Dinh Le’s victory at the recent PokerStars.com Asia Pacific Poker Tour (AAPT) tournament in Macau vindicated Vietnamese talent in another class of mind game.
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SACRAMENTO, 8:33 p.m. Nov. 30 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): In a stunning development, federal officials confirmed late Friday that controversial gambling agreements for four Southern California Indian tribes, including Sycuan of El Cajon, have been approved by the U.S Interior Department.
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GREENFIELD — The city is eyeing a casino security officer as its next police chief. The Greenfield City Council police committee is expected to recommend hiring Brett Meyer of Grafton at the City Council’s Dec. 12 meeting.
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Reuters - Builder Lennar Corp
said on Friday it formed an investment venture with Morgan
Stanley Real Estate and sold the venture $525 million in
properties.
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The Bush administration and the mortgage industry, trying to combat a massive wave of foreclosures, are hammering out a proposal to temporarily freeze interest rates on certain troubled subprime mortgages. If adopted, it would be the biggest action taken to cope with the unfolding crisis.
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Reuters - The Treasury Department and mortgage
industry leaders are putting the final touches on a plan that
could save struggling homeowners from foreclosure by freezing
interest rates before they reset sharply higher.
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Reuters - The Federal Reserve would not
hesitate to act to prevent financial strains from damaging the
economy and any steps it does take are not made to shield
investors, a top Fed official said on Friday.
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People who frequent Tory’s variety store were disappointed to find the city ordered it closed because of alleged illegal gambling on video poker machines inside.
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As per sources, global casino operators will make their presence felt in India via JVs or franchisee route by 2009.
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The White House is close to a deal with US mortgage lenders to ease repayments for thousands of cash-strapped homeowners in an attempt to limit the economic and political damage wreaked by millions of home foreclosures
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Reuters - The Treasury Department and mortgage
industry leaders are putting the final touches on a plan that
could save struggling homeowners from foreclosure by freezing
interest rates before they reset sharply higher.
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SAN FRANCISCO—-The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced November 30, 2007, that the 11th District Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index for October 2007 is 4.233%.
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Investor’s Business Daily - The plunge in the dollar has turned normally calm voices strident and fearful. A weak currency, they say, spells catastrophe for the U.S. economy.
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Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Friday,
capping a dismal November with a four-day rally, as financial
stocks rallied on optimism over a proposed rescue for
struggling homeowners and on heightened expectations for more
interest-rate cuts.
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FT.com - A host of consumer-facing stocks look certain to be ejected from the FTSE 100 this month as the impact of the credit squeeze and fears of an economic and consumer spending slowdown feed through to the real economy.
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AP - Wall Street closed out a volatile week and month with a comparatively mild performance Friday, ending mostly higher on encouraging words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The major indexes ended the week with gains, but still posted big declines for November.
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FT.com - Wall Street stocks closed mostly higher on Friday, for a fourth consecutive session, as hopes for further interest rate cuts and a nascent plan to help subprime borrowers lifted a range of financial companies and homebuilders.
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Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 rose on Friday,
capping a dismal November with a four-day rally, as financial
stocks rallied on optimism over a proposed rescue for
struggling homeowners and on heightened expectations for more
interest-rate cuts.
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AP - Federal Reserve policymakers should consider the impact of turbulent financial markets on the economy’s health when weighing interest rate decisions, a Fed official said Friday.
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EAST CHICAGO, Ind. - The new owner of the East Chicago casino wants a judge to place a $6 million annual payment into an escrow account as a legal fight continues between city officials and a nonprofit development group over control of the money.
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AP - Wall Street closed out a volatile week and month with a comparatively mild performance Friday, closing mostly higher on encouraging words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The major indexes ended the week with gains, but still posted big declines for November.
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Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 gained on Friday,
spurred by renewed hopes for an interest-rate cut and optimism
over a proposed rescue for struggling homeowners, but tech
stocks fell after Dell Inc's disappointing outlook.
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Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is upping the ante against Macau competitors Friday by launching a ferry service from Hong Kong to the outlying strip of reclaimed land he hopes to transform into a massive gambling and vacation resort.
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LENNON - Downtown bar Down the Hatch was one of 19 businesses involved in an illegal gambling raid that swept through Genesee County Monday and accounted for about $8 million in untaxed wagers.
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FT.com - Wall Street stocks were mostly higher on Friday, rising for a fourth consecutive day, as hopes for further interest rate cuts and a nascent plan to help subprime borrowers lifted a range of financial companies and homebuilders.
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AP - Stocks gave up sizable gains Friday to fluctuate in the final hour of trading as Wall Street seemed likely to cap a big week quietly.
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Reuters - The Dow pared gains and briefly turned
negative on Friday, while the Nasdaq extended losses, as Dell
Inc's disappointing outlook fueled a tech sell-off,
offsetting a rise in the stocks of financial services
companies.
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FT.com - Growing expectations of a US interest rate cut within the next two weeks on Friday delivered a much needed respite to stock markets - but not enough to stem one of the worst monthly performances for global stock markets in recent years.
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FLORENCE, Ore. - Mike Rose says he’ll know by Monday morning whether or not they’ll hit their target. The vice president of operations at Three Rivers Casino says his stress level has been relatively low this week.
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