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Case Against Netanyahu Includes Billionaire Witnesses

Dec 04, 2019

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's attorney general on Monday officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, laying out a sweeping case in which over 300 people, including a number of well-known billionaires, could be called to testify.

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Las Vegas Sun Publisher Challenges Casino Owner, GOP Donor Adelson On Gun Control

Aug 13, 2019

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Vegas Sands Report Suggests Settlement Amount In Macau Case

Apr 18, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Financial documents suggested Wednesday that Las Vegas Sands Corp. paid $96 million to settle a 15-year breach-of-contract dispute with a Hong Kong businessman who helped the U.S. company open its first casino in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

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Vegas Sands-Macau Dealmaker Settle 15-Year Case

Mar 15, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A settlement has ended a long-running breach-of-contract battle between U.S. casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. and a Hong Kong businessman who helped it open its first casino in Macau in 2004.

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Wynn Resorts’ Record Fine Leads A Momentous Month For The Gaming Industry

Mar 11, 2019

There’s never a dull moment in the gaming industry, and the past few weeks have been no exception.

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John L. Smith On The Shake-Up On The Strip

Mar 04, 2019

The news that casino king Sheldon Adelson is being treated for a form of cancer is just the latest story to shake up the gaming industry.

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Jury Selection Begins In Vegas Sands Lawsuit Worth Millions

Mar 04, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection has begun for a trial to determine how much casino corporation Las Vegas Sands Corp.
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Las Vegas Sands Said To Be In 'Good Hands' As CEO Battles Cancer

Mar 02, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson is battling cancer, but industry analysts and his Las Vegas Sands Corp. on Friday said the gambling empire he founded and helms has the personnel to guide it through the health crisis.

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Las Vegas Sands Said In 'Good Hands' As CEO Battles Cancer

Mar 01, 2019
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino magnate and major GOP donor Sheldon Adelson is battling cancer, but industry analysts say the company he founded and helms has the personnel to guide it through the health crisis.
 
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Trump To Honor Donor's Wife With Presidential Award

Nov 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Miriam Adelson is a doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian, but is perhaps best known as the wife of Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino magnate considered one of the nation's most powerful Republican donors.
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Viva Las Vegas: Elvis, Adelson To Be Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom

Nov 16, 2018
President Trump is awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to seven people Friday, including Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth and GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson.
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The Growing Influence of Sheldon Adelson

Oct 23, 2018

Sheldon Adelson is one of the most recognizable names in the casino industry as the CEO of Las Vegas Sands, and he’s also a powerful political player.  

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Sheldon And Miriam Adelson Gave Millions To Republican Congressional Committee

Aug 21, 2018

Las Vegas Sands chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, and his wife Miriam, gave the National Republican Congressional Committee $25 million last month, according to federal filings.

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Report Shows Adelsons Donated $30 Million To Conservative Super PAC

Jul 23, 2018

The website opensecrets.org reports that in the second quarter of 2018, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson made two donations of $15 million each to the conservative Super PAC The Congressional Leadership Fund.

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Billionaires Vie For NV Hearts, Minds and Votes

Jul 02, 2018

Billionaires like Tom Steyer, the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson are pouring money into the political landscape of Nevada.

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Louisiana Governor: Jet Interior Facility Will Employ 250

May 18, 2018

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A company that works on the interiors of luxury and commercial aircraft plans a $17.6 million facility in Louisiana that will employ 250 people.

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Sheldon Adelson Pours $30 Million Into Republican Congressional Leadership Fund

May 10, 2018

Las Vegas Sands executive Sheldon Adelson just poured $30 million into the Republican Congressional Leadership Fund.

It’s a massive cash infusion that Republicans hope will alter the party’s electoral outlook six months before Election Day.

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Adelson Offers To Help Pay For Jerusalem Embassy

Feb 23, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is considering an offer from Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson to pay for at least part of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

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Sheldon Adelson Injured In Overseas Trip

Nov 21, 2017

Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson was injured this week during an overseas trip to Asia.

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Adelson Breaks With Bannon, Voices Support For McConnell

Nov 14, 2017

Sheldon Adelson is publicly breaking with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has been leading an effort to oust Republican incumbents in 2018.

Adelson is the owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and one of the GOP’s most prominent megadonors.

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Sandoval Doesn't Support Independent Counsel For Gaming Regulators

May 23, 2017

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said Monday he would not support independent counsel for the state’s gaming regulators.

Assembly Bill 513 would remove the attorney general’s office as counsel for the Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission and instead provide an independent counsel.

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Ralston: Will A 2016 Conversation Hurt Laxalt's Chance To Become Governor?

May 19, 2017

A likely Republican candidate for governor next year, Attorney General Adam Laxalt finally faced questions about a conversation he had with A.G. Burnett.

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Laxalt Says Democrats' Narrative Discounts Facts

May 18, 2017

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt says legal advice he gave the state's top gaming regulator would ultimately not have benefited a political donor, as Democratic lawmakers claim.

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Joint Finance Committee Hearing To Look At Independent Counsel For Gaming Control Board

May 17, 2017

Nevada lawmakers have a joint finance hearing Wednesday evening for a measure that would permit the state Gaming Control Board to retain its own independent legal counsel. 

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Nevada Democrats Call For Hearing Into Corruption Claim

May 11, 2017

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