First Cup: Friday

July 16, 2010

Cam Inman of The Oakland Tribune: “New Warriors majority owner Joseph Lacob is … Well, he is not the old Warriors owner, so he has that going for him in the bloodshot eyes of arguably the NBA’s most desperate and loyal fan base. He also is not Oracle czar Larry Ellison, the world’s sixth-richest man who lost out in the record bidding for Chris Cohan’s Warriors. But Lacob is a Warriors season …

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Oh my Buddha! Culture crackdown underway in Phuket

July 16, 2010

PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Ministry of Culture is on the lookout for the inappropriate use of Buddha images following the shocking revelation that one foreign restaurant owner modified a Buddha …

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Phuket road project approved

July 16, 2010

PHUKET: Following a successful public hearing process, Phuket City Municipality will move forward with a project to build a new road connecting Chao Fa East Road to Saphan Hin.

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Vacant space in Vegas being filled by national retailers

July 16, 2010

National retailers are stepping into Las Vegas and filling vacant space.

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Industrial vacancy rates hitting record-high levels

July 16, 2010

Weakness in the Southern Nevada construction industry is pushing the vacancy rate for industrial space to record-high levels, and that sector’s recovery remains several years away, according to analysts.

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On the move - Las Vegas Sun

July 16, 2010
On the move
Las Vegas Sun
real estate and commercial litigation. Felix Rappaport and John Cole were appointed to the board of the Las Vegas Natural History Museum.

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Vacant space in Vegas being filled by national retailers - Las Vegas Sun

July 16, 2010
Vacant space in Vegas being filled by national retailers
Las Vegas Sun
Mendlovic said retailers such as Hobby Lobby are finding an opportunity to come to Las Vegas because the price of real estate has dropped so much.

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King of rock ‘n’ roll painting gets own exhibit

July 16, 2010

Billed as the two-fisted art attack, painter Denny Dent made his name creating quick-draw portraits to live music, sometimes before thousands of concertgoers.

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Hot August Nights in Las Vegas event aimed at helping musicians

July 16, 2010

A new corporation calling itself Hot August Nights in Las Vegas was created to host a music-oriented event and is in no way associated with the northern Nevada car show, the Las Vegas LLC’s founder said Thursday.

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