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Steve Wyrick

Before starting his name-sake theatre Steve Wyrick performed at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in a theatre custom-built for him at a cost of $56 million dollars. He would continue to head South down the Strip to headline at one of the largest resorts on the Strip, the Aladdin Resort & Casino. In January 2007 Steve opened the $35 million dollar Steve Wyrick Entertainment Complex at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The 33,000 square-foot multi-level compound features the Steve Wyrick Theatre, Magiq Shoppe and TRIQ UltraLounge.

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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 Financial Today No Comments

Hackers Claim Sony Hit with Second Massive Data Breach

Sony may have been hit with the second massive data breach in just over a month, says a group of hackers that claim they were responsible for the attack. The group, known as LulzSec, says it pulled off what it describes as an elementary attack on Sony’s “disgraceful” security.

While Sony says that it can’t confirm the breach and will be looking into the situation, LulzSec had already posted the data, including passwords, e-mail addresses, home addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, on its own website.

Other people contacted AP confirming that their passwords had been published online as well. They expressed their disappointment with Sony and distress over the fact that they were so vulnerable to identity theft at no fault of their own.

This is the second massive data breach Sony faces in just over a month. On May 1 Read more…

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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 Financial Today No Comments

Not Cashing Savings Bonds to Avoid Taxes

For the most part, I typically assume that people who have misinformation came by it honestly. Usually, they didn’t quite understand fully what they read or were told. After all, one of the trickiest things about managing money and personal finance is that there are so many exceptions and nuances. In a lot of cases, what is absolutely true for one person is not true for someone else because of their individual circumstances.

Unfortunately, while the internet has given people easy access to vast amount of information, it does so without any verification that the information published is true.

The problem is compounded by those who read something inaccurate and then repeat it elsewhere. T

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Thursday, May 19th, 2011 Financial Today No Comments

April Jobs Report Could Have Big Impact On Stocks

The April jobs report is due out from the U.S. Labor Department on Friday. While economic statistics typically have a temporary effect on Wall Street before being shoved aside by whatever bit of news or data arrives a few days later, the April jobs number could be a bigger deal than usual.

Recently, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Following the announcement, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held the first ever Fed press conference in which he laid out the Fed’s view of the U.S. economy. He suggested that the economic recovery is slowing. He didn’t use the word fragile, but plenty of people heard it anyway. He also suggested that inflation was tame and that any uptick was dwarfed by the greater potential for a slowdown in growth.

Business spending has been measured, despite a tiny boom going on in Silicon Valley. Con

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Friday, April 29th, 2011 Financial Today No Comments

First Ever Fed Press Conference

Today marks the first time the Federal Reserve will hold a press conference to go along with it’s decision on whether to change interest rates. Most observers expect the Fed to leave interest rates unchanged (basically at zero percent), so the real action will be in the details that emerge from the press conference where questions about how the economy is doing, what the Fed is doing, and how long they think those things will last, will take center stage.

In another change, the Federal Open Market Committee will also release the quarterly growth and inflation estimates that is uses to make its rate decisions today. U

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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Financial Today No Comments