Up to 11,000 workers to lose casino jobs in Macau
Up to 11,000 workers to lose casino jobs in Macau
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
Huge Italian truffle to be sold at Macau auction
ROME (Reuters) - A 1.5-kg white truffle found in the Italian countryside will be sold at a charity auction in Macau where it is expected to fetch 150,000 euros (108,000 pounds). Truffle hunter Cristiano Savini displayed his precious find at a five-star hotel in Rome on Tuesday before it was flown to the Chinese enclave for Saturday's auction. Savini's dog, Rocco, sniffed out the truffle, one of the biggest unearthed in the past 50 years, by an oak tree near Pisa last weekend, in an area of Tuscany where Cristiano and his father scout for truffles every year. Ten years...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
Giuliani's business ties create challenge (Chinese organized crime)
Nine days after registering his presidential exploratory committee last November, Rudolph Giuliani appeared in Singapore to help a Las Vegas developer make a pitch for a $3.5 billion casino resort. Though the bid ultimately failed, and there was nothing illegal about the involvement, it drew Giuliani into a complex partnership with the family of a controversial Hong Kong billionaire who has ties to the regime of North Korea's Kim Jong Il and has been linked to international organized crime by the U.S. government. ... Giuliani's public involvement in the gaming bid began at a September 2006 news conference in Singapore...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
N. Korea: Macau may liquidate NKorea-linked bank: report(to be designated as money-laundering bank)
Macau may liquidate NKorea-linked bank: report Tue Mar 13, 2:09 AM ET Authorities in Macau could liquidate a bank accused of illicit dealings with North Korea if the United States designates it as a financial institution that laundered money, a report here said. Liquidation would mean that Pyongyang could recover some or all of the 24 million dollars it had at Banco Delta Asia (BDA), the Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified South Korean official as saying. The United States blacklisted BDA in September 2005, accusing the bank in the former Portuguese enclave of serving as a front for the...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
N. Korea: Kim Jong-nam Spotted in Macau (Video Clip)
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Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
N. Korea: Kim Jong-il’s Son Living Life of Riley in Macau (photo of his villas)
Kim Jong-il’s Son Living Life of Riley in Macau North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Kim Jong-nam has been living in Macau with his family for 10 years, sources say. Several Macanese who met the younger Kim say he has fake Portuguese and Dominican Republic passports and frequently travels to Beijing, Bangkok, Vienna and Moscow. A source in Macau said Kim junior is not an alcoholic but tends to drink heavily recently when he does -- to the tune of 10 boilermakers at a time. The source said Kim never used to drink boilermakers but seems to have...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:11:14 PM
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