• English
  • 简体中文
  • 繁體中文
  • Tiếng Việt
  • ไทย
  • Indonesia
Subscribe
Real-time News
On July 25th, Trip.com issued an announcement regarding its sincere acceptance of the administrative penalty decision from the State Administration for Market Regulation: "Today, we received the Administrative Penalty Decision from the State Administration for Market Regulation. We sincerely accept and resolutely comply with this decision, and will strictly adhere to the regulatory requirements, systematically implementing all rectification measures to ensure their effective execution. We will take this penalty as an opportunity to deeply reflect on our actions, reform ourselves, resolutely abandon inefficient involution competition, and steadfastly pursue high-quality development. We will earnestly fulfill our primary responsibility to maintain fair competition in the industry, paying greater attention to the overall interests of our partners, consumers, and all sectors of society, and are committed to building a symbiotic, harmonious, and healthy cultural tourism ecosystem. Looking to the future, we will always adhere to the bottom line of compliant operation, improve our long-term governance mechanism, earnestly fulfill our corporate social responsibility, and contribute our due share to building my country into a tourism powerhouse."July 25th - The latest epidemic report released by the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the 24th shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the country has risen to 2,905, with 1,269 deaths. The report states that the significant increase in confirmed cases and deaths is mainly due to the DRC health authorities completing a unified calibration of regional and national databases on the 22nd, adding some previously uncounted cases. The report shows that as of the 22nd, a total of 722 patients were receiving isolation or hospitalization treatment, and a total of 519 cases have recovered.According to the Associated Press, the U.S. military said on Friday that it fired on another merchant ship attempting to break its blockade of Iranian ports. The U.S. military rendered the oil tanker M/T Lavine unable to navigate in the Gulf of Oman.On July 25, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) imposed administrative penalties on Trip.com Group Co., Ltd. for abusing its dominant market position and engaging in monopolistic practices, with fines and confiscations totaling 5.179 billion yuan. SAMR will supervise Trip.com to conduct a comprehensive rectification, publicly disclose rectification measures, accept public supervision, effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of hotel operators and consumers, maintain a market order of quality and fair pricing, and promote industry innovation and healthy development.UBS lowered its target price for T-Mobile US (TMUS.O) from $255.00 to $235.00.

After A Record Loss, Star Entertainment Raises $545 Million And Suspends Dividends

Skylar Williams

Feb 23, 2023 13:54

微信截图_20230223135919.png


Star Entertainment Group Ltd. announced that it would raise A$800 million ($545 million) to repay debt and suspend dividend payments, as it reported a record statutory loss for the first half of the year due to challenging business conditions in Sydney.


Star, Australia's second-largest casino operator, has seen its profits eroded by regulatory restrictions on its Sydney operations beginning in mid-September and intense competition from larger competitor Crown Resort, which began operations in Sydney in August.


The capital raising, which consists of a A$685 million 3-for-5 rights offer and a A$115 million institutional placement, will enable Star to repay debt and increase liquidity, the company announced Thursday. End of 2022, it had a net debt of A$1.11 billion.


Capital-raising shares are being sold at $1.20 each, which is 21% below Star's most recent closing price of $1.50.


Star stated that major shareholders Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium have exercised their rights and committed $80 million to the capital raise.


Star reported a record statutory net loss after tax of A$1.26 billion for the six months ended December 31, compared to a loss of A$74,2 million a year earlier.


Star had previously warned of an impairment charge of up to A$1.6 billion in the first half as a result of a proposal by the New South Wales government to increase taxes on casino poker machine operators. Sydney is the state's capital.


Tax resolution with the New South Wales government remains the most important catalyst for investors, according to Jefferies analysts.


In the first half, the casino operator wrote down the goodwill of its Sydney casino from A$851 million to zero.


In an effort to reduce its debt, the company announced it would suspend dividend payments, and its casino licences were in full operation.


The company posted a normalised nett profit after taxes of $43,6 million, compared to A$73,7 million in losses in the prior year.


Thursday is a trading suspension for Star shares while the capital raise is in progress.