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...Entain, which owns bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral, agreed to buy Swedish sports betting company Enlabs for £250m....
...But he noted that it threatens to damage an area known as the Coral Triangle that is rich in coral reefs and tropical fish....
...Florence Knoll Bassett, the highly cultured US designer and forward-thinking entrepreneur, died aged 101 last week in Coral Gables, Florida....
...“Our efforts to protect marine biodiversity started to become more proactive this year after some [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] member states were identified as top marine pollutants,” she told...
...Jose Aragon, a resident of Coral Gables, said the “extreme increase” proposed by Unum was “simply unaffordable”....
...Ladbrokes, the UK betting group, has sealed its expected merger with rival Gala Coral....
...Shares in Tri Pointe Homes, the first US homebuilder to go public in nearly a decade, and Boise Cascade, the plywood and lumber maker, have surged since their market debut earlier this year on growing interest...
...In a new development, the UK’s three largest bookmakers – William Hill, Ladbrokes and Gala Coral – said they would make a guaranteed contribution of at least £45m....
...The association, which had already been hit by Gala Coral’s departure last October, is left contemplating the radical options of a slimmed-down operation or even outright disbandment....
...Simon Walker, head of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, acknowledges that the industry became “lazy” during the credit boom....
...“We rely a lot on advertising as our shop window,” said Clive Hawkswood, the chief executive of the Remote Gambling Association, whose members include Ladbrokes, PartyGaming, 888 and other online gaming...
...He pauses only when the free-association he engages in leads him to an upsetting story, such as the one about Yves Saint Laurent’s funeral. (“I will never go to a funeral again, it was too sad....
...Neil Goulden, Gala Coral’s chief executive, hosted a meeting last Friday at the group’s Barking head offices with David Thorpe, chairman of the Racecourse Association (RCA), and Mark Elliott, the chief executive...
...In addition, large portfolio companies, such as Alliance Boots, the pharmacy chain, and Gala Coral, the betting and casinos group, have published public company-style annual reports....
...Mark Hastings, of the British Beer & Pub Association, said England’s probable failure would be “disappointing but certainly not disastrous”....
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