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Archive for December 6th, 2006


Wednesday, December 6, 2006
What's next for the Sahara?
By David McKee
First off, condolences to the Bennett and Hummel families, following the untimely demise of Lynn Bennett, owner of the Sahara Hotel & Casino. Widow of former Circus Circus executive and Sahara owner Bill Bennett (the man who kept the picketers fed during the long, bitter strike at the Frontier), Mrs. Bennett leaves an extended family [...]
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Wednesday's Quick Hits
By Steve Sebelius
You know the drill: We make 'em and you eat 'em up. Here we go! » We're not going to come out and say that the anti-smoking people are liars. That would be taking things too far. But how else should we interpret this quote, excerpted from the Review-Journal, from Buffy Martin-Tarbox, the government relations [...]
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Subprimes are hitting the skids (surprise! surprise!)
By Ian Mylchreest
More news this week that the whole subprime mortgage business is in trouble with home prices stalling out. In recent years lenders have developed all kinds of ways of financing people with lower incomes and poor credit histories. For enough interest, you didn't even need documentation or you could get a loan where the principal [...]
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006
And in news from the SEC
By Ian Mylchreest
The securities regulator seems to be everywhere these days — in Congress and trying to deal with the revolt against Sarbanes-Oxley. And it's not totally formulated its new regulations to ease the burden but one part of the package was revealed Monday when Commissioner Roel Campos said small caps will get another year before they [...]
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