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PETERSBURG – After a closed meeting that lasted more than an hour and a half, the Petersburg City Council abruptly voted Wednesday to pick Baltimore-based Cordish Companies as the developer that will have a chance to build a casino in the economically struggling city. There was nothing on the council’s meeting agenda indicating such a […] The post Petersburg doubles down on Cordish as its casino operator appeared first on Virginia Mercury.

Facts. president trump meanwhile continues to refute his financial ties to saudi arabia. the president tweeting yesterday, for the record, i have no financial interests in saudi arabia, or russia for that matter. any suggestion that i have is just fake news of which there is plenty. but the president's business empire has had connections to saudi arabia and with leaders there as far back as the 1990s. the post cited one deal in 1991 when trump was nearly $900 million in debt from failed casino projects. he sold his 281 foot yacht to the saudi prt for $21 million. a few years later, the princ...

Than a handful of saudis. cnn business and political correspondent cristina alesci. >> saudi arabia and i get along great with all of them. they buy apartments from me and spend 40 million, 50 million, am i supposed to dislike them? >> reporter: trump's financial ties date back to the 1990s. in 1991 when one of his casino projects was faltering a saudi print purchased his yacht. he sold the 45th floor of his tower in new york to the kingdom of saudi arabia for $4.5 million. in recent years since trump took office his hotels have benefited from saudi business. between october 2016 and march 201...

Saudi arabia. and as our reporter explains, some of the ties run very deep. >> reporter: saudi arabia has been making donald trump rich for decades. >> saudi arabia, and i get along great with all of them. they buy apartments from me and they spend $40 million and $50 million and am i supposed to dislike them? i like them very much. >> reporter: his business dealings go back to the 1990s. when one of his casino projects was faltering, a saudi prince purchased his 281-foot square yacht for the hefty price of $20 million. then records show that trump sold tohe 54th floor to the kin of saudi arab...

With them over the years. he has talked about how much they have spent buying trump apartments. it's tough to tell how much business he has done with the saudis. >> here is what we know. saudi arabia has been making donald trump rich for decades. >> saudi arabia, and i get along great with all of them. they buy apartments from me and spend 40 million, 50 million, am i supposed to dislike them? i like them very much. in 1991 when one of the casino projects was faltering under a mountain of debt, assa saudi prince purchased it for the price of $20 million. ten years later, trump sold his trump t...