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...Such fees may help discourage gambling addicts from throwing their salaries away. But they are also likely to be a hurdle in building up the number of local gamblers and will likely force casino operators to depend more on foreign "high-rollers" to turn a profit. That strategy has its risks, analysts say. Noel-Johnson, for instance, points out that 72% of visitors to Genting's resort in the Malaysian highlands are local "day-trippers," and more than half the visitors to Macau's casinos are gamblers from Hong Kong and Guangdong province who bet with limited cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

Harvard men’s basketball needs the Ivy League to get weird. After flopping against Princeton last weekend, the Crimson will need to win its remaining games and depend on wild outcomes in league play in order to stay in contention for the conference title...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hoop Dreams Hinge on Help | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

...with many other conditions, an individual's health may depend significantly on support from family and loved ones. Montefiore's Frieder says one of the first things she does after diagnosing a case of antenatal depression is talk with the woman's partner. "It's important to educate them and let them know what's happening. Because a lot of times, [they] just don't know how they can help," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postpartum Depression: Signaled During Pregnancy? | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...beyond that image, Yanukovych will have to give substance to his rhetoric and show a real commitment to democratic principles and reforms of the opaque energy sector. He will also need to force Big Business to play by the rules. Success there will depend on how he handles his powerful corporate backers, who are pulling him in different directions. One wing of supporters is made up of industrialists from the East who are interested in European markets; the other reportedly makes its money from the gas trade with Russia. "Yanukovych is very much influenced by the circles around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ukraine's New President: Is the Orange Revolution Over? | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

Vulpillieres wondered why unauthorized students would stay on campus, given that they would have no access to Annenberg and need to depend on others for House access...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer and Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: J-Term Squatters To Face Ad Board | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

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