as a time of the handover mako was not as well off as today but in 2000 to china open the casino concessions to foreign investors the gambling industry and with it the local economy skyrocketed making macau the 2nd wealthiest place on earth to capital after. obviously we missed sometimes by the same time we're happy to see the development of the city too but he doesn't want to put too much focus on his employees because enough on one hand the gaming industry definitely changed and then he's become a lot bigger and so on the other hand has changed to a way become a lot more fights in times office offerings galaxy entertainment group one of my cars biggest casino and resort operators rather wants to showcase its other offerings its result features 6 hotels with almost $4000.00 rooms $120.00 restaurants and bars a cinema or more basically a city in its own right but still close to 90 percent of the revenue comes from the one thing i can't film. right here next to me that's where the casino actually is but i'm not allowed to film inside and i'm not even allowed to film the writing because you kn

mako vunipola and courtney lawes come into the pack. the great thing about the world cup is that each game's just a game by itself, so whatever you've done in the past doesn't really affect what you're going to do on saturday. and what we do know on saturday is that we're going to be well prepared for the game. we've had a good physical prep, we've had a good tactical prep. the players are enjoying being injapan. they're ready to go, and we know australia will be the same, so that's going to be some sort of a game. ireland have named an experienced squad to take on new zealand in their quarter—final later on saturday morning. 12 of the starting 15 began last year's famous victory over the all blacks in dublin, with peter o'mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. head coachjoe schmidt spoke today about why he thinks that experience is key. there's a number of those players within the side that have contributed to a fair bit of history for us. obviously the first win over the all blacks, first time we won at home against the al

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>> it will bring in some certainty where global growth mako next year, giving the opportunity for commoditya base. the real drive up in prices has been the u.s. dollar, and one would have to suggest that the u.s. dollar has basically risen, giving a strong headwind against any rally across the commodity space in terms of seeing stronger prices. when we have seen individual wets such as nickel, have seen those commodity prices rally, but has kept a limit on then. your insightsor today. if you are away from a screen, you can find in-depth analysis on bloomberg radio, broadcasting live from our studio in hong kong. you can listen via the bloomberg app. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this is "daybreak: asia." the earnings continue in north asia. let's get to hong kong. what are you watching? the -- we are near the end of the chinese profit season. decline standsit above 50%. the telco sector continues to be battered by falling earnings. financials have registered improving profit growth, though the outlook remains challenging. >> thank you for that. chinese airlines reporting this week, expectations

mako vunipola and courtney lawes come into the pack.t really affect what you're going to do on saturday. and what we do know on saturday is that we're going to be well prepared for the game. we've had a good physical prep, we've had a good tactical prep. the players are enjoying being injapan. they're ready to go, and we know australia will be the same, so that's going to be some sort of a game. ireland have named an experienced squad to take on new zealand. in their quarter final later on saturday morning. 12 of the starting 15 began last year's famous victory over the all blacks in dublin. with peter 0'mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. head coachjoe schmidt spoke today — about why he thinks that experience is key. there is a number of those players on either side that have contributed toa on either side that have contributed to a bit of history for us. we went over the all blacks the first time we won, but a few other along the way. those plays are better... last summer way. those plays are better... last summer in au

david frost is in brussels today, and boris johnson mako to the european capital this weekend in an effort to seal the deal, but both sides are as far apart as ever, particularly over the issue of ireland, the border. boris johnson wants to keep ireland out of the eu customs union, but within the single market for goods. the question is what happens to open checks on the border. ireland is dead against these proposals. question is how they will get to a compromise, possibly a time-limited backstop for northern ireland, but time is short, and both sides will have to reach a compromise on this. alix: thank you very much. we are looking at a tale of two tech stories today. alex webb joins us in london with the news on hp. alex: hp, the legacy business of hewlett-packard printers and computers, has been the success story since splitting off of hewlett-packard enterprise a few years ago. today they've announced 7000 to 9000 job cuts, about 16% of the total workforce. they are starting to face a few more headwinds in particularly the printer business. to boost the free cash flow, they are trying