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...The intrigue at the National Security Council comes at a time of administration squabbles over the direction of foreign policy. This is particularly acute over the conflict in Afghanistan....
...“Everything you need to know about Hillary Clinton can be understood by this simple phrase: follow the money,” Trump told a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a phrase he repeated again in Wisconsin and in New...
...Toshihiro Nikai, a veteran law maker and a former trade minister who is seen as one of the most pro-China members of Mr Abe’s inner circle, becomes chairman of the LDP’s general council....
...Related links: 99 Draghi trial balloons [updated] – FT Alphaville Why negative interest rates are a bad idea, by Capital Economics – FT Alphaville The negative rate bluff – FT Alphaville...
...When asked how many of his friends worked in the casino industry, el-Amin says: “There’s a cousin who works at Ameristar [another hotel casino] as a house-keeper” – meaning a cleaner....
...Gordon Somerville, the council’s planning director, says: “Scarborough is going places and investors are beginning to wake up.”...
...The takeover battle for Aztar became a three-way fight when Ameristar Casinos on Monday upped the ante to $1.5bn in cash for the owner of the Tropicana casino in Las Vegas and Atlantic City....
...Ameristar, a rival casino group also in the auction with a bid of $47 per share, this week said it was no longer interested in taking over Aztar....
...Columbia Entertainment offered $47 per share of Aztar, beating bids this month from casino operator Ameristar (which has offered $42 per share) and Colony Capital, the US private equity firm ($41 a share...
...Ultrasis jumped 30.4 per cent to 0.5p after the interactive healthcare group won an order from Kent county council for the provision of an online support programme....
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