Tribe cuts slots plan by half
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Sacramento -- The Indian tribe that caused an uproar with its plans for a mammoth, 5,000-slot casino in the center of San Pablo has offered to scale back its ambitions and accept a deal for only half as many machines, tribal leaders advised the governor
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The decision comes on top of 12,500 job cuts that the bank initially said it would eliminate during the merger. The bank&#39;s move drew fire from two Massachusetts
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When the National Hockey League announced it was locking out its players when the collective-bargaining agreement expired Sept. 15, it had an immediate impact on the league's staff, which was trimmed by roughly 50 percent.
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Credit card company Capital One Financial plans to eliminate 2,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its workforce, as part of a $700 million restructuring, the company said yesterday.
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SACRAMENTO A Northern California Indian tribe wants to scale back plans to create a massive casino in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians has
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THE REGION Procter &amp; Gamble Co. has eliminated 2,800 positions over the past fiscal year, with more than half coming from Gillette, as a result of P&amp;G's takeover of the Boston shaving firm. P&amp;G's $54 billion acquisition of Gillette is expected to result in an estimated 5,000 job cuts from the combined workforce of about 140,000. Already, Boston has lost ...
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--PASCAGOULA -- With their constituents wanting to know when they will get to vote on the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' proposed casino, some Jackson County supervisors are wondering whether they can even hold an election.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Veteran cornerback Terrell Buckley was the most notable casualty yesterday as the Patriots trimmed their roster to 53 to meet the league deadline, cutting a total of 12 players and placing two on the reserve/physically-unable-to-perform list.
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Shares in online gambling companies listed in London lost half their value after a dramatic move by US authorities to ban gambling on the Internet.
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The Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants is to be sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, a Native American group, for 965 million dollars (724 million euros), current owners Rank have announced.
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - The New York Giants made several moves Sunday to get their roster down to 52, one under the NFL&#39;s limit of 53.
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States are considering scrapping side-by-side lineups in favor of a one-at-a-time variety.
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BURNABY, BC (CP) - Major unitholders of the Gateway Casinos Income Fund are selling half their controlling stake in one of Western Canada&#39;s biggest casino operators.
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American Indians are reconnecting to their heritage through a game that was invented by their ancestors.
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JAMUL, Calif., Dec. 18  /PRNewswire/ -- The Jamul Indian Village, a federally recognized Tribe, announced it has approved a comprehensive Tribal Environmental Impact Statement/Report related to its planned casino-resort to be built entirely on its six-acre reservation.
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Britain's Rank Group  has agreed to sell its Hard Rock cafe and casino business for $965 million to the native American Seminole Tribe of Florida, which already makes 90 percent of its revenues from gambling.
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YAEDA VALLEY, Tanzania -- One of the last remaining tribes of hunter-gatherers on the planet is on the verge of vanishing into the modern world.