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...He spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Bigelow Aerospace, launching two spacecraft with Russian partners, and investigated claims of UFOs for a once-secret Pentagon programme....
...Describing the endeavour as a “mixed-use business park” in space, Blue Origin, and its main partner on the project, Sierra Space, said it would house up to 10 people in an area of about 30,000 cubic feet...
...Meanwhile, Henry Sanderson reports on how Tesla is planning to scale up lithium production for its batteries, with its plans to extract the metal using simple table salt in Nevada....
...The hedge fund Lansdowne Partners has appointed the former HSBC banker Brian Heyworth as co-managing partner of strategic development....
...Although William Hill will become Eldorado’s exclusive partner, “crucially, from a William Hill prospective the tie-up is non-exclusive,” meaning it may develop partnerships with other US companies, said...
...“Apartment developers and investors have overdone it in a very big way — fuelled by Fannie and Freddie,” says Douglas French, a real estate consultant who advises building companies in Nevada....
...Convention business, the lifeblood of Las Vegas, dried up as the financial sector steered clear of Nevada....
...“If we let that resource expire, without a government or commercial replacement, we’re taking a step back in our efforts to colonise space,” said David Cowan, a partner at venture capital firm Bessemer,...
...A call to Mr Kohe went to voicemail: “You have reached PTG Capital Partners. Please leave a message.”...
...Now, however, Apollo is on the opposite side of the table and a struggle that is usually based on dispassionate financial calculations has an unusually emotional quality as former partners spar over the...
...Spark Capital, a venture capital firm that manages nearly $2bn, led the financing, and general partner Alex Finkelstein will join IEX’s board....
...Mr Sikes said that companies in the auto industry and healthcare sector needed to partner with technology companies....
...What it is: Roku has added six new TV partners that will use its streaming stick with their sets and announced new content, bringing its internet-streaming offering to more than 700 channels....
...The availability of financing from investors made it possible for Silver Lake Partners and Michael Dell to launch a $24.4bn bid for the computer manufacturer this week, with other debt-funded deals for UK...
...The chain operates 289 stores in California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada and had $1.42bn in net sales and $74m of net income last year....
...However, Mr Albrecht wants a longer term arrangement that will allow Starz to invest in multiple TV series alongside partners....
...A Canadian development group, backed by Philip Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners, has appointed an MGM Mirage executive to run the first Las Vegas-style casino in Vietnam, in the latest sign of gaming...
...The loss was triggered by €514m of writedowns and losses, in part from Motel 6, its US budget hotel brand....
...CKX, which owns the hit American Idol television programme and the rights to the Elvis Presley estate, is in talks over a sale to One Equity Partners, the private equity arm of JPMorgan....
...“If it was the right partner we’d consider it – but we wouldn’t go out and look for it.” Asked if Palm has had licensing talks, he hesitates before saying nothing is being discussed....
...My mother’s reward for putting up with this – she hated camping – was the two-night stay at a motel at the end of the trip....
...Fortress – working with the private equity group Centrebridge Partners – agreed to buy Penn last week for $8.9bn....
...At a Democratic debate in Nevada a few weeks ago, Mr Obama was forced to admit he had not yet had time to develop a health care plan [he finally came up with one on Tuesday]....
...Fidinam & Partners, a Delaware-basedprovider of corporate services, highlights one of the reasons foreign investors are attracted to LLCs....
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