Burswood rolls a $24.1m profit - 2004-02-22 Burswood Limited (BIR) today announced the company was hoping to build on the positive result achieved in the first half of the financial year with continued improvements in operating efficiency and performance. These comments came as the casino group announced a net profit after tax of $24.1 million for the six months ended 31 December 2003, up from the $4.5 million reported in the previous corresponding period.
Managing director, Mr John Schaap, said the result was very pleasing, reflecting a strong underlying performance in most parts of the business. Read the full story at egoli.com.au
Victim's family seeks profits from Nevada killer's best seller - 2004-02-22 Donna Seres thought it was terrible enough that Jimmy Lerner killed her brother at a Reno hotel-casino in 1997. Then, she became furious when she found out Lerner wrote a best-selling book about the crime based on notes smuggled out of a Nevada prison.
Now, Seres is taking her lawsuit seeking Lerner's book profits to the Nevada Supreme Court in a case that will test the constitutionality of a state law designed to stop convicts from profiting from their crimes. Read the full story at KRNV
