Saturday, February 18, 2006

Macau News

Macau's Banco Delta Asia terminates NKorea business, calls for US response AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance Thu, 16 Feb 2006 7:07 PM PST BEIJING (AFX) - Macao's Banco Delta Asia has terminated its North Korean business and will implement a new anti-money laundering program, ...

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-02-17 10:49 GMT: FOCUS - Macau set to sustain gaming boom; hotels/infrastructure a concern Interactive Investor Fri, 17 Feb 2006 3:12 AM PST HONG KONG (AFX) - Macau's booming gaming industry will likely sustain its growth in the years ahead largely on the emerging wealth of mainland Chinese tourists, but the euphoria over business opportunities from the boom is tempered by forecasts of hotels oversupply and the massive infrastructure requirement to support the expansion.

Bally Gaming and Systems announces opening of new office in Macau ATE On-line Fri, 17 Feb 2006 2:30 AM PST Log in to remember this page. Email this Bally Gaming and Systems, a business unit of Alliance Gaming Corp., announced today that it has opened a new office in the Bank Of China Building in the heart of Macau S.A.R. to provide sales and service support for its slot machines, systems and table management business efforts throughout Asia.

Action on Macau bank may hit Sino-US ties: lawyers Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:46 PM PST Lawyers for a Macau bank accused of helping North Korea launder money have told the U.S. Treasury action against the lender could affect U.S.-China ties at a sensitive time for talks on the North's nuclear programs.

Banco Delta Asia Has Terminated Its North Korean Business and Will Implement a New Anti-Money Laundering Program PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 16 Feb 2006 9:21 AM PST On behalf of client BANCO DELTA ASIA S.A.R.L., Heller Ehrman today issues the following statement:

Famous gather for Packer farewell CNN.com Thu, 16 Feb 2006 5:35 PM PST The rich, the famous and the merely curious are gathering in Sydney Friday for a State memorial service commemorating the life of Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer.

Rice Says U.S. Pursues N. Korean Counterfeiting Probe (Update1) Bloomberg.com Thu, 16 Feb 2006 8:52 PM PST Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will pursue its probe into alleged counterfeiting of U.S. dollars by North Korea, while trying to arrange new talks on North Korea's nuclear program, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

North AMERICAN MARKET TO BOOST PROFIT OF AUSTRALIA'S ARISTOCRAT Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:32 PM PST Machinery / engineering A vibrant North American gaming market is expected to underpin a big jump in annual earnings for poker machine company Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. (ASX:ALL).