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Bookmark

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

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Las Vegas conventions

Conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area this week:

Business calendar

GREEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Coming in this week’s Las Vegas Business Press

DEFAULT CENTRAL: As bad as Las Vegas’ housing market has been, its commercial real estate market has been billions of dollars worse. Las Vegas continues to see 50 to 60 commercial properties a month fall into default, reports show.

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Asian Chamber of Commerce

Amid finery and feathers, manager finds feeling in ‘Jubilee!’

To find Ffolliott “Fluff” LeCoque’s office in Bally’s, visitors must walk down a narrow hallway, past a row of about seven vivid yellow-and-white-feathered arm cuffs hanging from a bar to the right. An equal number of matching jewel-covered headdresses rest on a white shelf, just above the cuffs.