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The Hemingway Hotel may have an American ring to it, but it is the name of a Chinese-Cuban venture with an apparent eye on the US market, tourism industry sources said. State-run Suntine International-Economic Trading Company of China and Cuba's Cubanacan hotel group are partners in the project, which will be a 600-room luxury hotel, the sources, who asked not to be identified, said recently. The project's groundbreaking is scheduled later this year. Future US tourists appear to be the target market for the hotel that will be built on the grounds of the sprawling Hemingway Marina just west of Havana, Cuba. Renovations are already under way at the marina, named after famed US author Ernest Hemingway who resided in Cuba for many years. Cuba is just 90 miles (144.8 km) south of Key West, Florida. The United States has long... [read full story]
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By Sunny Tucker in Hong Kong Spain's BBVA is set to invest a further €1.1bn ($1.6bn) to lift its strategic stake in China Citic Bank and cement its position as one of the leading European investors in mainland Chinese banking....
