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Refco Bank Hid $1 Billion Loss From Hedge Funds, Arafat Casino
June 22 (Bloomberg) -- At the Israeli army checkpoint on the edge of Jericho, gamblers from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv streamed into the West Bank town to wager on blackjack, play poker and face off with slot machines at the Palestinian-run Oasis Hotel Casino Resort. The casino was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The party that started in September 1998 ended when a Palestinian uprising scared away customers in October 2000, forcing the casino to close within a month.
The Israeli shells that punched holes in the Oasis's stucco- and-black-glass facade also struck a financial blow to one of the casino's investors, Vienna-based Bawag PSK Bank -- the same bank that backed Refco Inc., the New York-based brokerage that collapsed last October after belatedly reporting $430 million in hidden losses.
On the case
Gill Charlton answers questions on travelling green, long-stay insurance, credit card charges, codeine in Greece and disposing of Deutschmarks.(Filed: 17/06/2006)
Bunkered by golf hotel price change
No flight refund
Plane or car: which is the green way to go?
Long-stay insurance
Credit card charge
No codeine in Greece?
Disposing of Deutschmarks
Comment on this story Read comments Plane or car: which is the green way to go? Jackie and Bob Nicholson write from Ashbourne: We travel to the French Alps regularly to visit our son, either flying to Lyon or Geneva, or driving from Derbyshire. Our car does about 48 miles per gallon. Time and cost aside, are we being more environmentally friendly by driving all the way or would we do better to fly? We have had conflicting advice.
Hundreds of teachers flock to Scotland from overseas
HUNDREDS of teachers are continuing to flock to Scotland from overseas and the rest of the UK following the Scottish Executive's drive to boost the numbers in the profession.Figures released to The Scotsman show that nearly 500 registered with the General Teaching Council (GTC) for Scotland in the first four months of 2006.
.Starwood Vacation Ownership Announces Major Expansion Plans for the Westin St. John Resort & Villas
Starwood Vacation Ownership, a division of Starwood Hotels&Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT), today announced major expansion plans for the Westin St. John Resort&Villas in St. John, USVI. The new Bay Vista phase will include a total of 94 two and three bedroom villas overlooking the island and the picturesque Great Cruz Bay.Construction plans call for the conversion of 186 hotel rooms in seven buildings in the hillside section of the resort to become vacation ownership villas. Construction of the first phase includes 54 villas and will begin in July, 2006 with an expected occupancy in late 2007. The second phase of 40 villas will begin shortly thereafter. Sales of the new phase will also begin in July.
"This is an ambitious project based on the increasing demand of luxury vacation ownership resorts in the Caribbean.