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...raking in a fortune in Macau for two years, and, after a recent expansion, it rates as the largest casino in the world. And he's just getting started. On a band of reclaimed land called Cotai, between Macau's two outer islands, Adelson is creating an Asian Vegas Strip-- practically by himself. By early 2009, he plans to build 12 hotels for $10 billion, anchored by a 3,000-room version of his Vegas classic, the Venetian, with its famous canal and gondola rides. No wonder he derides Wynn's opening as "a nonevent. He's just going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Competition: Egos Bigger Than China | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...years, and now their feud has been airlifted to China. The stakes couldn't be higher--then again, neither could the opportunity. With China's booming economy boosting the incomes of its 1.3 billion baccarat-crazed people by the day, gaming revenues in Macau will probably overtake the Vegas Strip's this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Competition: Egos Bigger Than China | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...Having taken up residency on her retriever, the flea colony is forced to endure several trials for the sake of the head flea’s love. They’re rejected by the dog and assaulted by a vacuum cleaner before losing one of their number to a strip of fly tape...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PopScreen: Gnarls Barkley, "Gone Daddy Gone" | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

Moments before game time Sunday on Jordan Field, the Harvard women’s field hockey team was forced to strip off and change its socks, whose crimson hue the referee deemed too similar to the red of Cornell. Clad in white socks for the first time in over a decade, the Crimson (1-10, 1-2 Ivy) went on to win in a stirring overtime victory over the Big Red (4-4, 2-3 Ivy) on a goal by co-captain and midfielder Gretchen Fuller. Sophomore goalie Kelly Knoche set the tone for Harvard in the game?...

Author: By Tyler D. Sipprelle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Win No. 1: Crimson Socks Cornell | 10/10/2006 | See Source »

...Montreux: Beyond the Blues The annual Montreux music bash is much more than just jazz The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough Dare to discover the Gaza Strip's most elegant - and peaceful - refuge A Taste of Sichuan London's Ba Shan restaurant serves small dishes inspired by the street food of Sichuan Making a Spectacle Have your glasses designed exclusively for you Dutch Treat Amsterdam's pivotal role in the emergence of conceptual art He mischievously describes his style as "mediterranean digital baroque," referencing his origins, his artisan plundering of the past and his love of computer games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Vigor | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

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