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Companies with big holdings in Sin City will likely see an earlier and faster rally than those that focus on regional markets, analysts say. There have already been signs of improvement in Las Vegas, where traffic has increased in the past four months, although gaming revenue remains flat, says Bill Lerner, chief executive of research group Union Gaming Group. Also, some companies like MGM Mirage (MGM) who were buried under a mountain of debt and teetering on bankruptcy a year ago have managed to restructure their debt issues and are no longer on analysts' bankruptcy watch lists...
...that people tend to value their own wealth more - and are happier - when it compares favorably to everyone else's. The so-called reference-income hypothesis holds that it's not simply how much money you make that contributes to satisfaction, but how much more money you make than, say, the national average. The higher your salary than the norm, the happier you tend to be. That could explain in part why populations as a whole do not experience sunnier dispositions with economic growth, since a majority of individuals may not fall above the national income average...
Also on the concert’s program are works by two members of the Harvard Dance Program’s own faculty. Harvard Dance Director Elizabeth W. Bergmann has re-staged her quartet “They Say We Travel the Same Road” for student dancers to perform in the upcoming production. Bergmann, a Julliard graduate who initiated the Viewpointe series ten years ago, said of the all-women ensemble: “[The piece] is about the idea that in life, while we may sometimes fight with the people around us, we ultimately support each other...
...it’s important to note that “Parenthood” is a well-made show. I’d have to say that, in spite of its flaws, I really like it. The subplots are consistent (if unoriginal), the dialogue is snappy, and the show is downright cinematic in terms of visual appeal—the family’s Berkeley, California home slaps a relaxed hippie veneer on Nancy Meyers upper-middle-class opulence...
About fifteen years ago, a professor offered to donate a complete run of Penthouse Magazine to Widener Library. (Which professor? “I probably shouldn’t say,” Hazen laughed.) The collection was to be stored behind the desk in the Periodicals Room, requiring patron request for use. This ultimately didn’t work out, but only because, as Hazen put it, “The older women on staff were extraordinarily uncomfortable with the notion they’d have to be handing that stuff over...