UK: BETTER GOING AT LADBROKES?

The troubled Ladbroke Group has reached a crossroads: can a new management approach overturn the odds that have been stacked against it?

For some time now, buying shares in the controversial Ladbroke Group has been a gamble that even daring punters have thought twice about taking. And lately, the odds against the betting-based conglomerate might seem to have grown even longer than ever.