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The Woman Who Brought Down Tom Petters - Minneapolis Star Tribune
t om petters, the jailed entrepreneur identified by federal authorities as the ringleader of a multibillion fraud scheme, rubbed off on deanna coleman, the woman who brought about his arrest last month. like petters, coleman over the years learned to ...
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When Will Las Vegas Hit Bottom? Kelly Comments On Housing Market
q: i'm wondering when you think we might hit the bottom of the housing market. are we there yet? if not, when will we know? -- tiffany p., las vegas a: you're not the only one wondering about such things, so i'm glad you asked.
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In Business Q And A
from high-tech to real estate, alex edelstein is making his mark on las vegas.
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Clubs Are Hopping Up In Hollywood - Los Angeles Times
girls make their way along hollywood boulevard on a thursday night, in the heart of hollywood, oct. 23. behind those velvet ropes, they're huge, packed and increasingly being crowded out by new competition. downturn? here, they're partying like it's ...
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This Old House Policy - Boston Globe
at the heart of this fall's historic financial crisis lies a steep, nationwide fall in the price of homes. after a wild, bubble-like boom, housing prices have fallen more than 30 percent in some areas, wiping away the wealth of ordinary americans and ...
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Upset Condo Buyers Want Cash Returned
the cosmopolitan high-rise condo project, seen under construction on sept. 3, won't be completed until the second quarter of 2010. photo by jessica ebelhar/review-journal
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Allure Waikiki Marketed In Japan
the chicago-based developer of a high-rise condominium in waikiki has joined with a hawaii-based real estate company to open a sales office in japan.
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Condo Market Feels Pinch - Houston Chronicle
the credit crisis is taking its toll on houston’s high-rise luxury housing market. one project has been delayed for several months, another has been put on hold indefinitely and perhaps the flashiest of them all, turnberry tower, has been stopped ...
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Experts At Brookings Event Say Las Vegas Will Boom Again - Las Vegas Sun
urban fortune tellers never predicted the huge growth that came to las vegas. those holding the strings to federal purses seemed to forget that las vegas even existed. to robert e. lang, author of “boomburbs: the rise of america’s accidental ...
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Wynn Wins With Macau
a slowdown at its las vegas casino is offset by improved results from its chinese property.
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Obama Returns To Message Of Unity In Nev. Rally
in his final appeal to nevada voters, barack obama on saturday returned to the campaign theme of unity that launched his rapid rise in politics, telling voters they can end divisive politics “once and for all” if they elect him to the white house.
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U.s. Homes Move With Teeny Price Tags - Forbes
homes are selling faster than expected in the united states, but only at a steep discount. the government reported stronger-than-expected sales monday as discounted properties in subprime hotspots such as california, florida and las vegas fueled a ...
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Home Prices See Record Plunge - Reuters
new york (reuters) - prices of u.s. single-family homes plunged a record 16.6 percent in august from a year earlier and plummeted more than 30 percent in las vegas and phoenix, standard & poor's said on tuesday. home prices in 20 major metropolitan ...
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Obama Returns To Message Of Unity In Nevada Rally
in his final appeal to nevada voters, barack obama today returned to the campaign theme of unity that launched his rapid rise in politics.
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Clubs Are Hopping Up In Hollywood
behind those velvet ropes, they're huge, packed and increasingly being crowded out by new competition. downturn? here, they're partying like it's 1999. it was past midnight on an unseasonably balmy tuesday in hollywood and the queue to enter the avalon nightclub stretched nearly half a block down vine street, with would-be revelers clamoring to get into a charity benefit in honor of celebrity ...
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Home Sales Head Fake - Forbes
new u.s. home sales looked pretty strong in september -- if you don't count all the people who probably canceled their contracts when the stock market began to tank. homebuilding analyst ivy zelman of zelman & associates told forbes.com that the ...
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Home Prices In August Fall 16.6% From August '07 - Usa Today
home prices continued to fall in august, and economists and housing experts say that more declines are likely before the market stabilizes. the median price of a single-family home in august was 16.6% lower than in august 2007 and has fallen 20.3 ...
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Real Estate Live
welcome to real estate live, an online discussion of the washington area housing market with post real estate editor maryann haggerty and columnist elizabeth razzi.
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Sky City 1st-quarter Sales Rise 1%, Auckland Declines (update4)
oct. 31 (bloomberg) -- sky city entertainment group ltd. , new zealand's largest casino operator, said first-quarter sales rose slightly led by growth at its darwin site in australia.
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Nukenomics No Longer Add Up - Expert - Common Dreams
washington - nuclear power is a risky source of energy that comes with many hidden costs, said an environmental analyst and long-time leader in the u.s. environmental movement tuesday. lester brown, president of the earth policy institute, said the ...
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