Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today he is reconvening the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee to look into ongoing issues in the gaming industry. The committee will bring together ...
15 January 2016
By Megan Messerly
A Las Vegas mail carrier has been identified as the winner of a $779,264 Powerball prize from a drawing last week. A news release from the California Lottery said ...
15 January 2016
By Ric Anderson
Over the holidays, I twice attended Nevada Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. On my way to the valet lane ...
15 January 2016
By John Katsilometes
Never before has Wall Street gotten off to a worse start to a year. The stock market capped the first two weeks of 2016 with a steep slide Friday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 400 points. The Dow ...
15 January 2016
By Alex Veiga, Associated Press
The Cosmopolitan casino-hotel says it doesn't have plans to follow in MGM Resorts' footsteps and charge for parking on the Las Vegas Strip. The company said Friday that it had no changes planned but ...
15 January 2016
Associated Press
An appeals court ruled Friday that Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino was within its rights to end health insurance and pension benefits to its workers, removing the last major obstacle to billionaire Carl Icahn taking over. The court ruled in favor of the casino's parent company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, which ended ...
15 January 2016
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Retail giant Wal-Mart announced today the closing 154 U.S. stores, including one in the northeast Las Vegas Valley. The Wal-Mart Supercenter at 4350 N. Nellis Blvd. will close its doors for good at ...
15 January 2016
By Chris Kudialis
Advocates of rooftop solar are opening a new front in their challenge of increased bills for NV Energy solar customers. Two law firms filed a class-action lawsuit in Clark County District Court this week. The suit, filed Tuesday, alleges ...
15 January 2016
By Daniel Rothberg
Wynn Resorts Ltd. said today it expected to report a steep decline in revenue from its China operations in the fourth quarter of 2015, though it would anticipate a stronger financial performance in ...
15 January 2016
By J.D. Morris
In a city built on luring tourists with cheap thrills and free cocktails, a big part of the Las Vegas Strip will soon slash away its most basic freebie: parking. MGM Resorts International announced Friday that it will become the first ...
15 January 2016
By Sally Ho, Associated Press
Yes, this is scary. Stock prices plunged again Friday and are down more than 8 percent in just two weeks, an unprecedented slide for a start of a year. The vicious drops feel even more unsettling because they're such ...
15 January 2016
By Stan Choe, Associated Press
Las Vegas once was a hot spot for land speculators, who couldn’t get enough desert tracts to develop or flip to other investors. Sales evaporated with the recession and recovered a bit a few years ago. But today, the land business has ...
15 January 2016
By Eli Segall
By most measures, last year was a pretty good one for the Las Vegas tourism industry. Visitation in 2015 surpassed the record set one year earlier by about 1.2 million people, preliminary figures show, and officials expect ...
15 January 2016
By J.D. Morris
Haier Group, the world's biggest appliance maker, is buying General Electric Co.'s appliance business for $5.4 billion to expand its global presence ...
15 January 2016
Associated Press
Nevada-based Go Solar is laying off 17 employees in Las Vegas and reducing the hours of 10 workers, the rooftop solar company announced today. The cuts were prompted by ...
14 January 2016
By Daniel Rothberg
MGM Resorts International announced today it has chosen two businessmen with investment banking backgrounds to lead the real estate investment trust into ...
14 January 2016
By J.D. Morris
Las Vegas-based data company Switch is growing again. SUPERNAP International, an entity formed by Switch in partnership with investors ACDC Fund, said today it had begun building a $300 million data center in Thailand, the first of its type in ...
14 January 2016
By Ric Anderson
Harvest by Roy Ellamar offers New American cuisine as a store dedicated to Nike products premieres at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood ...
14 January 2016
By Pashtana Usufzy
The Public Utilities Commission clarified regulatory language on Wednesday, allowing three gaming companies to purchase energy on the open market. But the gaming companies did not get nearly all they asked for. They still face a collective $126.6 million in fees and additional future fees, which could dampen ...
14 January 2016
By Daniel Rothberg
Nevada homeowners were slapped with a rising tally of foreclosure filings last year, bucking a nationwide drop as the state remained among ...
13 January 2016
By Eli Segall
