Monday, November 2, 2009

Sands looks to raise $2.5B with Hong Kong IPO

HONG KONG (AP) -- U.S. casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. aims to raise $2.5 billion through an initial public offering in Hong Kong this month to help repay massive debts and restart languishing casino projects in Macau, a document showed Monday.

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'Irish pub trade in crisis as 1,500 close over five years'

More than 1,500 pubs, hotels and restaurants have gone to the wall in the past five years, costing thousands of jobs, a stark survey will reveal today. And one in three rural pubs now say they will struggle to survive into the future, despite massive efforts within the industry to woo more customers - Irish Independent

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