Moodys Investors Service expressed a cautious view of the US casino market Wednesday, warning that weak gaming revenues and downward consumer trends could place several companies, including Caesars Entertainment Corp. and CityCenter Holdings, at great risk. Officials from the companies didnt dispute Moodys assessment that the US gaming market has stalled but rejected notions the businesses are in trouble. Our debt is old news, Caesars Entertainment Senior Vice President Jan Jones said of the companys nearly $20 billion in long-term [...]
Daily Archives: June 29, 2012
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Competitive Enterprise Institute files lawsuit against Obama’s …
Posted at 01:22 PM ET, 06/22/2012 TheWashingtonPost Competitive Enterprise Institute files lawsuit against Obama’s consumer watchdog By Allen McDuffee Washington Post colleague Suzy Khimm reports that the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a small Texas bank and another conservative organization have filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that its powers and President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as its director are unconstitutional. Khimm writes: The State National Bank of Big Spring, Tex., the Competitive Enterprise Institute [...]
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Can Boris Johnson improve London’s schools?
Researching a forthcoming Comment piece about Boris Johnsons desire for major new powers over schooling in London I dug up two things that seem worth bringing to your attention if, like me, you werent paying attention at the time. The first is a news clip from May, just after the election, which sets out part of the context – the mayors concern that foreign workers are prepared to graft at jobs some native young Londoners think beneath them. Clip from [...]
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Hauppage’s HD PVR Gaming Edition works, but with some issues
Game capture is a bigger and bigger business lately — with YouTube views earning money for partner channels, indie devs needing to capture video footage of their games, and lots of players just wanting to record their own gameplay for various purposes, theres a big call these days for full, HD video of gameplay captured from video game consoles. Hauppage has been making the HD PVR for a little while now: Its a run-through set-top box thats designed to capture [...]
