The last really good year in the stock market and the real estate market — 2005 — has produced the greatest disparity in wealth since the 1920s, reports the New York Times. An analysis of IRS income figures shows that the top 10 percent of earners got 48.5 percent of all income. At the extreme [...]
By David McKee
From today's "Raving E-Mail Newsletter," issued by the good people at Raving Consulting, comes the tale of a casino that got it right. Casino personnel at Mohegan Sun found $406 in credits on a slot machine, contacted the woman who had left them and sent her a check by registered mail.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
On arenas, settlements and the value of double-checking
By Steve Sebelius
We knew that, eventually, Las Vegas would strike out on its own when it came to a sports arena. And the reason is one person: Mayor Oscar Goodman.
See, Goodman has worked tirelessly on downtown revitalization, and he's had some big successes. But a key component of Goodman's vision for the downtown area was always [...]
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