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New York governor bans non-essential state travel to Indiana

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday banned non-essential state travel to Indiana in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.

 
That’s amore: Pizza Expo showcases bakers, pie tossers, dough stretchers

More than 10,000 pizza makers, ingredient providers, pizzeria workers and their fans gathered at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday for the opening of the International Pizza Expo — one of the tastiest trade shows on the city’s convention calendar.

 
MGM room rates for fight weekend start at $1,600

MGM Grand, the host hotel-casino for the megaboxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio on May 2, expects a 35 percent revenue windfall from the fight weekend compared to the room, food and beverage revenues on a typical weekend. Some 98 percent of the hotel’s 6,800 rooms are booked, with room rates, as of Friday, starting at $1,600 a night for May 1 and 2.

 
Chicago’s Willis Tower to sell for $1.3 billion

The Blackstone Group will buy Chicago’s Willis Tower for $1.3 billion, the highest price ever paid for an American office tower outside of New York City.

 
Rocker Vince Neil plans on helping marketing Las Vegas Outlaws

The public face of the Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League will be well-known 54-year-old rocker Vince Neil, who lives in Las Vegas when not on Motley Crue’s worldwide Final Tour and plans on helping market the new Arena Football club.

 
Apple replaces AT&T in Dow, reflects evolving economy

The decision to nudge aside AT&T, which has been part of the Dow for the better part of a century, is a recognition of the way in which communications and technology have evolved over the last several decades.

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