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Casino owner Sheldon Adelson hit with $70-million verdict
This post has been corrected and updated, as indicated below.LAS VEGAS – A Hong Kong businessman hit a $70-million court-awarded jackpot Tuesday when a jury agreed that he had helped the casino empire run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson get a gambling foothold in China. This is the second time in five...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Parties and Movements, Trials, Hong Kong, Justice System
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The day ahead in business May 1
Reports: MBA mortgage index for week ended April 27, 6 a.m.; ADP employment change for April, 7:15 a.m.; PMI manufacturing index for April, 7:58 a.m.; ISM manufacturing index for April, 9 a.m.; Construction spending for March, 9 a.m.; Crude inventories...
Tags: Facebook, Tellabs Incorporated, Allstate Corp., Visa Inc., Sears Holdings Corp.
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As Sheldon Adelson takes stand in casino trial, wisecracks ensue
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson looked relaxed. His arm was slung over the back of the courtroom witness chair with the cozy demeanor of a guest on an afternoon talk show. He was dressed impeccably in a gray business suit,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Trials, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Justice System, Sheldon Adelson
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Vegas magnate Sheldon Adelson comes out of the shadows
LAS VEGAS — For years, he's been the Wizard of the Strip, an Oz-like character whose wealth and power have never been in doubt but who has stayed behind a curtain, away from public exposure. Sheldon Adelson, 79, who rose from impoverished roots in...
Tags: Israel, Parties and Movements, Trials, Politics, China
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. faces scrutiny in Macau and Spain
Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino behemoth run by Republican fundraiser and billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is facing criticism for its operations in Spain and Macau. The gambling company recently acknowledged it is likely that in Macau it violated the...
Tags: Corruption, Parties and Movements, Bribery, Sheldon Adelson, Macau
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AT&T, Genting, Internet cafes and Big Sugar pay the most to lobby
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Companies, interest-groups and local governments paid $123 million to lobby the Florida Legislature last year, led by phone giant AT&T, Malaysian casino giant Genting, U.S. Sugar Corp., and an Oklahoma-based Internet sweepstakes cafe... -
New PBS documetary explores Steel site revitalization
TV WatchersA new documentary made by PBS-39 tells the story of how the brownfields of the former Bethlehem Steel were transformed into a entertainment mecca featuring a casino, convention center and cultural campus. "Bringing New life to Old Steel" will air...... -
The billionaires' long game
What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...
Tags: Finance, Elections, TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp., Politics, Federal Election Commission
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Adelson talks his liberal agenda...and intent to give big to GOP
Casino mogul and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson laid out a litany of policy positions — pro-choice on abortion, in favor of eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrants, supportive of “socialized” healthcare — that...
Tags: Immigration, Parties and Movements, Israel, Barack Obama, Elections
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Paul Ryan's billionaire populism
Last Friday, Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, made the most populist speech of this campaign season. "It's the people who are politically connected, it's the people who have access to Washington that get the breaks," he...
Tags: The New York Times, Human Rights, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, China
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And the winner is ... swing-state stocks
It’s all about swing states in today’s presidential election. So here’s another swing-state nugget, courtesy of Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank. Swing-state stocks have outpaced the Standard & Poor’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Politics
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Republicans' biggest donors
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a casino mogul worth an estimated $25 billion, $34.2 million may sound like chump change. Yet that's how much money Sheldon Adelson has donated so far to aid Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and organizations...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Israel, Rick Santorum, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Issues
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