Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half to rally College of Charleston to a 71-67 victory over Boston College for seventh place in the Charleston Classic on Sunday.

HONG KONG’S newish chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, came into power making several bold promises. He vowed to take on oligopolistic land tycoons, stem the tide of mainland money distorting local markets, and implement bold policies that would make homes in the territory more affordable.Mr Leung last month announced property-transaction taxes on non-residents and speculators designed to do all three things at once. On October 26th Hong Kong imposed a buyers’ stamp duty of 15% on non-locals (...