Word: uncertain
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...what was once a promising new market for U.S. gaming companies has in the last 18 months become a money-sucking crap shoot. Recession and the global credit crisis have turned some bottom lines red, while major new projects have been shelved due to lack of financing and an uncertain business outlook. The latest hard-luck story: MGM Mirage. This week, the Las Vegas-based company disclosed that New Jersey gaming industry regulators object to its Macau joint venture partner, raising the possibility that MGM Mirage could pull out of the market. (Watch a video about Macau's gambling boom...
...recent meeting that the new office will be in the Holyoke Center and that the administration is hoping to have offices available for teaching fellows. Harris, Kenen, Hammonds, and Core Program Director Susan W. Lewis declined to comment further. In the meantime, the fate of Core office staffers remains uncertain as they prepare to move out of their office at 77 Dunster St. at the end of June. The Office of International Programs—which was moved from the basement of University Hall to 2 Arrow St. this year—will move into the Core Program?...
...American's rationale for sneaking into the residential compound of the world's most famous political prisoner without her permission is uncertain. But the implications are chilling. Suu Kyi's most recent house-arrest stint was supposed to expire at the end of the month. Now, Burma's generals have a pretext, outlandish as it may be, to keep her locked up anew. The charges against the democracy activist carry a prison sentence of up to five years. "I cannot tell you what he was thinking when he made those swims or whether or not he considered the consequences...
...spared" from the "deepest and most widespread recession in the postwar era." European economies will continue to contract, with unemployment expected to reach nearly 11% by 2010. The report says that despite government bailouts and bank-stabilization plans, the E.U.'s economic situation is "exceptionally uncertain...
...planned reductions in hot breakfast service, all Harvard University Dining Services workers will have to bid on new schedules and positions for next year in a process that dining hall staff say leaves them uncertain about their job security. According to a statement released Friday by HUDS Executive Director Ted A. Mayer, the staff reassignment seeks to accommodate the workers affected by the hot breakfast cut by filling some of the vacancies left by the early retirement program. The bid process was the mutual agreement of HUDS and Local 26, a union that represents hospitality workers in the Greater Boston...