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Las Vegas Sands says Vegas business beats forecast

Wed Jul 8, 2009 12:04am EDT

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SINGAPORE, July 8 (Reuters) - Las Vegas Sands (LVS.N), the world's largest casino firm by market value, said on Wednesday the performance of its Las Vegas business has exceeded forecasts.

"We are in the trough of the cycle so things are looking up," Chairman Sheldon Adelson said at a news conference in Singapore.

He also said Sands was "bucking the trend in Macau". (Reporting by Kevin Lim; Editing by Jan Dahinten)



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