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Melco banking on Asian players for $1-B casino

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | March 17, 2013 - 12:00am

Macau casino giant Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. is banking on its vast gaming network catering to Asians for its $1-billion gaming complex along Manila Bay.

Business

SM Group, Macau’s Melco ink $1-B deal

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | March 14, 2013 - 12:00am

The SM Group has finalized its partnership with the local unit of Macau casino giant Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. for a $1-billion gaming complex on reclaimed land along Manila Bay.

Business

Mall tycoon Sy teams up with Macau's Melco in $1B casino project

July 6, 2012 - 1:02pm

Macau gambling company Melco Crown Entertainment is teaming up with the Philippines' richest man to develop a $1 billion Manila casino resort in a sign of the industry's plans for rapid expansion in Asia.

Pacific Online eyes 16.3% profit hike

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | June 24, 2011 - 12:00am

Pacific Online Systems Corp., the online system provider of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Visayas and Mindanao, is eyeing a 16.3-percent growth in net earnings this year on the back of...

Business

Belle group to scale up size of $1-B entertainment resort

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | April 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Riding high on the country’s improving economy and a growing high-roller market, the consortium of Belle Corp. and Leisure Resorts World Corp. is scaling up the size of its planned $1-billion world-class...

Business

AB Leisure seeks P2-billion loan for casino project

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 17, 2011 - 12:00am

AB Leisure Global Inc. (ABLGI), a wholly-owned unit of publicly-listed Leisure & Resorts World Corp. (LRWC), is negotiating for a P2-billion loan with Banco De Oro Universal Bank to fund the multi-billion peso...

Business

Pacific Online profit up 63% to P430 M in 2010

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | March 11, 2011 - 12:00am

Pacific Online Systems Corp., the online system provider of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Visayas and Mindanao, reported a 63 percent jump in net income last year on the back of record high...

Business

Belle Corp net income rises 20.6% to P465.5M in 2010

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | February 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Belle Corp., a high-end leisure developer and gaming firm controlled by the family of retail tycoon Henry Sy, reported a net income of P465.5 million last year, up 20.66 percent from P385.8 million in 2009.

Business

Belle plans $250-M bond issue to fund casino project

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 29, 2011 - 12:00am

High-end leisure developer and gaming firm Belle Corp. is looking to sell up to $250 million worth of bonds in the international market in the first half this year.

Business

Belle taps Resorts World for $1-B gaming complex

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | January 15, 2011 - 12:00am

Upscale leisure developer and gaming firm Belle Corp. and Leisure Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) formalized yesterday their partnership with the signing of an agreement that mandates LRWC to operate and manage the gaming...

Business