Gambling boosts Hilton's profits
74445
Bookmaker Ladbrokes continues to boost profits for its parent company, hotels group Hilton.
352113
Hilton Group, the operator of Hilton hotels outside the United States, is selling about a dozen of its British hotels as it focuses on the country&#39;s main cities.
74773
Hilton Hotels Corp HLT.N posted a  strong rise in third-quarter earnings on Monday as business and  leisure travel turned up, filling its big urban hotels.
167045
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
507611
Marriott International Inc. , the largest U.S. hotel operator, on Tuesday reported higher fourth-quarter profit as a recovering travel industry drove up room rates and occupancy.
97822
Profits at mining group Xstrata more than double, boosted by acquisitions and rising metals prices.
253307
Caesars Entertainment Inc.CZR.N  on Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter profit as Las Vegas  hotels filled up and Atlantic City properties squeaked out a  profit that was unexpected by the company.
629814
Private equity firms have found a new business where they can place their multibillion-dollar bets: gambling.
387557
Casino operator MGM Mirage MGG.N,  which plans to buy Mandalay Resort Group MBG.N , reported  better-than-expected results on Tuesday, driven by a boom in  its Las Vegas businesses.
2254
Casino operator MGM Mirage MGG.N on  Wednesday reported higher third-quarter earnings as tourism and  gambling at its Las Vegas resorts boomed.
465448
KUALA LUMPUR Shares of Genting, Asia&#39;s biggest publicly traded casino group, rose Wednesday on expectations that the company&#39;s plan to develop Las Vegas-style casinos in Britain with Stanley Leisure would bolster profit.
565014
Three years ago, as Paris Hilton was about to turn 24, the celebutante got a sense of her worth to the nightclub industry in Las Vegas. She had celebrated her previous three birthdays at Light, the Bellagio hotel-casino nightclub run by the Light Group. But for her 24th, another company swooped in with an offer that trumped the standard private jet to and from L.A., a free stay at a luxury suite, a sumptuous dinner and, of course, free booze.
32125
Bookmaker William Hill reports a rise in half year profits helped by  increased trading hours and the Euro 2004 football championships.
596679
Casino operators Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and MGM Mirage posted higher third-quarter earnings on Wednesday as Las Vegas boomed, but MGM Mirage sparked a broad sell-off by setting a fourth-quarter earnings target below expectations.
377873
Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Wednesday it expects recurring earnings per share to increase 16 percent to 22 percent annually through 2009 as it adds about 120,000 rooms globally over the next three years.
743076
Casino operator Harrah's Entertainment Inc.  on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled crediting its acquisition of the Horseshoe casinos and its operations in Las Vegas.
251534
Casino operator Harrah's Entertainment  Inc. HET.N on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit more than  doubled crediting its acquisition of the Horseshoe casinos and  its operations in Las Vegas.