Sheldon Adelson
Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Sheldon Adelson (C) watches a lion dance at the opening ceremony of the Sands Cotai Central, Sands' newest integrated resort in Macau on April 11, 2012. Las Vegas Sands Corp. opened its fourth casino in the booming Asian gaming capital of Macau transforming a 'swamp' earmarked for a fireworks factory into a $5 billion resort.
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Donald Trump’s frenzy of paranoid statements was a clear distraction from Mitt Romney’s true mission of the day — to butter up Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate poised to fuel the Romney campaign’s attack machine with millions of dollars of secretive money.
Although the effect of super-PACs on the presidential race will probably be limited, I worry when I read that casino mogul Sheldon Adelson plans to pump millions into a super PAC dedicated to influencing the outcome of congressional elections. That’s where an airdrop of a million dollars in negative ads in the waning weeks of a campaign can completely change the result.
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. 1Q profit jumps
-- Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company run by billionaire chief executive Sheldon Adelson , says it more than doubled its profits during the first quarter thanks to growth in Singapore and improvement at its properties in Sin City and Pennsylvania .The Read more »
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Sands launches $4.4B Macau casino-resort
-- U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson 's Macau casino operator on Wednesday launched its long-delayed fourth resort, a $4.4 billion complex that is its latest bet on continued strong growth in the world's biggest gambling market.Sands China Ltd. executives opened Read more »
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Spain sees gamble in vision of 'Sin City'
A Euro Vegas in down-and-out Spain?Depending on whom you ask, it could be heaven-sent or a deal with the devil.Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's dream to build Europe's first Las Vegas-style resort in Spain would certainly bring much needed relief to an economy Read more »
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Willard's Winning Transaction: A Not-Modest Proposal
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The Curious Case Of Donald Trump (The Note)
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Does Sheldon Adelson Support Genocide or Population Transfer of Palestinians?
What Sheldon Adelson has in store for Palestinians if Mitt becomes president? I was just reading a 2007 interview Sheldon Adelson gave to the Kahanist Jewish Press. In it, he rejects the idea of a two-state solution, which is not news. But the rejection from Tikun Olam Read more »
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Video: Meet Mitt Romney's billionaire backers
Donald Trump may be making the headlines but the billionaire Romney really needs on his side is casino mogul, Sheldon Adelson, the most generous donor in the 2012 campaign. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, the Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson and former DNC comm from MSNBC Read more »
