Company: Wynn Resorts, Limited

In a sidebar highlighting facets of Wynn's quarterly earnings, The Associated Press erroneously reported that customers spent $1.3 billion overall in its Macau casinos during the period. Customers spent $1.3 billion at its slot machines there.

In the days before the Chinese New Year celebration began this week, six high rollers sat down at the private baccarat tables one day at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and began throwing down wagers of $100,000 to $200,000 a hand. It was a scene hardly out of place these days in Sin City.

A drop in oil prices and strong bond auctions in Europe drove stocks to a slightly higher close Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose for the fourth straight day.

Stocks erased a strong rally but still finished off their worst levels Thursday in thin, choppy trading as the Dow and S&P rebounded from afternoon lows.