Archive for July, 2006

Tiger Woods Favored at 2006 British Open

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

When the 135th British Open returns to Royal Liverpool for the first time since 1967 this weekend, all eyes will be on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as they try to rebound from their disastrous showings at last month’s U.S. Open.
Although he missed the cut at a major for the first time as a professional, [...]

Morgan Stanley waits and wonders about fate of BetonSports PLC

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The British born CEO of BetonSports.com sits in a dank Dallas prison awaiting his fate while 10 others involved to some extent with the second largest online gambling company catering to North American citizens were either arrested or await extradition back to the United States.  Amid all this mess sits Morgan Stanley.  The investment house [...]

Is party over for online gambling?

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

When PartyGaming, an online gambling company based in Gibraltar, went public on the London Stock Exchange in June 2005 in one of the most ballyhooed initial stock offerings of the year, the shares soared, lifting the company’s market value to more than $10 billion. A little more than a year later, however, the shares have [...]