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More Trouble for Station Casinos
The news comes on the heels of the company’s announcement earlier this week that it was suspending its 401(k) matching contribution. That move has the potential to inflame what is already a tense labor environment for the company thanks to its staunchly open shop policy.
Will Station Casinos' financial woes impact the UFC?
Will Station Casinos' financial woes impact the UFC?
blog.thesavagescience.com — Lyman Hoyt at The Savage Science reports on the financial struggles of Station Casinos and its potential impact on UFC parent Zuffa, LLC. Also, why is the US sports and MMA media so myopic in their reporting on the #1 US promotion? (more) Will Station Casinos' financial woes impact the UFC?
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Station Casinos is in trouble
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap — ... Yesterday we took a look at the old mob ties the Fertittas used to have way way back. Now let’s see what’s happening with their financial problems of today: filing for bankruptcy protection seems like a very real possibility for their company, Station Casinos. ...

Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida Added to "St. Pierre vs. Penn II"
CagePotato.com — ... wrestler and 2001 national champion, Munoz (5-0) will join Chael Sonnen, Steve Cantwell, Steve Steinbless, and Nissen Osterneck in the group of former WEC fighters who have been reassigned to the UFC amid the WEC's phasing out of its heavier weight classes. Former UFC light-heavyweight Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou may be heading back to Japan, as DREAM is considering signing "The African Assassin" to their roster . The Fertitta brothers' casino empire Station Casinos is dangerously close to filing for bankruptcy .

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