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Australian casino group fined US$290m for lax controls
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of A$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases.
Hopes high as tourists touch down for Thailand re-opening
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» PHUKET: Tens of thousands of travellers were expected to touch down in Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs.
McAfee founder found dead by suicide in Spanish jail
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» MADRID: Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, officials said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion.
Crown Resorts says received takeover bid from Blackstone
AFP, Published on 22/03/2021
» SYDNEY - Crown Resorts has received a takeover bid from US investment manager Blackstone just weeks after being denied a licence to run a multi-billion-dollar Sydney casino, the Australian gaming group said Monday.
Asian markets resume rally as traders focus on virus jabs
AFP, Published on 01/12/2020
» HONG KONG - Asian markets rose Tuesday as investors resumed their vaccine-fuelled buying spree, though gains were kept in check by the spectre of surging virus infections.
Wall Street's Big Tech enthusiasm getting stronger
AFP, Published on 12/07/2020
» NEW YORK: Tech stocks were going strong even before COVID-19, but behavioural shifts during the pandemic have lifted the sector further into the stratosphere, leaving the broader stock market far behind.
Novartis agrees to $642mn US settlement over kickbacks
AFP, Published on 02/07/2020
» WASHINGTON - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to pay more than $642 million to settle a lawsuit which accused it of paying kickbacks to doctors, among other allegations, the US Department of Justice said Wednesday.
Drug companies reach settlement ahead of landmark US opioids trial
AFP, Published on 22/10/2019
» CLEVELAND: Three leading American drug distributors and an Israeli drugmaker blamed for a deadly US opioid epidemic settled a bellwether civil lawsuit with two Ohio counties Monday, just hours before they were to go on trial, a federal judge announced.
China to exempt 16 categories of US products from tariffs
AFP, Published on 11/09/2019
» BEIJING: China announced Wednesday it would exempt 16 categories of products from US tariffs, ahead of a fresh round of trade talks next month.
Mexico girds for talks on 'counterproductive' Trump tariff threat
AFP, Published on 04/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard warned Monday that President Donald Trump's planned punitive tariffs on Mexico would be "counterproductive" for cracking down on migrants, but the White House reiterated Trump's threat is serious.