According to documents filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the IPO would be conducted by MGM Resorts International's joint venture with Pansy Ho, a local entity, though the timing and terms have not been determined.

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And, as the euro zone crisis forces more banks to pull back from Asia, the timing seems ripe for local financiers to flex their muscles.

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The timing, which combines a local recession and hints of the end of the dot.com bubble with worries about the millennium bug, is scarcely propitious.

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Justice Department officials coordinated the timing of their lawsuit with the local case because they thought there would be "irreparable harm" if the mosque were not allowed to open for Ramadan, spokesman Mitchell Rivard said.

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David MacDonald of Rok Civil Engineering, who will be carrying out the Streetscape work, acknowledged the timing of the closure could cause difficulties for local shops.

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But if these three very different organisations are being touted to merge, some Conservatives, like the shadow local government spokesman in the assembly, Darren Millar, question the timing - and the reasoning.

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