As Macau marks the 25th anniversary of its handover, the city’s casino operators are responding to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s call to invest in tourism and leisure to diversify the gambling-dependent economy. In the first of a series of profiles, the Post looks at what Sands China is doing to upgrade its facilities and put…
The NBA has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to organize preseason games in Macau next October, returning American pro basketball to China after a five-year political hiatus. In 2019, Beijing banned NBA games after a player supported Hong Kong’s’ pro-democracy demonstrations against the Chinese government. VOA Mandarin reports on the economic and political angles related to…
In his memoir, “Talk of Champions,” former NBA point guard Kenny Smith shares that he was roommates with future billionaire David Kohler during college. That’s Kohler, as in the person who would go on to be the fourth generation of his family to own and operate the giant plumbing manufacturer of the same name. According…
The subscription-based streaming service that will allow local fans to watch Nuggets and Avalanche games is now available to download on mobile devices and Apple TV, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday. The streaming platform, called Altitude+, is not available yet as a smart TV app in association with Roku, Amazon Fire and Android TV,…
The formal sale process only got started at the beginning of this month, with banking companies JPMorgan Chase and BDT & MSD facilitating the bidding on the Celtics’ behalf. It is too early to know what shape the interest shown by Hale and Bezos will take. Hale is keeping his options open on whether to…
Good morning, Quartz readers! HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Mark Cuban has words for Elon Musk. Those words are about Donald Trump, and they are: “His loyalty is only to himself.” AT&T is selling its stake in DirecTV AI is going nuclear in Michigan. Plans are being finalized to restart a nuclear reactor to…