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Archive for July, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006 It’s hard to compete with the house George is building By Ian Mylchreest If you’re one of those hopefuls who want a major league franchise in Southern Nevada, take a look at what it takes to keep the Yankees near the top. The New York Times reports that the premier franchise is valued at $1 billion and is looking to boost its $300 million in annual revenue so [...]
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Monday, July 24, 2006 IRS cuts auditors By Ian Mylchreest The Internal Revenue Service is laying off 157 auditors who check estate and gift tax returns, reports the New York Times. An agency spokesman tells the paper that they are no longer needed after so much of the estate tax has been repealed but the lawyers themselves say it is a backdoor way to repeal [...]
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Monday, July 24, 2006 How long can this go on? By Ian Mylchreest If you thought like I did, that the rapidly rising payments on adjustable rate mortgages were going to bite the economy some time soon, take heart. In last week’s Business Press, I painted a picture of some doom and gloom as ARM payments start climbing.
But never fear!. The New York Times reports that some people [...]
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Monday, July 24, 2006 Quick Hitapalooza! By Steve Sebelius • Thanks, Sen. Reid! We wax more eloquent in our column in CityLife this week, but we couldn’t let Monday pass without a nod to Harry Reid’s role in getting Nevada moved up — way up — in choosing a Democratic presidential candidate in 2008. The early party caucus, in January 2008, will give [...]
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Monday, July 24, 2006 El Bombastico strikes again By David McKee In a move that proves that irony is dead, Las Vegas Sands CEO/majority owner/all-around blowhard Sheldon Adelson is suing veteran gaming correspondent Jeff Simpson and his employer, the Las Vegas Sun for the heinous crime of printing documented facts. Oh, the horror! The shame of it! What will that dastardly MSM stoop to next?
Mind you, [...]
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Monday, July 24, 2006 Woods brings relief to war-torn week By Len Butcher Monday morning and as I look back over this past week, some observations. The Mideast crisis dominates the news and I do mean DOMINATES. Not that it shouldn’t, but there are other things happening in the world that affect, or could affect our lives as well. Interesting to watch the coverage and listen to the [...]
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Friday, July 21, 2006 Insurance gets a shake-up in the Golden State By Ian Mylchreest California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has set the cat among the pigeons twice in two days. The Los Angeles Times reported that he was about to unveil plans to slash $1 billion from title insurance costs.
The new rules would make double-digit cuts in title insurance for purchases and refinancings as well as slash title company [...]
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Thursday, July 20, 2006 Quick Hits, on TASC, the monorail, Republicans and irony at City Hall By Steve Sebelius Sorry we’re late today, dear readers. We hate when our full-time job starts to interfere with blogging, which we enjoy much more. Don’t tell anyone.
So on with the Quick Hits!
• The thing about the Tax and Spending Control is, you have to suspend your disbelief, like you were watching a horror movie or [...]
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Keep kids off casino floor By Len Butcher I love casinos, not just the casinos themselves, but the whole package, from the entertainment to the dining and everything in between. What’s not to love? Plush surroundings, someone serving you drinks at minimum cost while you play, scantily-clad servers to ogle, beautiful people to watch, kids crying or even screaming as they pull and [...]
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Bush blows (an opportunity); Hill’s job (to die for); and Gibbons on religion By Steve Sebelius So, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill today that would have allowed the federal government to spend money on research to use embryonic stem cells to cure disease. The veto is the first in his presidency, but let’s not forget that he’s issued more than 140 “signing statements” on other bills he’s approved which [...]
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