James Packer

Kerry Packer’s son denies Heather Mills was Australian billionaire’s hooker

Filed under Romance, James Packer
April 25, 2008 7:06 pm

Kerry Packer’s son has defended him against allegations of a liaison with Heather Mills.James Packer, who took over his late billionaire father’s media and gambling empire after his death in ... Read more »

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Lachlan Murdoch loses CMH backer

Filed under Deals, James Packer, Billionaire kids, Rupert Murdoch - News Corp
March 8, 2008 10:07 am

Lachlan Murdoch’s planned media sector comeback has stumbled after he lost the support of one of his chief backers in his proposed A$3.3bn (US$3bn) purchase of Australia’s Consolidated Media Holdings ... Read more »

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Lachlan Murdoch and Packer bid for Australian media company

Filed under Deals, James Packer, Billionaire kids
January 22, 2008 6:35 pm

Lachlan Murdoch and the Australian gaming magnate James Packer made a joint 3.3 billion Australian dollar, or $2.86 billion, offer Monday to buy out Consolidated Media, the Packer-backed publishing company.The ... Read more »

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Cruise ‘targets James Packer’

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January 18, 2008 9:37 pm

 SAD, overweight and jilted by his then wife Jodi Meares, James Packer was the “perfect recruit” when actor Tom Cruise set off on a carefully targeted crusade in mid-2002, aimed ... Read more »

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James Packer and his model wife Erica Baxter are expecting their first child in June.

Filed under Romance, James Packer
January 12, 2008 12:03 pm

The pregnancy caps off a dream year for the Packers, who celebrated a lavish four-day, $6 million wedding on the French Riviera last June.The couple have told friends they are delighted ... Read more »

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Packer’s Crown Buys Cannery Casino for $1.75 Billion

Filed under Deals, James Packer
December 12, 2007 1:58 pm

Crown Ltd., Australian billionaire James Packer’s gaming company, agreed to buy Cannery Casino Resorts LLC for $1.75 billion in cash, doubling its gambling investments in North America. The acquisition of ... Read more »

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Packer Picks Services to Play Australian Metals Boom

Filed under Projects, James Packer
October 18, 2007 8:10 am

Carlyle Group, the world’s second- biggest buyout fund, and James Packer, Australia’s richest man, may know something other investors don’t. Carlyle and Packer bought mine services companies to bet on ... Read more »

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Mitsubishi UFJ, Colony Capital Buy Into Packer’s Challenger

Filed under Deals, James Packer, Thomas Barrack - Colony Capital
August 27, 2007 1:09 am

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd., the Australian asset manager backed by billionaire James Packer, said it will sell stock to units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ... Read more »

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Melco Shares Rise on Company’s Confidence About Loan (Update2)

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August 18, 2007 5:43 am

Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Ltd. shares jumped 14 percent after executives said they expected to get financing for the company’s City of Dreams casino within two weeks.Melco’s American depositary receipts ... Read more »

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Billionaire familly sells stake in own hedge fund

Filed under Hedge funds, James Packer
May 25, 2007 6:06 am

James Packer, Australia’s richest man, is seeking to raise A$600 million ($492 million) selling shares in Ellerston GEMS Fund, giving investors access to his closely held hedge funds.Packer’s family has ... Read more »

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