Greece is on the front pages again, after it became clear that the Mediterranean country will put the latest European debt restructuring plan on referendum.
China's two special administration regions -- Macau and Hong Kong -- have more cell phone subscriptions per capita than anywhere else in the world.
No country has a higher life expectancy than Monaco -- and it's not even close.
With more than 20 years managing foreign portfolios -- 16 at Artisan Funds -- Mark Yockey is one of the most experienced international investors around.
Taiwan's de facto representative offices in Hong Kong and Macau -- China's two special administration regions (SAR) -- will come out of hiding this week after operating incognito for nearly 45 years, a move that experts say defines a thawing of historically frosty cross-strait relations.
Chinese state media is dismissing reports that former President Jiang Zemin has died, calling them "pure rumor."
An Indonesian court on Wednesday handed a seven-year sentence to a former tax official for corruption in a case that exposed rampant government graft.
From the Maldives to Macau, escape to these restaurants for a healthy helping of stunning scenery.
Talk Asia: Usher
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The multi-million record selling superstar on his friendship with Michael Jackson, mentoring Justin Bieber and more.
Baccarat brings in boatloads of revenue to Macau. CNN's Pauline Chiou reports.
CNN's Eunice Yoon reports on the casino construction revival in Macau.
Lawrence Ho has taken a calculated approach to building his own casino empire in Macau.
Who would open one of the world's biggest casinos in the depths of a global recession?
In recession-battered Las Vegas, there is still plenty of elbow room at the craps tables. Not so in Macau. Gambling revenue in the Chinese region soared in September, according to figures released this week, and two hotly anticipated stock offerings show that the high rollers have returned.
There are no downsides to fame, said Lady Gaga, the singer and currently one of the hottest things in pop.
Gaming companies have taken a huge hit in the current downturn, and their stocks have been crapping out. But with overseas markets booming and a lot of assets hitting the selling block, some industry watchers say it may be time for investors to put their chips back on the table.
Wynn Resorts is suffering as fewer gamblers visit its hotel casinos, and those who do visit bet less.
The Obama administration is facing the swine flu outbreak without several of its top health agency leaders in place.
The number of people worldwide without access to a toilet -- no public restroom, no outhouse, no latrine, no smallest room -- is a whopping 2.6 billion. That's four out of ten people.
Fifteen more Chinese dairy companies were identified Wednesday as producing milk products contaminated with an industrial chemical, further broadening a scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula to chocolate, authorities said
Unilever is recalling four batches of Lipton Milk Tea sold in Hong Kong and Macau after finding traces of the chemical melamine in the product, the company said Tuesday.
Steve Wynn is a man who not only makes the preposterous possible, but also profitable.
Actor Jackie Chan says his Segway dealership here is doing well,
though costs are high because the manufacturer won't let him
assemble the battery-powered scooters in China for fear of piracy
Great Britain's Olympic athletes are choosing a gambling mecca in southern China over Beijing as a place to train and rest until just prior to their events during the 2008 Summer Games, a British team official says.
The Olympic torch relay in Australia ends without drama. Andrew Stevens reports.
Macau's highest court found a former minister guilty Wednesday of taking tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks in the Chinese gambling enclave's biggest-ever corruption case.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- I snuck out to the indoor practice facility at Melbourne Park Tuesday during a break in my commentating responsibilities for the Tennis Channel when, of all people, Roger Federer was finishing up on my court. Typically, the greatest player of all-time was using his off-day to hit tennis balls.
As more and more of you dream and scheme your vacations around unforgettable meals, T+L has searched far and wide -- through eight cities across four continents, to be precise -- to unearth the world's greatest new dining experiences.
Riot police are called to control angry Chinese tourists in Macau.
Air Asia growthupdated: Tue Nov 20 2007 01:02:00
CNN's Andrew Stevens interviews Tony Fernandes, Founder and CEO, Air Asia, about the growth of Air Asia
Tony Fernandes, founder and CEO of Asia's first low-budget carrier Air Asia, talks with Andrew Stevens.
