Las Vegas

CES: The Debutante Ball for Tech Gadgets

I found a great preview for what to expect coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week… From Fox News: For decades, the world’s gizmo makers have kicked off the new year by gathering in Las Vegas to show off their new wares at a massive convention known known as…

More Hot Links: World's Longest Bridge

More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Legendary Las Vegas impresario Bob Stupak has passed.  (WSJ) Is NBC really a core business for GE or is it, in fact, up for sale, along with CNBC?  (ZeroHedge) Cool: The legendary trading culture of Susquehanna International.  (InfectiousGreed) A behind the scenes look at Andrew Cuomo, the New York…

Breakfast Links: Schumer, Bernanke & The God of Email

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas is undergoing a big expansion right now…good timing.  (AP via Yahoo) Seantor Schumer asks SEC Chief Mary Shapiro to ban high frequency trading.  No Goldman campaign money for you, Chuck.  (Bloomberg) The Great Preventer op-ed:  Why Nouriel Roubini thinks Ben Bernanke should be…

Market Recap: Monster Day for US Market, Vegas Stocks Lead the Way

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.2311899&w=425&h=350&fv=m%3D27467187%26type%3Dvideo%26a%3D0] Let me get this straight, Obama hosted an unscripted Q&A and the market still went up triple digits?  That’s Gangsta.  This will take some getting used to as our prior President wasn’t that good at the whole off-the-cuff thing. The mark-to-market standards easing, while already telegraphed in advance, was like an anabolic steroid…

MGM Mirage: Degenerate Gambler

From Bloomberg: MGM Mirage and Dubai World failed to reach agreement with Deutsche Bank AG and talks on a $1.2 billion loan to complete the Las Vegas CityCenter project collapsed, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Come right in, MGM, take a seat…can I get you a cup of coffee?  Sorry, yes,…