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...“In recent years, law enforcement and financial intelligence authorities have reported the rapidly growing use of sophisticated, high-speedmoney laundering . . . teams specialising in underground tether,...
...It likened the situation to French supermarket chain Casino, which fell into an insolvency process last year that largely wiped out shareholders....
...You approach down a long, dark corridor with a wet-look black ceiling and menacing muzak, before popping out in a circular bar that feels like a cross between an underground nightclub lounge and an escape...
...As MGM Resorts International and the FBI investigate a crippling hack at one of the world’s largest casino operators, a tantalising clue has appeared on an underground forum for buying and selling stolen...
...This show, set within a cavernous underground space at Palazzo Citterio, finds Loewe in full show-off mode....
...You do not want to be responsible for shutting down the whole Underground,” Harbour says with a grin....
...It is in on the joke, even if its youngest clientele (and, for the most part, they all were young) are not. Old-timey lounge singers croon from the speakers....
...The share price slump has pushed Entain’s market capitalisation to £5.2bn, well below the value of 2021 takeover offers the group received from Las Vegas-based casino group MGM International and Boston-based...
...Crypto, and the stablecoin Tether in particular, has helped give the underground sector a new lease of life, says Jeremy Douglas, a regional representative of the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime....
...They’re a problem for regulators and exchanges, however. Too many and a market begins to look like a casino and raises suspicions of stock manipulation. But they’re not easy to prevent....
...Brutalist Soviet leftovers, venerable churches, castles and dilapidated neighbourhoods happily lounge in the shadows of brand-new skyscrapers....
...So ingrained is the image of the casino-capitalist trader and his dubious exploits that the casual observer could be forgiven for not realising that the financial centre of gravity on Wall Street and in...
...Should a picnic not be for you, places to eat and drink on site include D/6, the Douglas’s elegant rooftop lounge that specialises in artisanal cocktails (try the in-house Douglas fir gin), and surf-and-turf...
...As soon as you step through the door you get a warm welcome; staff are personable and thoughtful. The mood is relaxed, and there’s a smart-casual vibe in the lobby lounge area....
...Křetínský has now been employing a similar strategy across unloved media, retail and infrastructure assets, including a winning offer to bail out the debt-laden French food retailer Casino and talks to buy...
...All around were the trappings of normal life — a child’s bedroom and a lounge with cane furniture and big cushions scattered on the floor....
...Chau’s trial heard allegations that during his time as head of the company, Suncity used various tactics and underground financing channels to help clients funnel money in and out of the mainland....
...“Every time there is a big bid in France, whether it is Editis or Casino, he’s there,” said one French investor. “He bought his way into the establishment and it’s working.”...
...The city is broken up into different areas – there’s the well-known Casino Square in the centre, and then you’ve got the Jardin Exotique, which has a beautiful cactus garden and basketball courts, and is...
...The oil and gas producer said it had begun work to extract lithium from underground brines in the southern US state of Arkansas where it has acquired the rights to 120,000 acres of land....
...Out of luck Jean-Charles Naouri had a chance to salvage Casino five years ago and blew it. Now, the French tycoon’s tight grip over the debt-crippled grocery empire has backfired, the FT reports....
...But its speciality business agreed to insure thermal coal mining company Global Mining Holding Company, LLC, and its subsidiary Signal Peak Energy for up to $2mn, for the two years to November 2023, according...
...Smart reads After the fall The tragic accident of Janus Henderson executive Sarah de Lagarde has revealed grave safety issues in London’s underground railway, as told in FT Magazine....
...After dinner, head downstairs to the underground bar Discolo, if the date goes well or you want to keep the party going....
...restaurant and more casual lounge bar (some Planeta products such as wine are sold in its small boutique)....
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