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BOXING: Busy summer on tap for Imperial heavyweight
Special to this NewspaperLAS VEGAS — Imperial Valley heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz is training for the busiest seven weeks of his life. Ruiz (18-0 with 12 KOs), who grew up in Imperial, is preparing for two fights, including one in Macau, China, that could catapult him...Tags: Heavyweight, Boxing, Flyweight Boxing, International Boxing Federation, Manny Pacquiao
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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: Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Trials, Parties and Movements, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lawyers
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Manny Pacquiao chooses Brandon Rios as next opponent
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring Nov. 23 against Oxnard’s Brandon Rios at the Venetian Macao resort, his promoter and lead advisor announced Monday. The welterweight fight will be televised by HBO pay-per-view. Although Pacquiao (54-5-2,...Tags: Tim Tebow, Kentucky Derby, Barack Obama, Manny Pacquiao
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Cha-ching: Sands helps boost company's record earnings
Las Vegas Sands, the parent company of Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Wednesday announced record quarterly earnings for its global casino, hotel and convention center empire. Sands officials said first-quarter net revenue rose 19.5 percent to $3.3 billion,...
Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Companies and Corporations, Earnings, Singapore, Sheldon Adelson
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DreamWorks Animation posts profit with assist from 'Croods'
DreamWorks Animation has a bunch of cavemen to thank for getting some fresh Wall Street love. Analysts responded positively to news that the Glendale studio had scored with its prehistoric feature "The Croods," which helped drive first-quarter profit to...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Rise of the Guardians (movie), Kung Fu Panda (movie), Earnings
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Marquez chooses Bradley instead of Pacquiao for next fight [Updated]
Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez has bypassed an immediate fifth fight against Manny Pacquiao to instead square off with world welterweight champion Timothy Bradley of Palm Springs. Calling the planned fight at Las Vegas Thomas and Mack Center on Sept. 14...
Tags: Asia, Mexico, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Singapore, The Home Depot Center
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DreamWorks Animation sends its characters to Macao
DreamWorks Animation is placing another bet in China. The Glendale studio is partnering with one of Asia's largest resort operators to bring its characters to Macao. Dreamworks has signed a deal with Sands China, a subsidiary of the company that owns...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Kung Fu Panda (movie), China, Entertainment
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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: Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Israel, Politics, Breach of Contract, Corporate Crime
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Hong Kong Film Festival: A film that deals with memory (and Macau)
HONG KONG -- There is a moment in “The Last Time I Saw Macau” -- which plays Wednesday at the Hong Kong International Film Festival and is being distributed in the United States this summer by Cinema Guild -- in which the camera captures the...Tags: Movies, Festive Events, Ian Fleming, Django Unchained (movie), UNESCO
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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: Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Parties and Movements, Politics, Spain, Corporate Crime
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'Iris' joins list of recent duds for Cirque du Soleil
Has Cirque du Soleil flown a little too close to the sun? "Iris," the company's resident show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, will close much earlier than expected in January due to poor ticket sales, the company said Friday. The movie-themed show is...
Tags: Cirque du Soleil, Movies, Danny Elfman, Beacon Theater, Entertainment
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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: Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology, Politics, Corporate Crime
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