Fortune: Confessions of a CEOupdated: Fri Nov 02 2007 05:45:00
On a spring morning in 1998, Dominic Orr woke up as he did every day, in the dark. While his children slept, he showered, checked his phone and e-mail messages, and drove from his Saratoga, Calif., home to a breakfast meeting nearby. When he emerged an hour or so later, he stopped cold.
American billionaire and gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson said Wednesday he wanted to set up variations of Las Vegas-style strips around the world, with Asia alone having room for several more casinos.
The world's biggest casino opens in Macau on Tuesday, the most ambitious throw of the dice yet in a $24 billion effort to build a Las Vegas-style "neon alley" in this Chinese gambling enclave.
Playboy bunnies are to return to London after a 25-year absence when the U.S. entertainment company opens a store and a casino-cum-restaurant venue.
Huang Ming considers himself to be a good Chinese citizen. "I work hard, I support my family and I don't commit crime," says the 39-year-old courier from Guangdong Province.
Fortune: Macau nowupdated: Mon Jul 02 2007 02:50:00
Hunter S. Thompson would have found much to fear and loathe in Macau, the former Portuguese colony rebranding itself as a gambling paradise. The good doctor (rest his soul) would have been vexed to discover that Macau, surrounded by water and crowded immigration checkpoints, is best entered by ferry, not gas-guzzling Caddy. No doubt he'd have been dismayed to learn that since Macau's 1999 return to Chinese rule, hallucinogenic substances aren't easily procured. But then again, when you can gaze at the Grand Lisboa casino, the newly built neon orb that throbs and pulses at the edge of the Macau peninsula like the Technicolor egg of some gargantuan radioactive monster, who really needs peyote?
North Korea has invited inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog back into the country to monitor the shut down of its main nuclear reactor, state media reports.
U.S. and South Korean envoys in the North Korea nuclear disarmament talks met amid reports that Russia had proposed a solution to an impasse over Pyongyang's access to a frozen $25 million
Talks to resolve the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions stalled again Tuesday as Pyongyang walked out of the six-party negotiations after demanding immediate delivery of $25 million in frozen bank funds.
The Chinese enclave of Macau is known for its gambling, sex trade and Chinese gangsters, with intrigue and shady deals long part of its landscape.
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Sheldon Adelson has made billions of dollars by seeing things others do not. But even he was stumped three years ago when he first laid eyes on the real estate that Chinese officials were offering him to build a new casino in Macau. "It's very nice, very picturesque," he thought. "But it's under- water! They've relegated me to the boonies!" Like every other bigtime casino developer, he was well aware of Macau's potential: The former Portuguese colony south of Hong Kong is the only place in the Chinese-speaking world where betting is legal. It's located a short drive or plane ride away from a billion-plus Chinese --who, by the way, are the world's most ferocious gamblers. But out here? On a future landfill project several miles from the crowded downtown peninsula where the action had always been? Still, the more Adelson thought about it, the more he became convinced that he had spotted something glittering beneath the blue water of the South China Sea. More than glittering: a gold mine. A bustling gambling
Next time you are in Hong Kong for business, you may want to take a tour of the city using your mobile phone.
Two trends will affect global practice over the next two decades: the need to pursue sustainable patterns of development; and the opportunities presented by developing economies.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wynn Resorts, the publicly traded casino company run by Vegas legend Steve Wynn, has soared nearly 400 percent since it started trading in October 2002...and the company's first casino hasn't even opened yet.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has praised the "one country, two systems" formula in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau, but says nearby Hong Kong has to do better to make it work.
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As governments race to liberalize their airspace amid the explosive growth in Asian budget carriers, one man and his airline are ahead of the curve.
Food fans in Southern China are being lured to restaurants run by two of the finest French chefs in the world, as the Francophile cuisine takes off in this part of the world.
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