Short sellers have not unilaterally increased their bets against casinos, but there was a rise in the short interest in this sector’s leaders on the August 15 settlement date versus the July 31…
You have probably seen that the casinos have sold way off of their highs as the economy has softened. Las Vegas gambling revenues were lower in recent data and word of a…
Bally Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BYI) reported adjusted fourth fiscal quarter earnings per share (EPS) of $0.78 and $246 million in revenues after markets closed yesterday. EPS for the same period a year…
In its latest report on gambling revenues in the state, the Nevada Gaming Commission said that total revenue for June 2012 came in at $832.5 million, down -6% compared with June 2011.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) started as Neutral at Credit…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning most likely due to the lack of bad news on the Eurozone’s financial troubles (more coverage here). Asian markets got a chance…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) cut to Neutral at Baird…
China’s Macau gambling and free trade zone managed to show growth in July. While the pace was up by only 1.5% in July on a year-over-year basis, the results were better than…
Earlier this year, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) was denied land rights to an expansion project on Macau. The land, called Parcels 7 and 8, was part of a larger project…
In its latest report on gambling revenues in the state, the Nevada Gaming Commission said that total revenue for May 2012 came in at $885.1million, down -10.05% compared with May 2011. For…
Earlier this month Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) withdrew its appeal of a decision by the Chinese government that denied the company a permit to construct a new casino on property…
It’s been six years since the US Congress outlawed “illegal online gambling” without ever defining what the term meant. Congress did say what it wasn’t however: it is not illegal for a…
As of the end of 2011, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) had spent $101.5 million on developing a project in Macau for which it did not have the required land rights.…
In its latest report on gambling revenues in the state, the Nevada Gaming Commission said that total revenue for March 2012 came in at $854.6 million, down -10.86% compared with March 2011.…
