It would be larger than the 6118 room First World Hotel in Malaysia, and the proposed 6500 room Asia Asia Hotel in Dubai. The permits sought for this U-shaped Las Vegas hotel and it’s 3 adjoining high-rise towers would total 6745 rooms. …

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CityCenter will be hiring for positions at ARIA Resort & Casino, Vdara Hotel and Crystals, which is the development’s retail and entertainment district. In addition, Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas , and The Harmon Hotel , Spa & Residences …

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While casino hotel developers have reined in construction across the country, a third of the 21 stoppages have occurred in Las Vegas . Long considered recession-proof, Sin City nevertheless has witnessed waning tourism. …

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Making his way from the east coast, Qi Peng brought with him his unique conceptual style to our local art scene, helping define some of IAO’s first works and boundaries. Collaborting with several artists while still maintaining his experimentail photograhps and spraypainted works, but also broadening his skills by starting work in digital drawings, he’s become one of the bigger risk-taking artists in Utah today. I got a chance to chat with Qi about his career, his work, upcoming shows and a f

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It seems everyone who is anyone (and has a blog) has been doing a “review” of 2008 during the past few days.  Dave Barry is not one to shy away from following the crowd and he’s now added his voice to the cacophony. And while a big point of his 2008 review was that everyone got financially whacked to a point at which grown men now have to consult with their significant others about whether or not they could afford a medium slurpee.  I thought I would provide a quick review of Dave Berry’s revi

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New York Consumer electronics dealers are pulling out all the stops to move remaining merchandise following the Christmas holiday, including clearance sales that are exceeding Black Friday in their intensity. The promotions reflect a dismal Source: www.twice.com Pure Energy Introduces Rechargeable Alkaline Cordless Phone Batteries - Market Wire TORONTO–(Marketwire - December 29, 2008) - Pure Energy Visions Corporation (TSX-V: PEV ) ( FRANKFURT : XYQ ) (”Pure Energy” or the “Corporation”), th

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For much of the year, as every Chesapeake Energy advertisement reminded us in newspapers, billboards, buses, TV commercials and pretty much everything else they could throw money at, the Barnett Shale “inoculated” the local economy against recession. The fact that housing prices didn’t go crazy over the past couple of years the way they did in San Diego, Las Vegas and Miami? Nothing to do with it. Today, not so much. Of course, we all remember that inoculation is when you get a shot of so

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Las Vegas commercial real estate cites economy to delay construction on Tivoli Village at Queensridge. The $850 million project will now open in 2010.

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KUALA LUMPUR: More than 4,700 Malaysians will lose their jobs in the next three months as the electronics sector is hit by the global economic downturn, the country’s human resources minister has warned. S. Subramaniam told state news agency Bernama Source: www.channelnewsasia.com Toyota predicts its first annual operating loss in 7 decades - Los Angeles Times If misery loves company, Detroit’s Big Three can welcome Toyota to the club. The Japanese carmaker said Monday that it would report a

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