Why else is Sheldon Adelson, America's third-richest man, turning big guns on teensy lawsuits?
Lanni sets a different tone than autocratic Vegas moguls like Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson.
There he befriended Robert Goldstein and William Weidner, who both later joined billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands.
Know that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson were watching this debate closely.
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Meanwhile, anticipation of a favorable profit report from Las Vegas Sands benefited fellow billionaire Sheldon Adelson on Wednesday.
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Mr. Gingrich's major benefactor, Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, will likely be a major factor in the candidate's deliberations.
Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman, recently opened the Sands Cotai Central, making it the 35th casino in Macau.
Las Vegas Sands, controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, said it had now found there had been "likely violations" of the bribery law.
In February, Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino mogul, was awarded one of three new licenses to open a casino in Macau.
As Sheldon Adelson has shown, a single billionaire donor has the potential to make a critical difference in an American Presidential race.
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson unveiled plans to build a mini Las Vegas Strip in Spain, choosing Madrid over Barcelona a few weeks ago.
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Last October, Sheldon Adelson, the gaming multibillionaire, accompanied a group of Republican donors to the White House to meet with George W. Bush.
Neither of the two big American casino operators in Macau, Wynn and Sheldon Adelson, have shown an appetite for projects in the Philippines.
Even Yisrael Hayom, the free newspaper owned by Sheldon Adelson that has eroded the market shares of Israel's leading tabloids, is not a rightist newspaper.
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But the media frenzy misses the larger story of Sheldon Adelson.
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In many cases, billionaires have essentially paid themselves large bonuses, as was the case with Sheldon Adelson and Las Vegas Sands and Larry Ellison with Oracle.
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But when Sheldon Adelson hobbles into the room, past his walker and motorized scooter, his physical frailty, stemming from a nerve condition, belies his muscular perch.
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In fact, techies only need to look to billionaire Sheldon Adelson to know that the impact of the recession on the rest of the economy is much worse.
"It appears as though he's at the end of his line, " casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said in a video posted on YouTube by the Jewish Journal on Wednesday.
Yes, Sheldon Adelson crapped out on Election Day.
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Steve Wynn, Sheldon Adelson and Kirk Kerkorian could all see high occupancy rates plus increased gaming and food and beverage revenues this weekend as gamblers (they hope) flock to Las Vegas to enjoy the game and beat the house.
Yet despite the squalor, Kirk Kerkorian's MGM Mirage, Steve Wynn, Sheldon Adelson and a partnership of Park Place and Mandalay Resort Group are among the nine finalists angling to win one of three gambling licenses being granted by the Macau government.
In the US business leaders are rock stars, celebrities who are lionized and followed for their ability to make money (Sheldon Adelson, Sands Las Vegas), lead complex companies, (Lee Iacocca, Chrysler) inspire innovation ( Steve Jobs, Apple Computer) or even have shameless affairs (Jack Welch, General Electric).
American casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Gary Adelson, seen here with architect Moshe Safdie, constructed a casino resort in Singapore's Marina Bay.
Sandra Adelson had three children, whom Sheldon had adopted when they were young.
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