Archive for November, 2009

MGM Mirage’s High-Stakes Gamble (MalaysiaNews.net)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

MGM ), the Las Vegas Strip’s largest casino owner, is counting on the Dec. 1 unveiling of the $8.5 billion CityCenter resort to mark the end of the city’s losing streak and the debt crisis that almost…

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Police arrest Denny’s robbery suspect - The Observer Group (The Longboat Observer)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

A 45-year-old Sarasota man burst into a Denny’s restaurant Sunday night and threatened customers and employees before trying to grab cash out of the register, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.

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Alpha females (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

There are days when Sue Grafton would kill for a shorter alphabet, but then she’d probably have to write another book about the murder. Grafton, the celebrated mystery novelist and native Louisvillian, is famously working her way through the Latin alphabet for a series of 26 novels starring private detective Kinsey Millhone.

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Exit Equities for Cash, Bonds or Gold? (GoldSeek.com)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The UAE Central Bank is making fresh liquidity available to its banking system today to meet an expected rush to the door by holders of local equities, bonds and cash by investors worried about Dubai World’s debt moratorium.

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Is the FHA at Risk? (CBS News)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Government Agency Has Been Propping up the Housing Market, but Default Rate Has Never Been Higher

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Ask The Fool (Tulsa World)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

What do venture capitalists do?

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MGM Mirage Bets on CityCenter to Lower Debt as Partner Teeters (Bloomberg)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — MGM Mirage , the Las Vegas Strip’s largest casino owner, is counting on tomorrow’s unveiling of the $8.5 billion CityCenter resort to mark the end of the city’s losing streak and the debt crisis that almost sank the company.

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The scoop on venture capitalists (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Q What do venture capitalists do? - A.N., West Hills, Calif.

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PFT: Tuna rumors escalate in Cleveland (MSNBC)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

With the Browns still searching for a new leader of the franchise’s football operations and Dolphins V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells free to cash out the rest of his contract and leave for another gig at any time, it was inevitable that Parcells’ name would emerge as a candidate for the job in Cleveland.

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Instant View - Dubai cbank to provide liquidity to banks (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The United Arab Emirates’ central bank said on Sunday it would provide additional financing for commercial banks and that it stood behind the Gulf Arab country’s banking system and branches of foreign banks.

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