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Market Cap:$10.6B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.9B
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is one of the leading international developers of multi-use integrated resorts. The Las Vegas, Nevada-based is the parent company of The Venetian and The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casinos, Sands Expo and Convention Center, and The Sands Macao and The Venetian Macao in the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region of Macao. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is developing the Cotai Strip , a master-planned development of resort casino properties in Macao, and was selected by the Singapore government to build The Marina Bay Sands , an integrated resort scheduled to open in Singapore by the end of 2009, in addition to Sands Bethworks, Pennsylvania's first gaming resort destination. Las Vegas Sands Corp. is also working with the Zhuhai Municipal People's Government of the PRC to master-plan the development of a leisure resort complex on Hengqin Island in the PRC.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sheldon G. AdelsonNumber of Employees 28,500
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Casino Hotels: 721120
Recent Events
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Moody's has negative outlook on Las Vegas Sands
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Soleil Securities Maintains a 'Buy' on Las Vegas Sands LVS; Comments on Sands China IPO
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Las Vegas Sands Debut on Hong Kong Stock Exchange Hurt by Trouble at Dubai World,...
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Vegas tourism coming up snake eyes
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Las Vegas Sands initiated with "buy"
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Deutsche Bank Starts Coverage on US Gaming: LVS, WYNN at Buy, MGM at Hold
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Deutsche Bank Initiates Coverage on Las Vegas Sands LVS with a Buy; Comments on Planned...
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Vegas on losing end of rough economy
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Las Vegas Sands Launches Macao IPO
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Judge dismisses suits against Las Vegas Sands CEO, board over stock price drop
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Sands to Put Macau Focus On Foreigners
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KeyBanc Downgrades LVS, MGM, WYNN to Underweight; Concerned with Discretionary Spending Levels
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Las Vegas Sands to raise $2.5B in Hong Kong IPO
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. Declares Quarterly Dividend on Preferred Stock
News & Analysis
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Four Risks to Las Vegas Sands' Shareholders
With its stock price up over 800% since its March lows, Las Vegas Sands LVS plans to raise up to $3.3 billion in a Hong Kong IPO listing of its Asian assets later this month. While it has great potential upside from its properties in gambling territory Macau, there...
More Money Printing and Las Vegas Sands' Macau IPO
Trader Mark submits: I was struck in much of my reading of the G20 meeting this weekend, especially in the UK papers, about how the central bankers' actions - specifically in the U.S. and US-mini me UK - are designed specifically to inflate assets. So while we mock it,...
Placing My Chips on Las Vegas Sands
Trader Mark submits: Las Vegas Sands LVS is our one truly speculative fare in the portfolio - after sitting on the precipice of potential default, banks swooped in [Apr 22, 2009: Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands Amend Credit Terms] and helped both LVS and MGM Mirage MGM live despite...
Fitch: Positive Outlook for Wynn Resorts
Zacks.com submits: On Monday, Fitch Ratings raised its outlook for Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN to positive from stable subsequent to the completion of the company’s Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) for its Macau unit. The ratings also include an improved operating outlook following the relaxation...
Gambling Restrictions in Macau?
Ockham Research submits: We have to look at the casino stocks. Watching Las Vegas Sands over the last hour dropping and it dropped more than 6%. You know, in a blink of an eye, you can see a stock basically fall out of bed. That’s the kind of traders...
Las Vegas Sands: Starting a Position
Trader Mark submits: As I swig on Kool Aid, I've beginning a position in Las Vegas Sands LVS. I was once worried about bankruptcy here but if MGM Grand MGM is considered safe from bankruptcy, LVS is in substantially better shape. We live in a too big to fail...
Gambling with Casino CDS Levels
Jim Delaney submits: The Hos (Don’t worry I’m not trying to take over where Eminem left off.), headed by 87-year old patriarch Stanley, are the reason there is gambling in Macau as much as Bugsy Moran is the reason we have Las Vegas, or Lost Wages as those...
Las Vegas Sands: Too Big to Fail?
Trader Mark submits: I was a long-term bear on U.S. casinos in 2007, more on the fact that I thought Las Vegas exemplified all the aspects of American consumerism that were going to change - namely excess. [Oct 3, 2007: A Top in Casino Names? Wynn and Las...
