New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Holiday crowds rise across China, yet Wall Street doubts how much of that surge will reach Cotai

Washington - US investors ended the week with a familiar jolt from Asia. Shares of the big casino operators with deep roots in the Chinese gambling enclave slid on Friday, as the first wave of National Day holiday travel data tempered hopes for a blockbuster Golden Week on the city's gaming floors. The move cut deepest into the names that lean most on the enclave for profits, a reminder that for this corner of the market, a holiday's rhythm can matter as much as a quarter's results, and that regional context still shapes the tape in ways not always visible in New York screens. That regional context sits inside a wider Asi...