Posts Tagged ‘its-owners’

Cruise ship captain ‘off course’

Monday, January 16th, 2012

The captain of the stricken cruise liner deviated from his approved course before the ship ran aground off the Italian coast, its owners say.

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Cruise ship captain ‘off course’

Carlyle founders reaped nearly $138 million each in 2011

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The three founders of the Carlyle Group each took home nearly $138 million last year, confirming the widely held view that the intensely private buyout firm was as profitable for its owners as it was for its clients in 2011. Read full article > >

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Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

NEW YORK — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make lavish payments to its owners, Justice Department lawyers said in a revised civil lawsuit filed in New York. Read full article > >

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Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

NEW YORK — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make lavish payments to its owners, Justice Department lawyers said in a revised civil lawsuit filed in New York. Read full article > >

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Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

NEW YORK — An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was “not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make lavish payments to its owners, Justice Department lawyers said in a revised civil lawsuit filed in New York. Read full article > >

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Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme, customer accounts were looted of $440 million

Gossip website ‘decides’ to close

Monday, February 14th, 2011

A website accused of letting teenagers take part in vicious cyber-bullying is closed by its owners because of “malicious comments”.

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225 jobs to go at car parts plant

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

A factory employing 225 staff making steering parts for cars is earmarked to close, its owners say.

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225 jobs to go at car parts plant