SVG Capital, which invests in private-equity firm Permira's deals, has cashed in winnings after Permira more than doubled its money with a hugely successful punt on the Chinese gambling market
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Medicines giant GlaxoSmithKline launches its latest salvo in the lucrative Chinese market with plans to buy out its joint venture partner in a Chinese flu vaccine operation... more
Las Vegas is set to be knocked down to third place among the world's gambling capitals this year according to casino executives meeting in the Far East. Its place will be taken by Singapore... more
Cable & Wireless Communications expects to finish its 2010/11 year in line with forecasts after strong performances in Panama and Macau offset continuing tough conditions in the Caribbean... more
Steve Wynn, the American casino billionaire, has broken Hong Kong’s run of misfiring flotations with his Macau gambling house hitting the jackpot on debut ... more
Shares on the London stock market were on the rise again today, stretching their bull run to 11 consecutive days, despite mounting speculation that the next move in interest rates will be up ... more
Olympic middleweight gold medallist James DeGale will make his professional debut in Birmingham next month alongside former amateur team-mates Frankie Gavin and Billy Joe Saunders... more
Leisure: Macau, which this year overtook Las Vegas as the world’s biggest gambling centre, has been hit by Chinese laws restricting mainland visitors to the former Portuguese colony... more
He is barely tall enough for his feet to reach the pedals of his piano, but nine-year-old Marc Yu earned a rapturous reception with a storming performance at the Proms... more
British Olympic chiefs defended the way they prepared athletes for the Beijing Games after boxer Bradley Saunders said he was "happy to lose" because he had been "homesick"... more
Britain's athletes at the Beijing Olympics are following in the footsteps of a bizarre assortment of British visitors to China, from intense Protestant missionaries to one of the greatest imperial heroes of the Victorian age... more
David Mellor struggles to understand the football transfer system, despairs at the return of Joey Barton, and opens fire on the IOC, ICC, BOA and Secretary of State for Sport ... more
Paula Radcliffe is planning to travel to Great Britain's Olympic training camp in Macau as she continues her recovery from a stress fracture of the femur... more
Luiz Felipe Scolari took charge of his first match with Chelsea and immediately set his own agenda by kicking out the old and introducing the new... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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