The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects Macau’s “robust” economic growth to continue in 2024, boosted by investments pledged by the city’s six casino concessionaires. The IMF issued a written statement on Wednesday describing its preliminary findings following an official visit to the city by its staff. The fund estimates Macau’s gross domestic product
Lee Jung-hoo started as the first center fielder in the 2024 Major League San Diego match held at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on the 1st (Korea time) and had no hits and three walks in two times at bat. He had a hit in three consecutive games since the opening of the season,
One of the biggest contributors to Korean Air’s four consecutive wins in the regular season is Lim Dong-hyuk (26), a native Afogit spiker in his seventh year in Korea. Compared to the past three consecutive wins in the regular season, Korean Air had ups and downs this season. Korean Air’s ace pitcher Jung Ji-seok suffered
Hyundai Engineering & Construction, ranking No. 1 in the regular league, went straight to the championship match, and relentlessly blocked Heungkuk Life from going forward based on its well-stocked physical stamina and stable offense and defense for about two weeks. It dragged both the first and second rounds to five sets, creating a sense of
Hanwha Eagles is making a splash in the KBO League. It’s more than expected. Hanwha had a landslide 14-3 victory at a match against the KT Wiz in Daejeon on March 31. After losing the opening game, the Hanwha Eagles won seven consecutive games to maintain its lone No. 1 ranking (7-1 loss). Each team
Macau casino operator MGM China Holdings Ltd has had its credit outlook updated to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’ by Moody’s Investors Service, the latter said in a Monday memo. “MGM China has experienced sustained improvement in Macau, which has accelerated significantly over the last 12 months,” stated Moody’s. MGM China said in a February announcement that
Macau’s daily run-rate of casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first 24 days of March stood at MOP621 million (US$77.1 million), meaning an aggregate of about MOP14.9 billion in the period, said JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd in a Monday memo, citing industry checks. The observed daily run-rate in March was “only 1
Shukangendai, a far-right weekly magazine, reported that people complaining of fatigue about Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) are spreading in Japan. “Since the end of February this year, the term ‘Otani Hara’ has been pouring in,” Shukangendai said in an article on April 28. Harassment is an abbreviation of the English word ‘harassment’ and is used
Daejeon last weekend when the opening three consecutive home games between the Hanwha Eagles and the KT Wiz were held. What the taxi driver I met before the last game on the 31st said he was a 30-year-old Eagles fan. “At this point, I feel like there will be at least 100,000 stands.” He said