Hong Kong quarantined hundreds of hotel guests and workers Friday after a tourist from Mexico tested positive for swine flu, Asia’s first confirmed case of the disease. With memories of 2003’s deadly SARS outbreak still fresh, the government moved quickly

A Mexican tourist visiting Hong Kong has become Asia’s first confirmed swine flu case, authorities said Friday, as they quarantined about 300 people at a hotel where he stayed and began searching for those he may have contacted.

Hong Kong’s leader says the territory has detected a case of swine flu, in Asia’s first confirmed instance of the disease.

Hong Kong leader says territory has detected swine flu, in Asia’s first confirmed case.

Casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. declined to comment Monday on a Hong Kong newspaper’s report that Sands might sell the first foreign-owned casino in the Chinese island of Macau under a leaseback arrangement worth $1.3 billion.

Casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. is declining comment on a Hong Kong newspaper report that it could sell the first foreign-owned casino in the Chinese island of Macau under a lease-back arrangement worth $1.3 billion.

Hong Kong said Monday it has assigned a team of scientists to develop a test that will hopefully cut the time it takes to diagnose the new swine flu strain from a few days to a few hours.

A Hong Kong tycoon abandoned his controversial $2 billion plan to take over the city’s biggest telecom company Thursday after a court blocked the deal, handing regulators and minority shareholders a high-profile victory.

Most Asian markets faltered again Wednesday, with China and Hong Kong shares tumbling almost 3 percent, as positive comments from the U.S. Treasury chief failed to reassure many investors about the health of the financial system.

Asian stock markets tumbled Tuesday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Hong Kong down 3 percent or more, after news of mounting bad loans at Bank of America rekindled worries about the financial system and halted Wall Street’s six-week rally.