Texas, a US state that first grew rich from oil, is now turning to wind-power for its next energy bonanza. The biggest windmill farm in the US has recently sprung up in the Texas town of Roscoe, which has the capability of generating power to thousands of homes. The promise of a plentiful, carbon emissions-free energy source has attracted billions of dollars to the US from international investors. Al Jazeera’s Tom Acerman reports from Roscoe, a place locals call the “Saudi Arabia of wind”. [August 4, 2010]

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Thomas Wu, co-managing director at Hopewell Holdings Ltd., talks with Bloomberg’s Bernard Lo about the company’s performance and growth strategy. Hopewell Holdings yesterday said net income in the six months ended Dec. 31 jumped to HK.52 billion from HK1 million a year earlier. Wu also discusses the implications of China’s tightening measures to curb gains in the real estate market. (Source: Bloomberg)