HONG KONG, May 14- He has trained on Broadway and been a Wall Street banker. The grandson of Hong Kong billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, who built up jeweller Chow Tai Fook and real estate titan New World Development, Cheng is one of a new generation of business leaders in Asia who are taking over the corporate reins from their ageing rags-to-riches forebears.
MANILA, March 16- Big casino operators will be scrutinising the Philippines' debut as Asia's newest top-end gambling destination this weekend to see if Manila can deliver on promises of better profit margins and lower costs than global betting capital Macau.
COLOMBO/ SYDNEY, Feb 27- Australian gambling tycoon James Packer may be lining up a bet on Sri Lanka, scouting the Indian Ocean island for potential investments as he seeks to build a global casino empire. A Crown spokesman said the company would not comment about potential investments in Sri Lanka.
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 20- Hong Kong and China shares closed up on Wednesday, with retailers gaining ground after strong data from cosmetics firm Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd and Italian fashion house Prada SpA. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong rose 1.4 percent.
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 20- Hong Kong shares rose slightly on Wednesday, with retailers gaining ground after strong results from cosmetics firm Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd..
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 18- Hong Kong shares fell on Monday, weighed down by Chinese insurers and banks and pressured by losses in mainland China markets as they reopened after a long holiday break.
HONG KONG, Feb 7- Hong Kong shares may hold steady on Thursday after a flat Wall Street session and as investors await a European Central Bank policy decision later in the day and China January trade data due on Friday.
HONG KONG, Jan 30- Hong Kong shares may start slightly higher on Wednesday, with turnover seen thinned as investors wait for the end of a U.S. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei was up 0.8 percent, while South Korea's KOSPI was up 0.1 percent at 0100 GMT.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says web traffic on his search engine, billed as an alternative to Google that doesn't store your private information, surged 33 percent after the NSA news broke. Weinberg discusses the model of his search engine, and how the company makes money.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 6:31 AM ETJohn Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, and Barbara Marcin, Gabelli Dividend Income Fund, discuss whether investors should reconsider allocating their portfolios as the Fed wraps up its two-day policy meeting.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 8:53 AM ETKen Langone, Invemed Associates chairman and president, called Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "lame duck."