Las Vegas Sands plans to continue to expand in this region and will develop a new gaming zone of 40, 000 sq. ft.

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One can already see the outlines of the beast in the pull down menus linking all of Microsoft's online properties (Expedia, Investor, The Internet Gaming Zone, CarPoint, etc.).

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Granted MSN has fared badly in attracting new customers and lags AOL by miles, but the Gaming Zone, CarPoint and Expedia are all leaders in their categories and growing rapidly.

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