The Notes: Jan. 24-30

TeamHealth Holdings Inc. acquired Fremont Emergency Services, Advanced Care Emergency Services and Advanced Care Emergency Specialists, which collectively manage and staff eight hospital emergency departments in Las Vegas.

The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada won two International Association of Fire Fighters Media Awards. The Flipboard Newsletter won second place in the Best Online Initiative or Campaign category, and the Coats for Kids Campaign received an honorable mention in the Best Affiliate Public Relations or Political Campaign or Project category.

Fit4Mom Las Vegas was named Fit4Mom Franchise of the Year for 2015.

Luke’s Lobster opened at Fashion Show mall.

Best Mattress opened at 615 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson, and 1611 W. Craig Road, Suite 3, North Las Vegas.

Herringbone opened at Aria. The restaurant specializes in seafood.

DigiPath Labs, a subsidiary of DigiPath, Inc., performs safety and potency testing of the cannibis offered by Las Vegas Herbal Growers. DigiPath Labs tests plant material from Las Vegas Herbal Growers for moisture content, potency, terpenoids, foreign matter, microbials, mycotoxins, heavy metals and pesticide residue.

Nevada Title Company received the First American Platinum Award from First American Title Insurance.

Caesars Entertainment, the Cosmopolitan, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts received perfect scores on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

A number of Southern Nevada medical facilities were recognized as 2014 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. They are Strategic Behavioral Health-Red Rock, Southern Hills Medical Center, Spring Mountain Treatment Center, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, MountainView Hospital and Valley Hospital.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. was recognized as a global leader for addressing climate change issues and for disclosing climate change information. The company received two recognitions from the Carbon Disclosure Project, an international not-for-profit — positions on the 2015 Climate A List and on the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index. The recognition comes on the heels of Las Vegas Sands being listed for the first time in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for corporate sustainability efforts in North America.

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