Prof’s Las Vegas News Blog: Wynn could expand to East Coast Archives
If approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the bailout money from Wynn would return the Las Vegas developer to the East Coast. Wynn has long been interested in a casino in Connecticut (Steve Wynn was born in New Haven and … More…
Prof’s Las Vegas News Blog: LVCVA encourages locals to wear blue …
Wearing one of the state colors, they say, will show support in a time when visitors to Las Vegas continues to decrease each month, not helped by the swine flu and President Obama’s comment about companies not using federal bailout …
Long Odds for Las Vegas – Motley Fool
Long Odds for Las VegasMotley FoolI feel badly for Las Vegas, whose tourism industry was hit by the collateral damage of federal bailout recipients Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) canceling conferences there last month. Here’s a suggestion to help make up for lost … More…
Goldman Sachs moves meeting from Las Vegas (San Francisco Chronicle)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has moved a three-day conference from the Las Vegas Strip to San Francisco amid what the bank is calling a broad review of its activities. Goldman, which has accepted $10 billion in federal bailout funds, will hold its Technology and…
Wells Fargo defends, then cancels Vegas junket – HamptonRoads.com
It’s a tradition for Wells Fargo & Co. to reward top employees with a lavish junket. In previous years, though, the company hadn’t just received a $25 billion bailout from taxpayers. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Wells Fargo had booked … More…