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Press Releases MGM MIRAGE Named to LATINA Style 50 LAS VEGAS – August 28, 2006 – MGM MIRAGE has been named one of the “50 Best Companies for Latinas” by LATINA Style Magazine. The company is the only gaming company to make the list. To select the best companies, LATINA Style evaluated more than 800 U.S. corporations on issues that the publication’s readers identified as most important in the workplace. Principal areas of evaluation included the number of Latina executives and board members, mentoring programs, educational opportunities, dependent/child care support, and employee benefits. Robert E. Bard, President and CEO of LATINA Style Magazine, said, “We have gone to great lengths to provide a reliable resource for Latinas to evaluate companies, so they can be confident that the 2005 LATINA Style 50 truly represents some of the best opportunities corporate America has to offer." According to the MGM MIRAGE 2005 Diversity Report, female employees comprised 50.55% of the workforce. Additionally, of the employees at the manager level or above, 44.17% are women. An annual awards ceremony honoring the LATINA Style 50 Companies will take place on February 8, 2007 during LATINA Style’s Diversity Conference in Washington, D.C. Media Contacts: Reggie Burton Laura Garcia |