Why else is Sheldon Adelson, America's third-richest man, turning big guns on teensy lawsuits?
While the moves have averted disaster for Las Vegas Sands, Adelson's net worth has been savaged.
Lanni sets a different tone than autocratic Vegas moguls like Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson.
So when Adelson denied he committed a bundle to the Gingrich campaign, was he splitting hairs?
After learning how to turn a well-run casino into a cash machine, Adelson went all-in.
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"He's not a bold decision maker like Newt Gingrich is, " Adelson said of Romney.
Adelson opposed both Olmert and the peace conference, which was held in Annapolis in late November.
Adelson has plenty of power and powder left. 2012 was likely just a warm up.
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All four center on Adelson's exceedingly valuable concession, one of six casino concessions and subconcessions in Macau.
"Steve's impact is immeasurable, " Jay Adelson, a co-founder of Internet infrastructure giant Equinix, wrote on Twitter.
But Adelson didn't get onto The Forbes 400 by exposing his own fortune to needless risk.
During this period, Adelson remarked to Kaminer that he had finally realized what he was: an entrepreneur.
Many a pundit paint Adelson as a rich guy who backs politicians that can make him richer.
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Adelson, who separated from Sandra in 1988, met Miriam Ochshorn on a blind date the following year.
The plaintiff has appealed, but should know better: When you take on Adelson, the house almost always wins.
Much of Adelson's trouble is coming from China, where he had bet and won big in the past.
There he befriended Robert Goldstein and William Weidner, who both later joined billionaire Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands.
Not long afterward, Indyk met with Adelson at his office at the Venetian, on the Las Vegas Strip.
Shortly before I was fired from the Sands by Mr. Adelson in 1997, he made me an offer.
Adelson is best known for his support for the US-Israel alliance, and his friendship with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Adelson and Olmert had been friendly since the nineteen-nineties, when Olmert was a member of the hard-line Likud Party.
Adelson, with a controlling stake in the company, reportedly earned five hundred and ten million dollars from the sale.
Sandra Adelson had three children, whom Sheldon had adopted when they were young.
In 1996, Adelson demolished the old Sands hotel and began building the Venetian.
Know that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson were watching this debate closely.
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Adelson was once America's third richest man behind Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
Meanwhile, anticipation of a favorable profit report from Las Vegas Sands benefited fellow billionaire Sheldon Adelson on Wednesday.
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Jacobs filed a lawsuit in October claiming he was wrongfully terminated after refusing to carry out illegal demands by Adelson.
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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.
With almost 57 million square feet of resort space, Adelson controls real estate akin to 21 Empire State Buildings.
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