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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.
Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.
Steve Wynn is a man who not only makes the preposterous possible, but also profitable.
The Olympic torch begins a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey Monday that will take it from the site of ancient Olympia in Greece to Beijing, China, where the 2008 summer games will begin in August.
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.
He's been "big pimpin" as president of Def Jam Records since 2005, but Jay-Z is stepping down at the end of the year.
Pete Sampras rolled back the years to upset current world number one Roger Federer in an exhibition match in Macau on Saturday.
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.
Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records.
Steve Wynn is a man who not only makes the preposterous possible, but also profitable.
The Olympic torch begins a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey Monday that will take it from the site of ancient Olympia in Greece to Beijing, China, where the 2008 summer games will begin in August.
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.
He's been "big pimpin" as president of Def Jam Records since 2005, but Jay-Z is stepping down at the end of the year.
Pete Sampras rolled back the years to upset current world number one Roger Federer in an exhibition match in Macau on Saturday.
Air Asia, in its current incarnation as a low fare, no frills concept launched in December 2001.
He's been described as the Richard Branson of Asian airlines. And he certainly knows a thing or two about building a brand.
Tony Fernandes, founder and CEO of Asia's first low-budget carrier Air Asia, talks with Andrew Stevens.
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.
Phil Mickelson shot five birdies in a three-under-par 68 to leave himself within two shots of the leaders after the first round of the Singapore Open.
The company owns The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Sands Macau in The People's Republic of China's Special Administrative Region of Macau, as well as Venetian Macau Limited, a developer of additional multiple casino hotel resort properties in Macau.
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.
Casinos such as the Wynn and Sands have already helped this southern coastal Chinese city surpass the Las Vegas Strip as the world's most lucrative gambling center.
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.
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.
Ghosn's Gamble
Singapore has picked Las Vegas Sands, the world's top casino operator, to build and run its first casino, a project that will cost more than S$5 billion ($3.2 billion).
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.
LH: Lorraine Hahn PH: Pansy Ho
When the flames were extinguished after nine days of competition, the East Asian Games left behind more than just fond memories, good competition in world-class facilities and camaraderie among its almost 2,000 athletes.
China will be remembered not so much for its dominance of the 2005 East Asian Games as by the performances of a handful of star athletes who stole the show.
They came, they saw and they conquered like never before.
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
As the 2005 East Asian Games unfold in Macau, China, the focus will be on the human drama behind the medals won. Numbers also tell part of the story of the Games.
Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to Macau, China in October and November of 2005 to attend the nine-day East Asian Games. CNN covered the Fourth East Asian Games.
The mighty red machine of China is set to dominate the East Asian Games by winning more than half the gold medals at stake.
Olympic champion Liu Xiang will headline a strong Chinese contingent who will be competing in the East Asian Games as China look to dominate the competition.
Dance sport, wushu, dragonboat racing and soft tennis don't come to mind immediately when thinking of events at international sporting competitions.
Organizers of the Fourth East Asian Games face a race against time to get all facilities and stadiums ready, although they remain confident everything will run smoothly before the flame is lit on October 29.
Supporters call it the biggest event in Macau in the nearly 500 years since Portuguese settlers first moved into the enclave on the southeast coastline of China.
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.
Airdate: April 2nd, 2005
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.
Australia's richest man Kerry Packer and Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho have stepped up their push into Asia's casino market after taking control of casino development company Great Wonders Investments.
World Cup organizers received orders for half a million tickets from more than 70,000 fans within the first 16 hours of the system going live from midnight on Tuesday.
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.
Airdate: October 2nd, 2004
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.
Portugal was recovering from another sleepless night on Thursday after the national team's 2-1 Euro 2004 semifinal win over the Netherlands sparked celebrations across the nation and beyond.
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.
ASIA'S EQUIVALENT of the old Puritan work ethic, more than anything else, propels the fastest-growing economies on earth. Striving, saving, and often taking bold but calculated risks, ambitious Asi...
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