Las Vegas Sands Dodges a Bullet
Zachary Scheidt submits: Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS has been a traders delight over the course of its public history. The company issued its IPO in late 2004 and then spent the majority of ‘05 through ‘07 trading from a low of $34.30 to an eventual high...
Las Vegas Sands Corp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Las Vegas Sands Corp LVS Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript July 30, 2009 4:30 pm ET
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bradley H. Stone | President of Global Operations and Construction, Las Vegas Sands Corp. |
| Mike A. Leven | Director, President & Chief Operating Officer |
| William P. Weidner | President and COO |
| Ed Feiner | Senior Vice President & Chief Architect |
| Kenneth J. Kay | Senior Vice President & CFO |
| Scott D. Henry | Chief Financial Officer |
| Robert G. Goldstein | Executive Vice President |
| J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita | Senior Vice President & General Counsel |
| Leonard M. Deangelo | Senior Vice President, Operations, Asia |
| David Sylvester | Vice President, Retail Dev |
| Eric Bello | Vice President of Sales |
| Ron Reese | Executive Director |
| Miriam Adelson | |
| Andrew R. Heyer | Director |
| Charles D. Forman | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Sheldon G. Adelson | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Irwin A. Siegel | Chairman |
| George P. Koo | Board of Directors |
| Irwin Chafetz | Board of Directors |
| James L. Purcell | Board of Directors |
| Jason N. Ader | Board of Directors |
| Jeffrey H. Schwartz | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cotai | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Global Hospitality Resources | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Sands Hotel & Casino, Inc. | Owner | Current |
| The Holocaust | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Director | Current |
| Myths & Facts Online | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Jewish Virtual Library | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Principal Owner | Former |
| University of New Haven | Honorary Degree | Former |
| Harvard Business School | Honorary Degree | Former |
| Babson College | Honorary Degree | Former |
| Tel Aviv University | Honorary Degree | Former |
| Columbia Business School | Honorary Degree | Former |
Mr. Stone joined Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) as the company's executive vice president in 1995. As executive vice president, Mr. Stone oversees the operation, design and construction of the company's properties in Las Vegas and Macao, plays a key role in the company's financing, and future international and domestic developments. Mr. Stone is a graduate of the prestigious Hotel School at Cornell University and began his career as a trainee at New York City's famed Plaza Hotel. He has held management positions at Marriott's Essex House in New York and at Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, where he served as general manager. In 1981, Mr. Stone joined the Sands Hotel Casino in Atlantic City as director of operations. Mr. Stone earned a series of promotions, first to vice president of hotel and casino operations, then to executive vice president, and finally to president and COO - where he became, at the age of 29, one of the youngest casino presidents in gaming history. He also served as executive vice president of its parent company, Pratt Hotel Corporation. In April 1997, Mr. Stone was front and center as ground was broken on what would become the world-famous Venetian-Resort-Hotel-Casino. Mr. Stone oversaw nearly every facet of the $1.5 billion mega-resort's development, from the arrangement of financing, to the final construction plans. Mr. Stone's influence was felt throughout the creation of the spectacular resort destination, from the grandest of plans to the smallest of details.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | President of Global Operations and Construction, Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
| Construction Co., Inc. | President | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Hotel School | Board of Directors | Former |
| Sands Hotel & Casino, Inc. | Director of Operations | Former |
| Plaza Hotel | Trainee | Former |
| Cornell University | Graduate, Hotel School | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Microtel Inns & Suites | President and CEO of US Franchise Systems, Inc. (Usfs) | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Director, President & Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Marcus Institute | Vice President | Current |
| U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Hersha Hospitality Trust | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Director | Current |
| Marcus Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| Georgia Aquarium, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Georgia Aquarium, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| Holiday Inn Worldwide | President | Former |
| Day's Inn | President | Former |
| Holiday Inn Worldwide | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| American Hotel & Lodging Association | Former | |
| U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Johnson & Wales University | Doctorate of Business Administration in Hospitality Management | Former |
| Boston University | Master of Science | Former |
| Tufts University | Bachelor of Arts | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cotai | President and Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | President and COO | Current |
| Npri | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sands Hotel & Casino, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Veteran Hospitality Industry Executive | Former |
| United Negro College Fund | Chairman | Former |
| Shorewood Packaging Corporation | Board Member | Current |
| Michigan State University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Michigan State University | B.A., Business Administration & Hotel Administration | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Senior Vice President & Chief Architect | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Senior Vice President & CFO | Current |
| CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Dole Food Company, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Dole Food Company, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
As president of The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, Mr. Goldstein has a variety of responsibilities, the most important being the oversight of daily operations of the four cornerstones of the resort's success - its hotel, food and beverage, casino, and retail operations. Under his leadership, The Venetian has become internationally recognized as a leading destination resort, recently receiving top honors as one of the world's best resorts by Travel + Leisure magazine. Since joining The Venetian in 1995, Mr. Goldstein has been instrumental in attracting premier retailers, restaurateurs, the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, and the world-class Canyon Ranch SpaClub to the hotel. He also played a major role in the 2003 opening of the $275 million, 12-story, 1,013-suite Venezia hotel tower - Las Vegas' only hotel featuring a concierge level.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Austal Ships Pty, Ltd. | Senior Vice President, Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
| Encore Media Partners | Senior Vice President, Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
| See Las Vegas Online | Senior Vice President, Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
| Global Hospitality Resources | Senior Vice President, Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
| Kilroy LP | Attorney | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Victim/Witness Services | Treasurer | Former |
| Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law | Graduate | Former |
| University of Pittsburgh | Graduate | Former |
| Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law | Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Senior Vice President & General Counsel | Current |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. | General Counsel | Former |
Mr. DeAngelo has been the Company s Senior Vice President Operations, Asia since January 4, 2009. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. DeAngelo served as the Corporate Executive Vice President, Operations for Penn National Gaming, Inc., from July 2003 until July 2008. From December 2000 until July 2003, he was the President of Hilton Casino Beach Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has also held senior executive positions at Sun International and at Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Senior Vice President, Operations, Asia | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Vice President, Retail Dev | Current |
Eric Bello is vice president of sales for Las Vegas Sands Corp., which owns The Venetian and Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casinos and Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Venetian Macau in China, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and Sands Bethlehem in Pennsylvania. His extensive trade show background includes helping to develop the COMDEX show in the United States, Brazil, Toronto, China, Singapore, Mexico and Argentina before joining The Venetian in 2000 as director of sales.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Vice President of Sales | Current |
| Travelnevada | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Executive Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Current |
Irwin A. Siegel. Mr. Siegel has been a director of the Company since February 2005. He was a director of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. from February 2005 until July 2005. Mr. Siegel is a certified public accountant and was a partner (specializing in the hospitality industry) in the international accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 1973 to 2003, when he retired. From 1996 through 1999 Mr. Siegel served as the CEO of the Deloitte operations in the former Soviet Union. Mr. Siegel has been working as a business consultant since 2003. Mr. Siegel has served on the boards of directors of many charitable and civic organizations and is the president of the Weinstein Hospice in Atlanta.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Chairman | Current |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | Partner | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mistral Equity Partners LLC | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Mistral Equity Partners LLC | Managing Director | Current |
| University of Pennsylvania | Trustee | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Director | Current |
| The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| El Pollo Loco | Director | Current |
| Niagara LaSalle Corporation | Director | Current |
| Niagara Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Brite Media Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| Trimaran Capital Partners, LLC | Board Member | Current |
| Village Voice Media, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Director | Current |
| The Argosy Group LP | Managing Director | Former |
| Trimaran Capital Partners, LLC | Founder | Former |
| Mistral Equity Partners LLC | Founder | Former |
| The Argosy Group LP | Founder | Former |
| Trimaran Capital Partners, LLC | Managing Partner | Former |
| Mistral Equity Partners LLC | Managing Partner | Former |
| American Express Company | Team Member | Former |
| The Argosy Group LP | Advisor | Former |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | Co-Head | Former |
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | vice chairman | Former |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | M.B.A. | Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania | B.S. In Economics | Former |
| University of Pennsylvania | Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Committee Member | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Committee Member | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Partner | Former |
