LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino-resort developer Las Vegas Sands Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income rose 17 percent to $320.1 million as the company set an internal record for revenue, thanks mainly to more people gambling at its resorts in Macau and Singapore, company officials said Wednesday.
The company's billionaire CEO, Sheldon Adelson, who has made headlines recently for his and his wife's combined donation of $10 million to a political action committee supporting GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, said the company is seriously considering building resorts in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. Full story
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