The Nikkei average gained 0.34 percent on Wednesday as real estate firms including Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. advanced on fading expectations for an imminent interest rate rise, offsetting losses in bank stocks.
High-tech shares such as Tokyo Electron Ltd., hit earlier by a downbeat earnings report from chip giant Intel Corp., regained some ground as investors [...]

Workers at the 1,100-room Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center — the metro area’s second-largest hotel — voted to unionize this morning, according to the UNITE HERE union.
The $355 million hotel, located in downtown Denver across from the Colorado Convention Center, opened in December 2005. It employs roughly 700 workers.
Having the [...]

As the first of Macau’s Las Vegas-style resorts prepares to roll the dice, China’s gambling enclave has been dealt unpleasant reminders of its violent past. The Wynn Macau opening this week marks the path to modern, glitzy growth rather than Old Macau’s gangland grime. But it’s no sure bet which road Macau’s casinos will follow.
Wynn [...]