July gambling revenue in Macau beat market expectations, but growth there ain’t what it used to be.  Reuters gaming correspondent Farah Master, who spends more time in the island’s biggest casinos than she’d like to admit,  tells us what to watch for  next.

Apple is at last selling its new iPad in China.  But the lines aren’t what they used to be – with many instead reserving their iPads online. And frankly, a lot of mainland buyers have already got one in hand, smuggled in from Hong Kong.  Melanie Lee reports in Shanghai.