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Dividend Watch: Making The Casinos Pay You (WYNN, ASCA, LVS, MGM, MPEL)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 11:00 am

Casinos are not generally thought of for having the world's highest dividend payouts.  That may be slowly changing, particularly now that it seems that Las Vegas is fully mature and ...
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Merger Watch: When Billionaires Leave, The MGM De-Merger (MGM)

Posted: April 14, 2011 at 1:36 pm

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) was a company that many figured would get gobbled up during the casino grab days of the private equity bubble.  We all know what happened, ...
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The Top 5 Analyst Calls of the Week (BRK-B, DNDN, LVS, WYNN, TSLA, AONE, HEV)

Posted: April 2, 2011 at 10:53 am

This was yet another great market week and it concluded the best stock market first quarter in years.  We also saw several research calls which stood out from the usual pack ...
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Harrah’s Caesars IPO Dies… The Ides of Nothing

Posted: November 19, 2010 at 7:52 am

Do we need another public casino chain?  It must be that we do not.  Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has dropped its plan to come public "due to market conditions."  The private ...
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Las Vegas Sands’ Improving Credit Metrics (LVS)

Posted: November 12, 2010 at 9:45 am

Things really must be getting better in Las Vegas, even if the city has one of the worst housing markets in the country.  It may mostly be that Vegas casinos ...
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Harrah’s IPO Return, As Caesars Entertainment Corporation (CZR)

Posted: November 5, 2010 at 12:30 pm

This will not be a shock to many investors and it has been a highly telegraphed deal. Harrah's is coming public, again.  Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. has announced that it has ...
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Private Equity Firms Eye Shaky IPO for Harrah’s (LVS, WYNN, MGM, MPEL, BYD)

Posted: October 25, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Last week private equity firms Apollo Management LP and TPG filed documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of Harrah's Entertainment Inc., the gaming firm the ...
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Unloading MGM (MGM)

Posted: October 13, 2010 at 10:25 am

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) has been under pressure this morning on news that Kirk Kerkorian and the company were selling shares in a secondary offering.  The secondary offering priced, ...
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Casino Watch: Internet Gambling Foes Could Be New BFFs (LVS, WYNN, MGM, MPEL)

Posted: October 4, 2010 at 11:52 am

The companies that own bricks-and-mortars casinos have never been big fans of online gambling. In this they have been on the same side as the US Congress, which, in 2006, ...
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How Much Can MGM Macau IPO Add to MGM Shareholder Value? (MGM, MPEL, LVS, WYNN)

Posted: September 28, 2010 at 2:07 pm

The end-game reward on how much MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) will add for shareholder value via a Hong Kong IPO of its MGM China Holdings Limited in Macau is ...
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Global Cash Access Loses Largest Customer (GCA, GPN)

Posted: July 21, 2010 at 11:22 am

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCA) just became Global Cashless Access if you look at the trading volume today.  A death spiral volume alert was seen at VSInvestor.com this ...
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A Hard Day For Las Vegas Sands

Posted: March 29, 2010 at 1:49 pm

A bad day for Las Vegas Sands From Reuters. Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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Sands IPO Continues to Highlight Macau Risks (LVS, WYNN, MPEL, MGM)

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 9:37 am

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) failed to see any huge boost of its Asian asset IPO in Hong Kong.  Shares fell 10% on its debut that raised about $2.5 ...
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Melco Crown Outlines IPO Risks at Las Vegas Sands, MGM Too (MPEL, LVS, MGM, WYNN)

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (NASDAQ: MPEL) is holding up better than many might have expected after the stellar rise seen in the casino stocks with Macau ties.  Melco Crown turned ...
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Les Vegas Sands Wins on Cost Cuts (LVS, WYNN)

Posted: October 29, 2009 at 4:13 pm

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) may have set a high bar for Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and its earnings report today, but cost cuts helped the company to ...
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