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VegasTechFund rebrands as VTF Capital, will focus on commerce startups

VegasTechFund rebrands as VTF Capital, will focus on commerce startups

VegasTechFund, backed by investors that include Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, announced it is changing its name to VTF Capital, a brand it hopes will better reflect its focus on ...

PUC OKs deal aimed at bolstering renewable energy in Las Vegas

The City of Las Vegas is one step closer to being powered 100 percent by renewable energy. The Public Utilities Commission approved a …

NV Energy part of group challenging solar ballot measure

NV Energy is one of the groups behind a legal effort to disqualify a proposed referendum, backed by the solar industry, that would restore a prior rate structure for rooftop solar customers. A spokesperson for the utility confirmed NV Energy’s involvement …

Stuck in neutral: Faraday Future hasn’t sparked land sales at Apex park

A sign advertises industrial land near Interstate 15 and Highway 93, north of Las Vegas Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Electric car start-up Faraday Future plans to build a $1 billion auto plant in the Apex Industrial Park.

If all goes as planned, Faraday Future's arrival would usher in thousands of jobs and possibly attract other development to the isolated industrial park. But so far, Faraday’s widely cheered site selection hasn’t sparked a ...

Caesars reports revenue increase for fourth quarter, all of 2015

An exterior view of Caesars Palace, June 6, 2013.

Caesars Entertainment, the casino giant that operates many big resorts on the Strip and elsewhere, reported its fourth quarter and full-year earnings Tuesday ...

Protesters demonstrate at Trump International on GOP caucus night

The Culinary Workers Union 226 members hold a protest at the Trump International Hotel & Tower to highlight its organizing campaign on caucus day, Tuesday, February 23, 2016.

Donald Trump walked out the front entrance of his Las Vegas hotel Tuesday evening and waved to onlookers as he stepped inside a black SUV, paying no attention to the union protesters marching along the street nearby. Trump was clearly more concerned with ...

Appeals court upholds limit on sharing of tips among workers

Businesses cannot collect tips given to waiters, casino dealers or other service employees to share with backend support staff such as dishwashers even if the tipped employees are receiving ...

Alaska to take applications for pot businesses

A regulatory board in Alaska will begin accepting applications Wednesday for marijuana business licenses. It's the next step in setting up the state's legal pot …

H&M sets sights on Summerlin; brew pub eyes new locale

Shoppers and workers make their way along the walkways during the Grand Opening of Downtown Summerlin on Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Attention, fashionistas. Downtown Summerlin will soon welcome a popular, trendy clothing store boasting low prices. For beer lovers, plans to construct a local tavern are brewing ...

H&M sets sights on Summerlin; brew pub eyes new locale

Shoppers and workers make their way along the walkways during the Grand Opening of Downtown Summerlin on Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Attention, fashionistas. Downtown Summerlin will soon welcome a popular, trendy clothing store boasting low prices. For beer lovers, plans to construct a local tavern are brewing ...

Governor revives New Energy Industry Task Force

Angela Dykema

Gov. Brian Sandoval has revived the New Energy Industry Task Force to encourage development of clean energy sources and find ways to improve …

Gates backs government efforts in Apple case

Bill Gates is supportive of investigators' efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, saying a balance needs to be struck between government access and the need to …

Budget carrier flies in face of trans-Atlantic establishment

Parked Boeing 737-800 aircrafts belonging to budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle are seen at Stockholm Arlanda Airport Thursday, March 5, 2015.

First there was Laker Airways. Then there was People Express. Both airlines shared a similar, if ultimately unsuccessful, goal: to bring low fares to the trans-Atlantic market. Now, there is Norwegian Air Shuttle ...

Las Vegas rooftop solar company files for bankruptcy

Local rooftop solar installer Summerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC filed for voluntary bankruptcy Monday evening, after the company ceased all operations and terminated almost all of ...

Surge in crude oil pushes energy, other stocks higher

Energy stocks are leading an early rally on Wall Street after the price of crude oil surged ...

Somehow it works: Unusual business neighbors in Las Vegas

Somehow it works: Unusual business neighbors in Las Vegas

A tattoo parlor, a gay bar and an evangelical church share space in one strip mall. Next door to an organic Mexican restaurant sits the world’s largest strip club. These are just a few of the many odd pairings that can be found throughout Southern Nevada, where ...

The Data: Feb. 21-27

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].

Henderson company on the ground floor of drone industry’s takeoff

Jonathan Daniels, leading the design and management of The Aerodrome, is helping to build the Eldorado Droneport in Boulder City area and operating a teaching facility in Henderson on Friday, February 5, 2016.

In the next year, Aerodrome, in partnership with the city, plans to create a runway, build facilities and, it hopes, receive a permanent airport designation from the Federal Aviation Administration ...

The Notes: Philanthropy, Feb. 21-27

In the Notes: Suzey Sligh VanNess, Through the Eyes of a Child Foundation, Bank of America, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Las Vegas Sands, College of Southern Nevada, Tanna Prince, Habit Burger Grill and more ...

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