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Keys to combating proliferating pessimism

Many lean on New Year’s resolutions in an attempt to promote positive life changes, but reports indicate that upward of 25 percent of people who made resolutions had already failed at keeping them within seven days.

The Data: Jan. 15-21

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Closetbox offers self-storage, sans the hardest parts

Marcus Mollmann is CEO of Closetbox, which opened a Southern Nevada location last October and serves 53 markets across 38 states. The company picks up boxes and furniture from customers’ homes, then stores the items at its guarded facility. The company also delivers items back to customers’ homes and, given notice, allows clients to visit the facility to grab their possessions.

Marcus Mollmann and his wife, Katy, came up with the idea for their business when they needed some extra hands around the house following the birth of their twins.

At Station, versatility is a prized characteristic

Glen Meadows, director of ancillary gaming at Station Casinos, worked with the late Bobby Dean to create Station’s $600K Big Bingo Weekend, a four-day event.

The corporate director of ancillary gaming at Station Casinos offers thoughts on how to be successful in the gaming industry, the importance of education reforms and the shift in societal norms that makes it acceptable to carry on a telephone conversation while standing in line at the bank.

Don't be a bad boss

Don't be a bad boss

Business professionals discuss the pitfalls of being too critical of employees, and not critical enough. As with many aspects in life, the sweet spot lies somewhere in the middle ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, Jan. 15-21

In the Notes: Senior Helpers, Inspirada, Station Casinos, Walker Furniture, Clark County Fire Department, Penta Building Group, Albertsons Foundation, Veterans Integration Program, Communities In Schools of Nevada, City National Bank and more ...

Caesars unit clears way to exit bankruptcy protection

One of the many sculptured angels is shown at Caesars Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.

Caesars Entertainment Corp's main operating unit has cleared the way for the casino operator to exit bankruptcy protection with an agreement that ends the ...

Co-founder of Capriotti’s sandwich shops dies in Las Vegas

The dining area is shown at the Capriotti's sandwich shop, 90 S. Stephanie St., in Henderson Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Lois Margolet, who gifted the world with Capriotti’s and its famous Bobbie, died today. The 68-year-old had cancer and died in her Las Vegas home this morning ...

Atlantic City casinos see 1st revenue increase in 10 years

This July 11, 2014, aerial photo shows the Atlantic City, N.J., beachfront with many of its Boardwalk casinos.

Internet gambling has helped Atlantic City's casinos post their first revenue increase in a decade. Figures released Thursday by state gambling regulators show the casinos won $2.6 billion from gamblers in 2016, an increase of ...

NFL committees discuss possible Raiders move to Las Vegas

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper runs on his way to scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Mexico City.

The NFL’s stadium and finance committees met for about 3½ hours today to discuss relocation of the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers. The fact-finding meetings mostly centered on ...

State's biggest casinos end seven straight years of losses

The Las Vegas Strip is shown from above in this 2015 image.

The state’s gaming industry is reaching pre-recession levels of income, according to the annual Nevada Gaming Abstract, a comprehensive review of the industry’s financial results released Wednesday. “We all know things (in the economy) are improving, and it’s kind of widespread across ...

Q+A: Legislator aims to reduce suicides, boost employment among Nevada veterans

Chris Edwards was a Navy commander before he became a member of the Nevada Assembly, and he’s become a leading voice on veterans issues in the Legislature since being elected in 2014. Going into his third regular session, Edwards said he hoped to address the problem of suicide among veterans by ...

Rising oil prices showing up at Nevada gas pumps

An increase in oil prices is being passed along to drivers in Nevada, one of the 15 most expensive fuel markets in the country, according to the AAA auto club. A gallon of unleaded gas in Nevada averages $2.46, a 6 cent increase from ...

Tourism officials report record 42.9M Las Vegas visitors in 2016

Tourists take photos at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Saturday, March 14, 2015, on the Strip.

Las Vegas drew a record number of visitors last year, 42.9 million people, even more than tourism officials had predicted. The numbers were part of a preliminary tally of ...

Golden plans seven new taverns this year

SG Bar opened recently in the space once occupied by Sedona.

Golden Entertainment plans to open seven new taverns this year, including five in the southwest region of the valley, company officials announced Tuesday. ...

With injection of tech and culture, biggest little city is growing up

In this Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, a pedestrian walks beneath the famous Reno arch as traffic passes on Virginia Street in downtown Reno.

Hunched on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, Reno has long suffered a reputation as a poor man's Las Vegas with snow. Its casinos are more modest than ...

Affinity Gaming sale before Control Board

The neon sign at Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino is ceremonially lit in Las Vegas on Monday, July 1, 2013. Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino was formerly known as Terrible's Hotel and Casino.

The sale of Affinity Gaming, which operates casinos in Nevada, Colorado, Missouri and Iowa, to Z Capital Group LLC could pass its final regulatory approval Wednesday after the Nevada Gaming Control Board meets to review the deal. ...

Specialty pharmacies say benefit managers are squeezing them out

A pharmacy worker assists with an order at Prime Aid Pharmacy in Union City, N.J., Dec. 7, 2016. Prime Aid is fighting to stay in business and suing Express Scripts in federal court, alleging that the company used strong-arm tactics to kick Prime Aid out of its network and steer its patients into Express Scripts’s own, competing pharmacy, Accredo.

These days, Prime Aid is struggling to stay in business. Starting two years ago, Express Scripts, the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager, no longer allowed its customers to ...

Switch earns straight A’s in clean energy from Greenpeace

Cherry Creek II, UNLV's 26,000-processor supercomputer, is stored at Las Vegas data company Switch, pictured here.

Las Vegas-based Switch has become the first multi-tenant data center provider in the world to receive a perfect score in the six-year history of Greenpeace’s Clicking Clean report. ...

Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from private empire

President-elect Donald Trump pledged to step away from his family-owned international real estate development, property management and licensing business before taking office Jan. 20. With less than two weeks until his inauguration, he hasn't stepped very far ...