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Vegas Sands Hot Ahead of Earnings

Casino operator Las Vegas Sands will report fourth-quarter financial results after the bell Wednesday. Analysts are expecting earnings per share of 57 cents, which is 15 cents (or 35%) higher than year-ago results. What’s more, earlier this week an analyst with Barclays (NYSE:BCS) opined that LVS and other gaming companies should beat fourth-quarter estimates amid a better revenue environment. LVS has managed an upside earnings surprise in three of the past four quarters.

Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat

http://cdn3.standard.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/max_800/2012/01/26/story-baccarat-vegas-casinogood1-116738.jpgIn the days before the Chinese New Year celebration began this week, six high rollers sat down at the private baccarat tables one day at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and began throwing down wagers of $100,000 to $200,000 a hand. It was a scene hardly out of place these days in Sin City. More >

Vegas Market to host new Made in U.S.A. pavilion

American-made products from nearly 40 companies will be on display at a new Made in U.S.A. pavilion at the Las Vegas Market.

Officials said the showcase follows the successful launch of the Made in America Pavilion in the Suites at Market Square during the fall High Point Market.

In Las Vegas, the 5,000-square-foot pavilion on the second floor of World Market Center Building B will showcase distinctive American-made furniture and home décor products and collections. The market runs Jan. 30-Feb. 3.

Brandi Glanville Live-Tweets, Drunken Vegas Wedding

http://images.buddytv.com/articles/brandihubby.jpgThe new year has only just begun, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville barely waited until the stroke of midnight to start causing a stir. The former model and ex-wife of actor Eddie Cibrian got herself a new husband for 2012 after getting married in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve. More >

Sinead O’Connor Marries Barry Herridge in Vegas

http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/47463-sinead-oconnor-marries-barry-herridge-in-las-vegas/1323453994_sinead-oconnor-article.jpgSinead O’Connor bemoaned the single life in September — but no more!

The 45-year-old singer tied the knot with Barry Herridge, 38, on her birthday at Las Vegas’ Little White Wedding Chapel Thursday. The venue is the same spot where Britney Spears and Jason Alexandertied the knot in 2004. More >

Motley Crue to set up shop in Las Vegas

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef015393e86caa970b-600wiMotley Crue promises a psycho circus of heavy metal, pyro and possibly some naked women when the band begins a nearly three-week residency at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 3. More >

Tripping in the City of Sin, Las Vegas

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/2011/6/fa1d9a19-a1d9-4eda-b995-4a90929be3e0MediumRes.JPGLeaving Las Vegas is a testament to your parents’ disciplinary success. Especially after losing your savings at the craps table, high-fiving strangers dressed only in body paint, and reaching the bottom of one-too-many three-foot margaritas.

Luckily, arriving in Sin City is a fool’s task. More >

Jordin Sparks Shows Off Incredible Body In Vegas

http://static.entertainmentwise.com/photos/Image/221111_jsparks1.jpgJordin Sparks, who used to shroud herself in loose-fitting dresses, showed of her sensational body in Las Vegas last night after undergoing an image overhaul. More >

Inside Kim Kardashian’s Lavish Vegas Birthday Bash

http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/46056-inside-kim-kardashians-lavish-vegas-birthday-bash/1319402543_kardashians-b2.jpgAfter a low-key dinner at NYC hotspot The Darby on Friday night, Kim Kardashian and her hubby Kris Humphries jetted to Las Vegas to continue her 31st birthday celebration.

Clad in a white curve-hugging number with sheer panels, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star joined her mom Kris Jenner, sister Khloe and her husband Lamar Odom and Kim’s friend More >

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