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April 6, 2007

$17B Harrah's deal gets shareholder OK

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Harrah's Entertainment Inc. shareholders approved a $17.1 billion buyout Thursday by two private equity groups in the largest deal ever to take a publicly held casino company private, officials said.

Harrah's announced that shareholders controlling 66 percent of outstanding stock approved the transaction.


 
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