Star Cruises wins OK to sell Singapore casino stake

HONG KONG, May 2 (Reuters) - Star Cruises has won shareholders’ approval to sell a 25 percent stake in a casino project for a previously stated S$255 million ($167.4 million) to sister firm Genting International .

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