News roundup: Chaszar to leave Hollywood for Mo. Casino … Westinghouse bids for Lithuanian nuclear plant

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On the move: John Chaszar is leaving his job as general manager of Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge. Chaszar is set to become the general manager of Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside, Mo. Penn National Gaming, which owns both casinos, announced the move today. Chaszar has been at Hollywood since April 2010; before that he spent nine years at Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis, Miss. Penn National says it will start a search to find a new general manager for Hollywood.

One of two groups up for the project: Westinghouse, which is owned by Toshiba Corp. and the Shaw Group, has put in a bid to build a nuclear power plant in Lithuania. The country’s energy ministry says the other bid came from an alliance of Hitachi and General Electric, according to Bloomberg News. Lithuania is seeking to reduce its dependence on Russian energy supplies.

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