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Reflections on the free market, at Chicago’s McCormick Place I like trade shows and conferences. I’ve attended a lot of them - and I’ve given speeches at a few - and I have always found them to be a wonderful microcosm of both society and the economy. No matter how troubled a city or state may be, the trade show is a place to be re-invigorated about the potential in our own American economy and even in the world at large. This week, for example, walking through the Housewares Show at Chicago’s McCormick Place, I was reminded of a number...

NBC Sports listed as leading sponsor for Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT) in Las Vegas as U.S. debates gun control The show, the nation's largest event of its kind, lists NBC Sports as one of its leading sponsors; the SHOT Show's website lists NBC Sports as 'It's New Product Center Sponsor.' There is one NBC personality Peacock suits presumably aren’t inviting to Las Vegas next week for the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show known as the SHOT Show — Bob Costas. But while Costas won’t be there, the show, the nation’s largest event of its kind, does list NBC...

The first ever online Music Trade Show will debut in October 2010. This is the very first trade show for the music industry. The show will contain music artists, both individuals and bands, MP3 download sites, music video producers, film producers, filmmakers, and people in both PR and Media relations and record labels. The point of the show is to display individual and company artists, the contact information, exposure on Facebook and MySpace, live chats, and of course detailed information about the artists and their companies.

Critic: Comdex gone for good By Richard N. Velotta LAS VEGAS SUN Convention industry observers are split over whether Comdex, the giant computer trade show that has brought hundreds of thousands of conventioneers to Las Vegas in the 23 years it has been conducted, will ever return after canceling its November show. The trade show's organizers, in a surprise announcement Wednesday, called the move a postponement, but they said the show wouldn't return to the city until November 2005. At least one critic of the show says he doesn't think the show will be back. San Francisco-based MediaLive International Inc.,...