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Nevada: William Weidner

June 1, 2009 - 01:03 pm
NEWS FEED: Vegas Happens Here

Weidner Responds, Sort Of

By noreply@blogger.com (THE STRIP PODCAST)

Former Las Vegas Sands COO William Weidner today shrugged off the attempt by LVS CEO Sheldon Adelson to lay the company's problems at his feet. The company's stock has fallen from $148 in Oct. 2007 to about $10 today. Construction has been stalled in Macau, Las Vegas and Pennsylvania while Adelson finds new financing packages, which he says he is this/close to sewing up.

In a May 22 interview with me, Adelson said:

"Would I have done anything different? Yes, I would’ve fired Bill Weidner a long time ago. He created a financing situation that was completely inappropriate. Now we’re getting financing that’s more appropriate.

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March 9, 2009 - 02:00 pm
NEWS FEED: Various Things and Stuff

Rat: This might be a good time for me to disembark

By Steve Sebelius

William Weidner, the jerkoff who verbally shat upon a gathering of the Anti-Defamation Leagtue not so long ago, was ousted from his job as president of Las Vegas Sands Inc. today. But rest assured it was not because of his vile speech. It was because he didn’t get along with the company’s other jerkoff, CEO [...]

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Fri, 04/25/2008 - 16:29

RNC announces Nevada Victory Finance chairs

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-The Republican National Committee announced new chairs for their 2008 fundraising effort  in an e-mail today.  The Nevada list is short on surprises, except that Steve Wynn, who has generally contributed to candidates from both political parties, is listed as an honorary co-chair.

The list names William Weidner, president and COO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, as chairman with Sig Rogich, president of Rogich Communications Group, as co-chair.

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