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...It’s been against all our expectations—we were ready for something else,” Tulloch said. “The gorge is known for being very windy, and our strong suit is strong winds...
...Adelson and Wynn point out they are adapting their winning formulas to suit Asians. For example, the Sands has gaming tables for fan tan and other games preferred by Chinese. A jackpot combination on specially adapted slot machines is the locally auspicious "888" instead of the traditional triple seven that wins big in the U.S. But no matter how Asian-friendly, gambling alone won't be enough to fill thousands of new hotel rooms. "Right now, Macau is for the gambler, period," says Wynn, who is planning to break ground on a $550 million hotel-casino he calls "the most...
...appearance in Britain, he interviewed Real Madrid soccer player David Beckham and his wife, Posh Spice Victoria Beckham, in a burgundy leather suit with the words “Save Africa” written on the back just above a map of Italy...
...recruiting volunteers to hand out flyers on global warming outside movie theaters, and it's planning a press event featuring Gore and Franken to coincide with the premiere on May 24. Other organizations, including Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Energy Future Coalition, are following suit. Is this environmentalism's answer to The Passion of the Christ...
...actually proved "a little self-fulfilling." Media attention, he explains, may have put some companies on the defensive about their plans to hire programmers in Bangalore rather than Boston, but their executives have learned that competitors have offshore strategies in the works and decided they will have to follow suit to remain competitive. Companies are still under pressure to cut costs in areas like information technology. So the tech sector will be hit hardest--181,000 jobs lost by 2005, or 66% more than earlier projected. Other professions are not immune. About 20,000 legal jobs are expected to move...