Jeffrey Gold July 30, 2008 - 4:45 p.m. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Insurance and investment company Prude ntial Financial Inc. says that make improvement from financial services fell 31 percent in the second quarter. It was the fourth uninterrupted specific place that the Newark-based company's earnings declined. The company, however, reaffirmed earnings guidance for the year of $7.50 to $7.80 per share. Analysts forecast $7.43 per share. Financial services profits was $575 million, of ...
Goodbye Jai-Alai? Sport struggles to survive as Indian casinos cut into frontons’ betting take
Jul 31 2008
Antonio Gonzalez July 30, 2008 - 4:39 p.m. MIAMI (AP) - The outside walls of Miami Jai-Alai are cracked. The paint is chipped and faded. The entrance to the world's largest fronton, once a grand appearance filled with fans, is empty. A single teller guards the door, charging a $1 feud. Inside, the betting windows have no wait and the balcony is filled only with decades of cigarette stench. Framed pictures that adorn the ...
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Oil prices jumps over $4 on surprise drop in gas supplies in United States
Jul 31 2008
Stevenson Jacobs, The Associated Press July 30, 2008 - 4:50 p.m. NEW YORK - Oil prices soared over US$4 a barrel Wednesday, halting a dramatic two-week slide after a surprise drop in U.S. gasoline supplies fed speculation that personal history firing material prices aren't support Americans off the roads. But energy market analysts offered mixed views on whether prices would swing back toward record levels above $147 a barrel hit earlier this month or if Wednesday's big rally was ...
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Former Refco CEO Phillip Bennett barred from being officer, director in settlement with SEC
Jul 31 2008
Marcy Gordon July 30, 2008 - 4:50 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - The former chief executive of Refco Inc. on Wednesday agreed to a civil settlement with federal regulators that bars him from being an official or director of any men body. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the accord with Phillip R. Bennett, who already faces a 16-year bridewell sentence for conspiracy and fraud charges. Once person of the world's biggest commodities brokerages, Refco collapsed in ...
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MTR Gaming reports wider loss despite 11 percent revenue gain from new table games
Jul 31 2008
July 30, 2008 - 3:01 p.m. CHESTER, W.Va. (AP) - MTR Gaming Group's second-quarter waste widened despite an 11 percent revenue boost from adding table games and poker at its West Virginia thoroughbred track, the Chester-based gaming company said Wednesday. MTR reported a loss of $2.3 million, or 8 cents per have a portion, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $502,000, or 3 cents per divide, in the same era last year. Results for ...
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