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GVC Holdings in talks over joint venture to gain access to US sports betting market
The UK owner of bookmakers Ladbrokes and Coral is likely to seal a $200m (£153m) tie-up with the world’s biggest casino operator this week, to catapult it into the lucrative, newly liberalised US sports betting market.
The FTSE-listed gambling group GVC Holdings confirmed on Sunday it was in advanced talks to form a joint venture with MGM Resorts, giving both partners a foothold in what is forecast to grow into a multibillion-dollar sector.
Continue reading...British energy giant increases quarterly dividend for first time in nearly four years
BP has agreed to buy US shale oil and gas assets from the global mining company BHP for $10.5bn (£8bn), in the biggest deal for the British oil giant in two decades.
The deal gives BP a much bigger footprint in oil-rich onshore basins and was described by its chief executive, Bob Dudley, as a “transformational acquisition”.
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Continue reading...If Australians think a plurality of voices is important in a democracy, they can make it reality
Five years ago my colleague Katharine Murphy and I took a leap into the unknown, leaving comfortable jobs with a news company we loved, Fairfax Media, to help start Guardian Australia.
I clearly remember my conversation at the time with an incredulous chief executive, Greg Hywood, who could not fathom what I was doing. The Guardian, he said, might be a brand in some suburbs in London, but the only news brands that would ever have clout in Australia were Fairfax and News Corp.
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