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US subway victim’s daughter: ‘What’s done is done’

6 Dec 2012

The daughter of a man pushed in front of a subway train and photographed a split-second before his death said on Wednesday after a suspect was arrested that it “would have been great” if someone...

Furore over horrific New York Post photo of subway death

5 Dec 2012

A New York Post front-page picture of a man about to be killed by an oncoming subway train provoked fury on Tuesday from readers left wondering why nobody, particularly the photographer, tried to...

Settlement clears way for sale of NYC megacomplex Stuyvesant Town

5 Dec 2012

A settlement over rental rates at Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village removes a major hurdle to a sale of Manhattan's largest apartment complex, almost three years after the property's previous...

New York marathon canceled after storm backlash; electricity returns to chunk of Manhattan

3 Nov 2012

New York City is canceling its annual marathon, scheduled for Sunday, after a backlash against plans to hold the race in the wake of hurricane Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday.

Property Digest, October 3, 2012

3 Oct 2012

Australian home prices surge after rate cuts

Opinion

Alice Yan

Officials continue to enjoy unfair medical benefits, despite reforms

Bonny Schoonakker

A wake-up call for our sleeping dogs

Shi Jiangtao

Worst air pollution results of year in China barely noticed by public

The great Big Apple

New York is like home to me. My family and I, who are all American citizens, have a house in Queens, in the east of the city. Although I've always lived and studied here in Hong Kong, I visit New...

57th Street Manhattan

Among my aunt's many admirable traits is her ability to smoke a cigarette right down to the stub, with the ash dangling precariously but never dropping into the cooking. Another is her skill at...

Sotheby's sues mainlander for failing to pay for art

Sotheby's is suing a mainland man for more than HK$27 million over Chinese paintings and scrolls that it says he bought in an April auction in Hong Kong but never paid for.

There's just no accounting for bad taste

People's preferences when it comes to buying works of art may defy explanation, but having too much money is among the more convincing when it comes to understanding the rationale for some of...

Artistic Impressions

To get a sense of how big the Hong Kong commercial art scene has become, look no further than May.

Art for arts hub too dear at any price

Soaring prices for contemporary artworks are also making it tough to build the arts hub's own collection.

SCMP, Oct 10

I went to an art auction once. It was aboard a...