The Street (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The Mad About Options crew reviews Jim Cramer's recent bullish comments about Waste Management and offers options strategies for traders and investors. Also hear options ideas for Boyd Gaming and Sovereign Bank.
Jim Cramer's Mad Money (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Friday October 3 2008. These are all of Jim Cramer’s stock picks that are a Buy! I bold my picks. Buy: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Genzyme (GENZ) KBR Inc (KBR) Nucor (NUE) Waste Management (WMI) Sell: Boyd Gaming (BYD) EMCOR Group (EME) Energy Recovery (ERII) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Manulife Financial (MFC) Mosaic (MOS) Sovereign...
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, October 02, 2008 ) DALLAS, Texas Beacon Equity Research announces the release of Trade Alerts covering Casino and Resort Stocks: Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. (Nasdaq: ISLE), MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD), Penn National Gaming...
Vegas File (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
It has been less than two years since the Stardust was taken down by Boyd Gaming to make way for the future: Echelon, a multi-billion-dollar resort with boutique hotels, exclusive retail, more dining options and hipster nightclubs. But now, instead of a new resort with all the latest amenities going up, there is only an empty construction skeleton on the Strip where the legendary Stardust casino once...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Boyd Gaming Management to Present at Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference LAS VEGAS, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: ) management will present today at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Financed Conference in Phoenix. A complete copy of the presentation will be available by visiting our web site at . (Logo: ) SOURCE Boyd Gaming CorporationLink to this page: Related...
Vegas File (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
In preparing a survey on the best and worst football parlay cards in Las Vegas casinos, I heard an advertisement proclaiming the Boyd Gaming/Coast Casinos properties have “the best parlay cards on the planet” this season. Wow! The best on the planet! All right! I couldn’t wait to bear witness to them, let alone bet on them. As it turns out, they’re not even the best parlay cards on Fremont Street....
Vegas File (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Flipchip was out on the Las Vegas strip on Monday evening to record an update of the massive CityCenter construction project scheduled to open the first phase in late 2009. Even with the free falling national economy the mega-resort continues towards completion. While the Boyd Gaming Group’s shuttered $5 billion Echelon project has become a study in rusting rebar sticking out of crumbling concrete,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: ) management will present today at the Barclays Capital Gaming, Hospitality and Leisure Credit Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A complete copy of the presentation will be available by visiting our web site at . (Logo: )
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 02, 2008 ) DALLAS, Texas - Today's Trade Alerts include: MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Wynn Resorts Ltd. (Nasdaq: WYNN), Penn National Gaming Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN), Melco Crown Entertainment (Nasdaq: MPEL) and Boyd Gaming Corp. (NYSE: BYD). MGM...
Vegas File (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Another high-profile project has stalled. Last week, it was Boyd Gaming’s $4.8 billion Echelon that halted construction for up to a year while waiting for the economy to improve. Echelon had broken ground in June but was having a hard time scraping together financing. Now plans for the $5 billion Plaza Hotel (based on the New York City landmark) has been put off, also by a year. The Plaza planned to...
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Following Boyd Gaming´s (Boyd) announcement on Aug. 1, 2008 that it would halt construction of Echelon and delay development of the project for at least 3-4 quarters, Fitch Ratings has.. - Read more
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following Boyd Gaming's (Boyd) announcement on Aug. 1, 2008 that it would halt construction of Echelon and delay development of the project for at least 3-4
Online Slots blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Last week, Boyd Gaming announced it would suspend construction on its 140,000 square foot casino project, Echelon, which had begun on the former site of the Stardust Resort and Casino. While Boyd had secured inexpensive financing for its part of the $4.8 billion project, Boyd's partners were having trouble securing financing for the 300,000 square feet of retail space and two boutique hotels associated...
SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Boyd Gaming (BYD) Q2 2008 Earnings Call Complete Story »
Vegas File (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Experts admit we’re in a deep downturn, but each envisions a rebound — eventually For those of us who thought we lived in Boomtown U.S.A., the dramatic downshift in the economy has been unsettling at the least, jarring for many. On Friday, Boyd Gaming paused work on Echelon — eight floors above the ground — until it can figure out how to pay for its $4.8 billion hotel-gaming complex on the Strip. Just...
