Las Vegas Fontainebleau Could Be Built By Lenders

On August 18, 2009

Las Vegas Fontainebleau Could Be Built By Lenders

The Fontainebleau, one of the newest casino resorts being built on the Las Vegas Strip, could be finished by one of its lenders. Its owners filed Chap. 11 on the 3,815-room resort, which will likely cost $3 billion when finished, Any new owner purchasing the property will be expected to shell out $1.5 billion to finish the resort before it could even begin operation -- and in this economic climate, that would mean a foreclosure auction with few, if any buyers, looking for a steal. Jeffrey Soffer, a Miami businessman and the casino's developer, said he wants to put more capital into the bankrupt project, according to court documents. Other third-party investors, rumored to be Apollo Global Management LLC and Penn National Gaming, have expressed interest in...
On August 18, 2009

Back-To-School Shopping Season Not Over Yet

Believe it or not, the back-to-school season may not over.  Procrastinating shoppers probably annoyed you a month ago when you wanted to make money, but new info indicates that they could still come to the rescue and purchase a lot of stuff.

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On August 18, 2009

What Arrived In My Mailbox Today

I just received The Essential Bennis in the mail and the book is incredible. The collection displays the breadth and depth of Warren Bennis’ work. Just to give you a flavor here is one of the closing paragraphs from an essay titled “Winning and Losing,” where Bennis explains why business as sport is a [...]
On August 18, 2009

Bing Traffic Edges Up at Google’s, Yahoo’s Expense

Microsoft's souped-up Internet search engine gained a little more ground on industry leaders Google and Yahoo in July, according to data released late Monday. Despite the progress, Microsoft's search engine still remains a distant third in the United States -- the main reason that the world's largest software maker plans to team up with Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo next year.
On August 18, 2009

Food Roundup: Dole Goes Public, Jamba Goes Retail, TCBY Goes Free, and More

Dole to go public -- Dole Food Co. announced plans for an initial public stock offering after being a private company since 2003. Dole plans to raise $500 million, in part to pay off its debts, and it's applying to list on the New York Stock Exchange with DOLE as its ticker symbol. It could take several months before the process is competed. [Sources: Food Processing, Wall Street Journal] Jamba to sell make-at-home smoothies -- The company that owns and runs Jamba Juice announced plans to create a line of blend-and-serve fruit smoothies. The company is working on the new product with the Inventure Group, which also helped Burger King develop its snack chips. The smoothies should hit grocery store...
On August 18, 2009

Don’t Do These 12 Things When Writing Headlines

Sure, we talk a lot about the rules for writing great headlines here at Copyblogger, but what if you’re still doing it wrong? Are there a collection of common mistakes that bloggers and content marketers make with their headlines — mistakes that we can help you overcome? Yep. Fact is, you can get all of the fundamentals [...]
On August 18, 2009

3 Ways to Win Over Your New Boss

What's a surefire way to get on your new boss's good side? Scott Eblin offers three great techniques for transitioning to a new manager -- something most of us will face multiple times in our careers. Ask for directions. No, not a step-by-step breakdown of how to do your work -- rather, a big-picture overview of what your new boss's direction or vision for success looks like. Take the time to get clarification of what he wants, what he expects, and what he hopes will be the end result. Find out how he wants to be kept informed. Some bosses needs lots of check-in time. Others want you to bother them only in case of emergency. Guess wrong as to...
On August 18, 2009

Jack Covert Selects – The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited

The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited: Real-Life Lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing by Emanuel Rosen, Broadway Business, 384 pages, $15.95, Paperback, February 2009, ISBN 9780385526326 One of the first books I recommended when I started writing Jack Covert Selects reviews in 2000 was Emanuel Rosen’s The Anatomy of Buzz. Ahead of his time, Rosen wrote the first book [...]
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