Boyd could be next casino bid target -BusinessWeek
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Casino operator Boyd Gaming Corp.  may be the next takeover target following a private equity-led bid for Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  worth roughly $15.5 billion, BusinessWeek said in its December 4 issue.
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Boyd Gaming Corp.  said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it collected on hurricane damage insurance and results at its Las Vegas casinos stabilized, and its shares rose more than 6 percent.
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LAS VEGAS -- Private equity bidders extended their shopping spree for casino companies yesterday as Station Casinos Inc. said it received a $4.7 billion buyout offer from its founding family and an affiliate of Colony Capital LLC.
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LAS VEGAS James Murren does not play the tables or slot machines. But boy, does he love to gamble. About three weeks ago, Murren, the president and chief financial officer of MGM Mirage, the $4 billion hotel
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Unusual options activity pegged to the shares of Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  ahead of the announcement of a buyout offer for the gambling operator is raising eyebrows among some market options players.
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Harrah's Entertainment Inc. ,  the world's largest casino operator, on Monday said it would  acquire Barbary Coast Hotel and Casino from Boyd Gaming Corp.   in exchange for 24 acres of land on the Las Vegas  Strip.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group  were near reaching a deal to buy Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , the world's largest casino operator, with an increased $16.7 billion bid, sources familiar with the situation said.
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Colony Capital is poised to become a major competitor in the gaming industry nationwide after reaching a final agreement to buy four casinos from Harrah&#39;s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment, analysts said Monday.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's  management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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Shares of casino operator Penn National Gaming (PENN) surged more than 25 percent on Thursday as its plans to buy riverboat gambling company Argosy Gaming (AGY) pushed stocks higher across the sector.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Shares of Trump Casinos climbed almost two bits - or better than 40 percent - at one point Thursday after it unveiled yet another plan to keep its head above water.
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U.S. gaming company Las Vegas Sands Inc. wants to build six more hotels that include some casinos in an area of the southern Chinese gambling enclave of Macau it hopes to model after the Las Vegas Strip.
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Private equity firms Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group  appeared set to win a bid for Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  with an offer of at least $90 per share for the casino company, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday.
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Bear Stearns Cos Inc's   management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover  target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of  legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could  sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.
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A winner with gamblers, Borgata Hotel Casino &amp; Spa wants to make room to accommodate more of them. The 2,010-room casino hotel, which is to break ground on a $200 million
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A second buyout group is considering an offer for HarrahÂs Entertainment, the largest casino operator in the world.