Las Vegas Business News

Hoping to spark retail activity, Lake Las Vegas welcomes new grocery store

An exterior view of Seasons Market at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The neighborhood grocery store and specialty market is located in MonteLago Village.

Lake Las Vegas developers have opened a small, waterfront grocery store, part of a broader campaign to boost business in the opulent Henderson community. Executives with Raintree Investment Corp. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

22 June 2016
By Eli Segall

Chemical plume in central Las Vegas to soon undergo cleanup

A monitoring well is shown Wednesday, June 15, 2016, near Maryland Square Shopping Center, where nearly two decades ago environmental regulators discovered a cancer-causing chemical near Boulevard Mall.

For years, residents of the Paradise Palms neighborhood in central Las Vegas have been awaiting cleanup of a chemical plume caused by spills at a nearby dry-cleaning establishment. Now, Nevada environmental protection authorities ...

22 June 2016
By Daniel Rothberg

Efforts to make it easier to get medical marijuana in Nevada are lauded

The bobby area is shown at Sahara Wellness, at 420 E. Sahara Ave., Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. The facility is the the first all-female-owned medical marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas.

For the medical marijuana officials, this is a step in the right direction. Instead of waiting as long as three months for access to medical marijuana dispensaries ...

22 June 2016
By Chris Kudialis

Goal of owning home still strong, and 8 other housing trends

A carpenter works on a new home at a residential construction site in the west side of the valley April 5, 2013. Las Vegas is a lower-wage metro area that can attract people not by its economic prowess but by its supply of lower-cost housing.

Americans still want to own homes — if they can afford to. That's the finding of a report being released Wednesday by the Harvard University Joint Center for ...

22 June 2016
By Josh Boak, Associated Press

U.S. stocks rise as Yellen takes careful tone before Congress

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday as investors were relieved to hear Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen say the Fed would remain cautious in raising interest rates ...

21 June 2016
By Marley Jay, Associated Press

Bulky bags, strollers banned on Strip for special events

A Las Vegas Metro officer looks on as revelers fill the street during New Year’s Eve on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, on the Strip.

Rules governing what people can carry on the Las Vegas Strip during special events just got stricter. A new public safety-motivated ordinance bans bags of a certain size, coolers and strollers, among other items, during occasions such as ...

21 June 2016
By Jackie Valley

Wal-Mart to sell Chinese online business to retailer JD.com

In this May 9, 2013, file photo, a worker pushes shopping carts in front of a Wal-Mart store in La Habra, Calif.

Wal-Mart is selling its Chinese online business to the country's No. 2 e-commerce site in a strategic partnership that it hopes will bolster its presence in the extraordinarily lucrative but increasingly ...

20 June 2016
By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The Data: June 19-25

All of the information your business needs: Bid opportunities, bankruptcies filed and building permits issued. To add to our data, email us at [email protected].

20 June 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

The List: Highest-paid executives, June 19, 2016

Find out about Southern Nevada's highest-paid executives. This week, we rank them by total compensation based on their company's most recent available SEC filing.

20 June 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Has cash been dethroned?

Has cash been dethroned?

Cash has been elbowed out by the use of debit cards, credit cards and online transactions, a trend that will accelerate with the arrival of ApplePay and other technology that transforms mobile devices into charge cards. And it’s about to be hit by another wave, as payment technology gets installed in ...

20 June 2016
By Howard Riell, Special to VEGAS INC

The Notes: Philanthropy, June 19-25

In the Notes: National Security Technologies, Aid for AIDS of Nevada, Patrick Kelley Youth Foundation, Sunrise Hospital, Sunrise Children's Hospital, United Health Foundation and more ...

20 June 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Attorney’s advice: ‘Be true to yourself and always act professionally’

Michael Feder of the Dickinson Wright law firm.

Michael Feder, a member of law firm Dickinson Wright’s litigation department, talks about the issues facing Southern Nevada, balancing work and family life, and why he aspires to live up to the standards set by his father.

20 June 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

North Las Vegas café gives snowbirds a taste of home

Owner Cait Messina poses with a strawberry malt at Salted Malted Bakery & Creamery, 6584 N. Decatur Blvd., Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Behind the counter, from left, are: Jhezmin Rasberry, Jill Beausoleil, head baker, Madi Williams, and Cassidy McLaws. The restaurant offers many Canadian specialties such as poutine, peameal bacon, and a variety of sweets.

Canadian food — yes, it's a thing. Cait Messina moved to Las Vegas 24 years ago, and for years dreamed about opening a Canadian restaurant. Last year, she did it, crafting a menu that serves Canuck favorites, such as poutine.

20 June 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Nevada, New Jersey taking the lead in eSports

Unlike daily fantasy sports and traditional Internet gaming, eSports games are thriving without a gambling component.

20 June 2016
By Dennis Gutwald

Why UNLV is doubling down on big data

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

Already equipped with a supercomputer, the university pledges to create a campus Institute for Big Data.

19 June 2016
By Daniel Rothberg

Las Vegas’ hockey honeymoon must be precursor to a lasting marriage

Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak hands over a check for season tickets to Bill Foley, chairman, Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Black Knight and FIS during the "Let's Bring Hockey to Las Vegas!" press conference at the MGM Grand Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015.

Novelty is fickle, and Las Vegas is a fickle city. This is especially true for locals and tourists figuring out how to spend their entertainment dollar. Las Vegas is unique not only as the largest metropolitan outpost in North …

19 June 2016
By John Katsilometes

Electric car maker eyes 2 California cities for factory

Sacramento is in the running once again for a major factory in a hot high-tech industry: electric cars ...

18 June 2016
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee (TNS)

First big company to say it’s serving legal marijuana trade? Microsoft

In this June 25, 2014 file photo, Johnnie Seitz moves a marijuana plant growing under lights at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle.

As state after state has legalized marijuana in one way or another, big names in corporate America have stayed away entirely. Marijuana, after all, is still illegal, according to the federal government ...

17 June 2016
By Nathaniel Popper, New York Times News Service

Can pot smoking save Atlantic City? Lawmaker plans legalization

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

Forget gambling, nightclubs or spas. One New Jersey lawmaker believes the future of Atlantic City may lie in pot ...

17 June 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press

Poker limelight shines elsewhere, but Binion’s is hallowed ground for players

Binion’s Hall of Fame Poker Room on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Binion’s, once known as Binion’s Horseshoe, "was the Wrigley Field or Fenway Park of casinos,” said Nolan Dalla, media director of the World Series of Poker.

Eleven years ago, the World Series of Poker left Binion's for the Rio. But the downtown casino once known as Binion's Horseshoe remains hallowed ground for players. "The Horseshoe ... was the Wrigley Field or Fenway Park of casinos," said Nolan Dalla, who ...

17 June 2016
By Chris Kudialis
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