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...cash-strapped company announced that it would layoff up to 11,000 construction workers in Macau, after its decision to suspend work on part of the Cotai Strip - a $12 billion undertaking. On Thursday, Las Vegas Sands' share price closed at $5.58, down 95% from its peak last December...
...Your Eyes Only," Sheena Easton A truly horrible song by any measure - except the Bond theme measure. Easton crams in the lyrical double entendres just in case we forget we're at the peak of the Roger Moore era and never misses an opportunity to overemote. To hear Easton sing it, James Bond isn't just keeping the world safe from baddies; he's keeping our hearts safe...
...jazz-tinged ballad about the falsity of his friends. “Friends / Won’t ever desert you / Or turn against,” the chorus ironically reiterates.“Last Words,” chronicling J. Smith’s final utterances, reaches the melodic peaks of Travis’s earlier music, although there are new, darker undertones. Jingling, jangling, paced by drumstick clacks, it manages to seem almost upbeat despite its pessimistic lyrics. Apparently, J. Smith looks forward to the next world: Healy breaks off about singing “of the last words?...
...Pepsi, the good news is that the commodity cycle eventually turns in your favor, and this time it is happening in a hurry. Corn prices were down more than 50% by November from their summer peak. Aluminum prices were down 20%, which makes can stock cheaper, and oil costs have fallen a third. That will help make international expansion less costly...
...lateness-amnesty window—is a venerable institution here. We question, then, why would anyone deign change it? Are students truly so sluggish that seven minutes is an insufficient ambulatory period? We are rarely late to our classes. Perhaps it’s because our bodies are in peak physical condition. Or maybe it’s just because we rarely attend class. But why bother going, or changing the duration of the passing period for that matter? After all, lecture videos always start on time and if Hollywood has taught us anything, it is to not meddle with...