Gas prices makes it difficult to sustain that growth going forward. In the summit talks, abe will pledge to be support japanese firms investment in the country and help build its infrastructure. Japans defense minister general nakatani will visit vietnam early next month to meet his counterpart general phung quang thanh. They are expected to discuss chinas unilateral activities including major reclamation projects and the construction of military facilities. Vietnam is one of the parties involved in territorial disputes with china over the south china sea. Nakatani is likely to explain japanese security legislation enacted last month. The new laws allow japan to exercise the right to the collective selfdefense and expand the role of the countrys selfdefense forces. Relations between people in japan and china appear to be warming up. Most people who answered an opinion poll said their impressions of each other are negative but not as negative as last year. It was conducted bid a japanes
Next month. Condo residents near tokyo are worried about their future as an investigation reveals their homes are not built on solid grown. And chinese officials aim to turn the countrys inland areas into a any engine of growth linking china with central asia and beyond. Chinas president wrapped up the second day of the visit to the u. K. At a lavish bank yet held in his honor not financial district. He set out hopes for relations with britain. Translator i hope britain assume a leadership position and sets an example to western countries in cooperating with china. I know britain will fulfill the aspiration to become our strongest advocates. Remarks come as western nations express weariness about their increasing influence. They were the first country to announce they led the Infrastructure Bank despite u. S. Opposition. Earlier in the day, xi and british Prime Minister sealed deals worth about 62 million. They finalized plans to settle a long running saga on Carbon Emissions and plans
Betty siblings lawrence and pansy ho have become leaders in the industry thanks to their father, stanley ho. The siblings have a combined net worth of 7 billion. For the last decade, they have met stiff competition. From a las vegas billionaire who is known for constantly betting against the odds. Sheldon they predicted i would not even open. They did not believe somebody else could do Something Better than they could. Betty they underestimated you. Sheldon they grossly underestimated me. Betty Sheldon Adelson is ceo of vegas sands, with a net worth of 35 billion. Much of that wealth made on his macau casinos. The race for macau pits billionaire against billionaire. All vying for the attention of the 1. 3 billion chinese to the north. Macau is an 11square mile enclave on the Southern Coast of mainland china. For over four centuries, it was under portuguese rule. Today it is the closest place to china where gambling is legal. In 1962, chinese businessman stanley ho was the first person
Dishes it all out on this edition of titans at the table. Hello, i am betty liu. Welcome to titans at the table. Dish Network Founder Charlie Ergen has always been known as something of a fearless renegade. From being thrown out of casinos for counting cards to selling satellites out of his car trunk around colorado. He led a group that started echostar in the 1980s and then started dish in the next decade, upending the traditional cable tv world. In the process, he has become one of the richest men in america, worth nearly 20 billion. Ergen stepped out of the spotlight in 2011, leaving the ceo rein to joe clayton. But just four years later, the founder is back in the hot seat as television undergoes another revolution. Video, moving on to your second screen. Like the satellite tv business, in its early days, ergen wants to be at the forefront of this change by creating a new, over the top product called sling tv and buying up billions of dollars worth of wireless assets. Assets that h
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