Apparently, word of Macau’s gambling boom has reached Monaco, playpen of the rich in Europe, and now the Grimaldi family has its knickers in a knot. The following is from the always-amusing newsletter of Access Asia, the Shanghai-based market research... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Fri, May 25 2007
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