Business & Financial
Southwest Airlines Lets the Industry Have it During 2008 NFL Opener
Southwest Airlines - the official sponsor of the NFL - let the airline industry have it Thursday night with an ad that reinforces the idea that Southwest, unlike most of its competitors, does not c
PartyGaming Indian Co-Founder Appears on Forbes 15 Asian Billionaire List
Anurag Dikshit, with net worth of $1.6 billion, spearheaded the development of technology that helped in the launch of the online poker boom.
Las Vegas in India Courtesy of Las Vegas Sands
Sands head Sheldon Adelson wants to build a Las Vegas in India and why not? With over one billion people, India is the second most populated country in the world outside of China.
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Stronger Dollar Could Rally Economy: Gambling Affiliates Worry
The US dollar this week hit a 6 month high against the euro and it might not be done just yet.
MarketWatch: Gaming-Fund Manager on MGM, Scientific Games, Gigamedia
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Dan Ahrens has been on a serious losing streak in Las Vegas but since he always bets on the house, he's confident that his luck will soon change.
Ahrens is manager of the Ladenburg Thalmann Gaming and Casino Fund, which is down more than 40% over the past 12 months as investors sell gambling stocks in the wake of an accelerating decline in visitation and gambling revenue in Sin City and elsewhere.
"The selling has been very overdone," Ahrens said. "Gaming revenues are down somewhat in Vegas but it is far from a ghost town.
Everest Poker Revenues Way Up for Parent Company
Everest Poker's parent company GigaMedia's second-quarter results revealed revenues were up 31% on same period last year to US$52.5m, with operating income growing 18% to US$11.9m.
Ladbrokes Prepared to Accept US Poker Bets Says Managing Director
England's largest bookmaker, Ladbrokes, is said to be considering accepting US poker bets in a move sure to rattle the industry.
Online Poker Could Heal California’s Worst Financial Woes Since Depression
Mort Saltzman of the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday warned not to get overly worked up about legalized online poker
Starbucks Closes 16 Starbucks in Las Vegas
A sure sign the US economy is in trouble - Starbucks is closing 600 of 11,168 stores and 16 in Las Vegas alone (10 percent of all Starbucks in Sin City).
Starbucks' surge and contraction mirror the Las Vegas economy, said Keith Schwer, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. ``We've gone from having a better unemployment situation than the national economy to one that is slightly less.''
Exxon Biggest Quarterly Profit in US History as Airlines, Vegas Suffer
US Government Targets Payment Processors for Online Gambling in States
New Bank for Online Gamblers: Ivobank Backed by Powerful Family
A new online bank catering to online gambling enthusiasts has opened and offers fast and secure online money transfer services.
PayPal Sharing Customer Information With Government
Lots of people use PayPal but the online payment solution seems to care little about customer privacy.
National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank Latest Banks to Close
Volume Increases on Wachovia Bank Failure at Prediction Market
BankUnited, Downey Financial Getting Hammered by Gamblers
UBS Cuts Offshore Banking for US Citizens
The Wall Street Journal reports that UBS will close private-banking operations for U.S. clients:
Virgin Stripping: Mobile Company Asks Teen Girls to Take Clothes Off
Virgin Mobile is asking teens to take off their clothes and strip in front of the camera then submit the videos for public airing.
Oh, but it's all in the name of charity.
They asked kids to post videos of themselves stripping to music. In exchange, clothing companies would provide donations of new clothes based on the number of times the videos were viewed. Called "Strip2Clothe," the campaign carries the tagline, "You take off yours, we donate ours."
Intrade Adds Wachovia to Bank Closure Options
The online predictions market - Intrade - which is based out of Dublin, Ireland and takes bets from US citizens, today added Wachovia Bank to its growing list of banks with odds of closing.
US Banks to Fail: Prediction Market Lists Odds
Online gambling site Intrade had posted odds for a handful of US bank failure possibilities Tuesday, with very few bidders thus far.
