The owner of Via Brasil Steakhouse, near Summerlin, discusses his restaurant’s new brunch service, the benefits and drawbacks of running a business with a spouse, and what he learned from his parents about being a better man and businessman.
A Cox Communications executive with roots in Las Vegas was recently back home for the company’s “Shark Tank”-inspired event Get Started. She spoke with us about the future of her industry, including health care, and whether a la carte TV channels will ever be available.
John Katsilometes catches up with Danny Pintauro, the “Who’s the Boss?” actor who recently shared a big secret on national television and thrust himself into the role of HIV activist.
When Uber and Lyft returned to Las Vegas last month, the companies were fixed on one prize: passengers hailing rides to and from the Strip. But hotels along Las Vegas Boulevard already had longstanding set-ups geared to taxis. Since launching, however, the companies appear to have ironed out plans with a majority of Strip resorts. Request a ride from Lyft at Caesars Palace, and the app provides directions for how to do it. The staging area ...
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called her a “formidable candidate.” A national campaign group praised her. But when it came time for Heather Murren to decide ...
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Jim Gianoulakis was 8 years old the first time he touched a telescope. To this day, he remembers that moment. Gianoulakis, now 60, is a longtime member of the Las Vegas Astronomical Society, a 35-year-old club that includes about 100 amateur astronomers. Their goal: to make the public more aware of the wonders of the night sky. But the society recently embraced a new mission ...
As more states scrutinize the daily fantasy sports industry, the office of Nevada's attorney general said it used DraftKings' own words and online images as evidence ...
What is less clear is whether the leading fantasy sports companies will eventually find a way to return to the state after suspending operations here ...
In recent months, Rolltech, a downtown Las Vegas-based tech startup that tracks bowling scores, has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, from ESPN to ...
Las Vegas’ foreclosure activity ramped up last month, making the valley one of the hardest-hit areas in the country, a new report shows. One in every 480 homes in Southern Nevada ...
Wynn Resorts, the casino company that owns the Wynn and Encore on the Strip as well as property in Macau, reported its third quarter earnings today. CEO Steve Wynn made it clear on a conference call to discuss the quarterly earnings that ...
Nevada regulators today banned providers of daily fantasy sports, a booming but controversial industry that many argue is akin to gambling, from operating in the state until ...
Nevada Gaming Commission member Pat Mulroy has resigned that post and joined the board of directors for Wynn Resorts. Mulroy submitted her resignation to Gov. Brian Sandoval a few hours before ...
The Teamsters union is making a new push to end contract negotiations with Allegiant Air and move closer to a strike by pilots. That doesn't mean a strike is imminent, however. The union said Thursday it asked the National Mediation Board to ...
Citigroup said Thursday its earnings jumped 36 percent in the third quarter as the bank continued to cut expenses and clean up its books in the wake of the financial crisis. The New York-based bank earned $3.99 billion, or $1.31 per share, excluding payments to ...
One company is Las Vegas-based Invideon LLC, a cloud video surveillance service provider, which raised $4 million in June from a Russian venture firm, according to Crunchbase, a site that tracks investments. The second company VentureSource named was Filament, a Reno startup ...
The FBI has begun an inquiry into the practices of booming daily fantasy sports websites after players of the games and lawmakers made allegations of predatory tactics and questioned the use of inside information, according to fantasy players who said they ...
14 October 2015
By Joe Drape and Jacqueline Williams, New York Times News Service
