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	Friday, November 16, 2007

Realtors say some markets aren't seeing real estate downturn (San Jose Mercury News). LAS VEGAS - No one attending this week's National Association of Realtors annual convention, which ends today, has been able to ignore the anxiety created by the slowest housing market in more than a decade.

RealtyBid.com Named America's #1 Real Estate Team by The Wall Street Journal, REAL Trends and Lore Magazine (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance). RealtyBid.com has been named America's top real estate team in transaction sides by The Wall Street Journal, REAL Trends and Lore Magazine. Because of the honor, Tony Isbell, broker and CEO/president of RealtyBid.com, is now a member of "The Real Estate Top 200," a prestigious national ranking sponsored annually by the three respected publications.

Opinions swayed but open to being swayed again (Las Vegas Sun). Many in the TV-watching audience rooted for their candidates, holding up signs and passing out campaign-emblazoned coffee mugs. But there were some at the Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner on the Strip who were still struggling to make up their minds.

Planet Hollywood exec rebuilding wealth with Las Vegas casino (Las Vegas Sun). LAS VEGAS (AP) - When Planet Hollywood co-founder Robert Earl put together a group in 2004 to buy the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, it was already a fully operational 40-floor, 2,600-room property.

Cirque du Soleil acrobat hurt in mishap during Las Vegas show (Las Vegas Sun). The woman, whose name was not released, was in stable condition at University Medical Center in Las Vegas after losing her grip while performing at least 15 feet above the stage on a long white ribbon-like drape, said Anita Nelving, spokeswoman for Cirque du Soleil.

O.J. Simpson, 2 co-defendants due back in Nevada court Nov. 28 (Las Vegas Sun). LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson will spend the next two weeks in Miami "golfing and taking care of the kids," his lawyer said Wednesday, before returning to a Nevada courtroom to be arraigned on charges that could mean years behind bars.

Nevada takes center stage (Las Vegas Sun). The latest stage in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination effectively ended in a draw Thursday night as Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards came out aggressively against front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton. [

Jon Ralston on Politics (In Business Las Vegas). The gamers should not have to ask for whom this poll tolls: It tolls for them. The survey was taken by respected pollster John Zogby last week, and the conclusion could not be more clear: Voters not only are happy to tax the casinos; they are willing to tax them to death, if need be.

Longtime ad agency stays on message (Las Vegas Business Press). Tom Letizia has successfully navigated the changing landscape of advertising here in the valley since the 1970s, surviving competition, growth, and ever-present change.

McCarran Suggests 'Get a Ride' to the Airport (KLAS Las Vegas). The holiday travel season officially starts this weekend and that means thousands of travelers will make their way through McCarran International Airport in the coming weeks. Inside, a link to airport parking information.

Novelist defined truth (Las Vegas Sun). A few months before I became a reporter, I read some of Norman Mailer's political journalism collected in "Some Honorable Men," and to this day I thank the fates that put the book in my line of vision in some Chicago bookstore.

Democrats Debate (KLAS Las Vegas). Associated Press - November 15, 2007 9:33 PM ET Corrected Version Feisty faceoff among Democrats LAS VEGAS (AP) - This one is a debate, not a...

Card Counters Talk to Casino Execs at Global Gaming Expo (KLAS Las Vegas). The most infamous card counters in Las Vegas history found themselves face-to-face with casino executives Wednesday morning and only Channel 8 Eyewitness News was there. Reporter Edward Lawrence gets the real story.

RACE HEADS INTO PRIME TIME (Las Vegas Sun). Six weeks before the first contest of the presidential primary season, the Democratic candidates have arrived in Las Vegas for the most important campaign event to date as voters start to pay closer attention and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's aura of invincibility has faded.

For some reporters, it's just like watching TV (Las Vegas Sun). To spend a day with the media covering the debate is to watch candidates go up in flames - at least on screen-savers - and a 12-year-old kid reporter learning about free lunches and economic policy. But first, reporters had to get past the UNLV parking guy in the orange vest.

Chinese envoy argues against pending trade sanctions (Las Vegas Business Press). Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong didn't come to town Nov. 1 to apologize for his country's product liability scandal. He was there to speak to the Las Vegas business community about pending U.S. trade sanctions against his country -- and his belief that they would harm both China and America.

ON THE MOVE (Las Vegas Business Press). SK+G Advertising hired Bill Kauker as group creative director, Siow Wei Kay as interactive designer, Vivian Lai as junior graphic designer and Leah Sommer as media planner and buyer and promoted Lacy Kirtisine and Abbe Viglianti to account executive positions.

Retail and Real Estate (In Business Las Vegas). With Bang & Olufsen, the look of its products is important, but it's what's inside that really counts.

Real Estate and Development (In Business Las Vegas). The Bureau of Land Management's decision to consider abandoning its practice of not selling land for less than appraised value has sparked a lot of interest in the homebuilding and development community.

Six Centra Point properties sold (Las Vegas Business Press). Centra Properties, a local developer responsible for $3 billion worth of projects, has liquidated nearly all of its Las Vegas area assets. The seven-year-old real estate firm recently sold six buildings inside its marquee property -- Centra Point -- for $97 million.

Planet Hollywood exec rebuilding wealth with Las Vegas casino (Las Vegas Sun). LAS VEGAS (AP) - When Planet Hollywood co-founder Robert Earl put together a group in 2004 to buy the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, it was already a fully operational 40-floor, 2,600-room property.

In Business Q and A (In Business Las Vegas). At 24 years old, Tony Hsieh sold his first company, Internet advertiser LinkExchange, to Microsoft for $265 million. A year later, in 1999, he partnered with Nick Swinmurn to found Zappos.com, an Internet shoe retailer.

We'll soon overtake the U.S. heartland (Las Vegas Sun). Las Vegas and much of the Intermountain West will supplant the Midwest as the nation's heartland over the next four decades as growth brings the region a diverse population, a thriving economy and political clout, according to the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington, D.C.

Sink or swim (In Business Las Vegas). The developer of Lake Las Vegas in Henderson is in default on a $560 million loan and has until the end of the year to find buyers for its remaining undeveloped land or the development could face foreclosure, a Lake Las Vegas official said. [

New North Las Vegas industrial complex planned (Las Vegas Business Press). Centennial West LLC is developing a 40-acre industrial complex at the northwest corner of Centennial Parkway and Mount Hood Road in North Las Vegas.