Kong and Its Many Faces must be one of the most mentioned books among the city's intelligentsia. Few take the trouble to read it, but we have all heard of it because the title and especially Hong Kong's "many faces" both past and present are so full of diversified meanings that it is forever ...

Half of The Rice in Guangzhou Is Polluted

The Atlantic - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Jeff Chiu/AP The latest in China's rolling cascade of food safety disasters comes from Guangzhou -- the capital of Guangdong province in southern China, and one of China's largest cities -- where 44 percent of rice samples were found to ...

Extensive gold reserves discovered in northwest China

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Geologists in China say they've found gold reserves in a northwestern province that could be worth $32 billion to the country's economy. The discovery was made in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. The gold deposit in Xinyuan County in the Ili Valley is estimated to contain at least 53 tons, Zeng Xiaogang, ...

Air Lease Corporation Announces the Placement of Two New Airbus A321-200s with Air Macau

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today Air Lease Corporation ( ) announced long term lease agreements with Air Macau for two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery in October 2014 and March 2015. "ALC has worked closely with Air Macau's management team since 2010 to provide fleet planning solutions that enhance their future operations. We are pleased ...

Scotiabank says China reevaluating Guangzhou deal

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Cameron French TORONTO | Tue May 21, 2013 4:34pm EDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) Chief Executive Rick Waugh said on Tuesday that Chinese authorities are reevaluating whether they want to go ahead with a deal to sell 20 percent of Bank of Guangzhou to the Canadian bank. Scotiabank, Canada's No. 3 lender, announced the C$719 million ($698.09 million) purchase ...

Venezuelan Take Five Medals at Intl Wushu Match in Hong Kong

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan athletes won five medals at the World Traditional Wushu Championship held in Hong Kong, as part of the development of the discipline in the country, official sources reported today. According to the Sports Ministry, Venezuelan Jenny Neng and Jorge Perez won two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. Perez won the two gold medals after his performance in ...

Baha Mar To Emulate Macau Casinos

Bahama Journal - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

MACAU, China – Baha Mar executives have said time and time again that when it comes to creating a luxury resort, the company will only go after the best in the industry, which is why Baha Mar's leaders are in Macau, China this week attending the G2E Asia conference. The conference is one of the largest in the world where leaders of the biggest and most profitable casinos gather to ...

Chapman brothers unveil diabolical art in Hong Kong

West Australian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

HONG KONG (AFP) - The Chapman brothers presented their latest epic installation featuring thousands of little figures in violent conflict Tuesday at the sidelines of Art Basel in Hong Kong, but dismissed the renowned fair as a "shop"."The Sum of all Evil" by Jake and Dinos Chapman builds on previous works such as "Hell" (1999) which showcased innumerous miniature ...

UBS Securities fined in Hong Kong

China.org.cn - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Hong Kong's securities watchdog, Securities & Futures Commission, has reprimanded and fined UBS Securities Hong Kong 1.6 million HK dollars (205,655 U.S. dollars) for regulatory breaches and internal control failings relating to position limit failures, the Commission said Tuesday in a ...

Hong Kong hails return of the duck

IOL - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats near Ocean Terminal at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour May 2, 2013. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on Thursday, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a ...

NYSE Euronext to reinforce the role of the capital markets as a financing source for Portuguese companies

NYSE - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

NYSE Euronext is committed to involving the ecosystem in the development of initiatives that present the stock market as an alternative companies can and should used more and more, especially SMEs, as a means to meet their needs for growth and ...