Jason N. Ader. Mr. Ader has been a director of the Company since April 2009. Mr. Ader is Chief Executive Officer of Hayground Cove Asset Management, a New York-based investment management firm that he founded in March 2003, and Hayground Cove Capital Partners, a merchant bank founded in March 2009. Mr. Ader is also the Founder and Chairman of the Board of India Hospitality Corp., a food service and hospitality business, and the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Global Consumer Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation formed to consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination. From 1995 to March 2003, Mr. Ader was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns & Co. in 1995, Mr. Ader was a Vice President in equity research at Smith Barney.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| India Hospitality Corp. | Founder | Current |
| India Hospitality Corp. | Chairman of The Board | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Committee Member | Current |
| New York University | B.S. Degree In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fogelson Forum | Chairman and CEO, Prologis | Current |
| Bain Capital, LLC | Managing Director | Current |
| Soleil Securities Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Taleo Corporation | Director | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Invoke Solutions | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fogelson Forum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Metrolacrosse, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| El Dorado Marketing Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Committee Member | Current |
| ProLogis | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| ProLogis | President of International Operations | Former |
| ProLogis | Chief Operating Officer, Asia | Former |
| Wellington Management Company, LLP | Vice President | Former |
| Smith & Company Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Fenner Corporation | Vice President | Former |
| Schwartz | Founder | Former |
| Schwartz | Managing Partner | Former |
| Wellington Management Company, LLP | Portfolio Manager | Former |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | team | Former |
| ProLogis | Global Development Team | Former |
| ProLogis | Chairman of The Board | Former |
| ProLogis | Vice Chairman | Former |
| ProfitLogic | Investor | Former |
| Nomis Solutions, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Thor Technologies, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Taleo Corporation | Investor | Former |
| Gamelogic, Inc. | Investor | Former |
| Harvard University | Master's Degree In Business Administration | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A | Former |
| Emory University | B.S | Former |
| Harvard University | Bachelor's Degree In Economics | Former |
| Dartmouth College | BA | Former |
Mr. Forman has been a director of the Company since August 2004. He has been a director of Las Vegas Sands, LLC since March 2004. Mr. Forman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Centric Events Group, LLC, a trade show and conference business from April, 2002 until his retirement upon the sale of the business in 2007. From 2000 to 2002, he served as a director of a private company and participated in various private equity investments. From 1995 to 2000, he held various positions with subsidiaries of Softbank Corporation. During 2000, he was Executive Vice President of International Operations of Key3Media, Inc. From 1998 to 2000, he was Chief Legal Officer of ZD Events Inc., a tradeshow business that included COMDEX, which was the largest tradeshow in the United States in the 1990s. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Forman was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Legal Officer of Softbank Comdex Inc. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Forman was Vice President and General Counsel of The Interface Group, a tradeshow and convention business that owned and operated COMDEX. Mr. Forman was in private law practice from 1972 to 1988. Mr. Forman is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Overseer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Overseer | Board of Directors | Current |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Committee Member | Current |
| Interface Group | Vice President | Former |
| Interface Group | General Counsel | Former |
| Las Vegas Sands Corp. | Compensation Committee Chairman | Former |
Executive News
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Wynn Plans IPO of Macau Assets
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Wynn turns rivalry with Sands into HK listing race
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Upward Mobility Goes Bust in Las Vegas
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Sands eyes HK offering for its Macau casinos
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Sands Said to Plan August I.P.O. Application
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Sands executive gets promotion, $535,000 raise
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Palazzo sues Texas company in clothing trademark dispute
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LV Sands promotes Rob Goldstein
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Las Vegas Sands promotes executive Goldstein
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Las Vegas Sands, Senior Executive Agree on Contract Extension
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Las Vegas Sands exec gets promotion, $535,000 raise
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Las Vegas Sands, Senior Executive Agree on Contract Extension
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Las Vegas Sands, Senior Executive Agree on Contract Extension
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Las Vegas Sands Talks Up Macau Deals
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Penny Stock Chaser Announces Investment Opinion on SAY, CIT, LVS, HL and CSE
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LVS Reconfirms Singapore Opening Timeline
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LVS Reconfirms Singapore Opening Timeline
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Sands' Adelson Mulls Macau IPO
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Las Vegas Sands May Raise $2bn in IPO of Macau Assets
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Casino Firm Weighs Macau Deals
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