HorT - you and SUPERMAN supplied significant links. The dates may be hinting to us something important - 11/3 and 11/4. From the last Update:
"Around the first of November I will be traveling to Hong Kong to complete a deal I have been working on for several months. I will bring this to our company. It is a business I am very passionate about and have a great deal of experience."
Apollo definitely would be the type of deal to be passionate about, to spend several month to work on and go all the way to Hong Kong, stay there for a week to complete this deal. The dates of the articles are magically coincide with Tom's trip.