Las Vegas Business News

Ferrari dealership inside Wynn Las Vegas casino to close

An exterior view of the Wynn and Encore Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

A gambler's chance to win big and buy a luxury Ferrari or Maserati without ever leaving the Wynn Las Vegas resort-casino is speeding away. A Wynn Las Vegas spokesman confirmed the Penske-Wynn Ferrari dealership ...

Investment treaty between China and U.S. key business goal

When Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of some of the top names in Chinese and American business Wednesday, they may be most interested what he says about progress toward a treaty between the nations that would provide a framework for broader investment in ...

Las Vegas’ unemployment rate falls to 7 percent in August

The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on Tuesday released the breakdown of counties' jobless rates, which found 73,400 jobless people in Southern Nevada ...

Former Nevada Congressman Horsford among two political hires by gaming association

Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford addresses Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., at a public meeting about the conservation of Southern Nevada's public lands on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.

Horsford will be a strategic communications consultant for the gaming association, and his work will include helping the group’s efforts around diversity and workforce development. He was elected to represent Nevada’s 4th Congressional District in 2012 but ...

Wynn Interactive withdraws N.J. online license application

In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, photo, Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts, delivers the keynote address at Colliers International Annual Seminar at the Boston Convention Center in Boston. Wynn delivered the keynote speech Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at a Las Vegas conference for printing technology company Electronics for Imaging.

Casino mogul Steve Wynn is passing on Atlantic City, again. In the decades since he left the Jersey shore for the more prosperous sands of Las Vegas ...

U.S. rejects protections for greater sage grouse across West

A male sage grouse, left, struts with two other males during mating season in April 2000, in Northern Nevada.

The Interior Department said today that the greater sage grouse, a ground-dwelling bird whose vast range spans 11 Western states, does not need federal protections after a costly effort to reverse the species' decline without reshaping the ...

Starbucks: Mobile order-and-pay now available nationally

In this March 18, 2015, file photo, Adam Brotman, Starbucks chief digital officer, talks about the company's new mobile ordering app at Starbucks Coffee Company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. The Seattle-based coffee chain says its mobile app that lets people order and pay in advance will be available nationally starting Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015.

Starbucks says its mobile app that lets people order and pay in advance will be available nationally starting today. That means lattes, breakfast sandwiches and other items you want could theoretically be waiting for you by the time ...

U.S. stocks head lower on renewed concerns about global growth

U.S. stocks are heading lower today amid renewed worries about the outlook for global growth. The price of oil fell, pushing energy stocks lower. Drugmakers also dropped, adding to their losses from Monday, when they ...

Speed Vegas breaks ground on 90-acre ‘extreme driving experience’

Erik Pappa, Clark County director of public communications, takes a photo of a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550 during a ground breaking ceremony for Speed Vegas, a $30 million, 90-acre racetrack project on Las Vegas Boulevard south of the M Resort, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. The project is expected to open in early 2016.

Speed Vegas plans to open a 1.5-mile racetrack at Sloan Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, just off Interstate 15, next spring. Visitors would be able to grab the wheel — or strap in to the passenger seat — of a Ferrari, Lamborghini ...

Luxury Henderson condo complex is sold for more than $38 million

Sunset falls on one of several pools Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Vantage Lofts, an upscale apartment complex in Henderson that was mothballed during the recession. An investor completed the complex after buying it in 2013.

Vantage Lofts was a mothballed condo complex, abandoned during the downturn, and after changing hands a few times became one of Southern Nevada’s most expensive rental ...

Uber, Lyft fares higher in L.V. than in many other cities

In this Feb. 28, 2014, photo, Lyft driver Brittany Cameron drives her vehicle as she gives a ride to Jennie Morris in Denver. Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft are now serving Nevada.

Getting to the Las Vegas Pride festival or the iHeartRadio Music Festival left some residents experiencing sticker shock at the high cost of taking an Uber or Lyft. But it wasn’t just ...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares huge property tax hike

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, with corporation counsel Steve Patton by his side, presides over the Chicago City Council for the first time after being re-elected mayor, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Chicago.

After watching for years as their city's financial troubles piled up, Chicago homeowners will be told this week that it's time for them to start paying the tab ...

Uber, Lyft drivers cited for operating at Las Vegas airport

An Uber driver takes a passenger for a ride Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Clark County issued at least 87 misdemeanor citations to Uber and Lyft drivers last week for operating on airport property without permission ...

U.S. home sales slide in August after 3 months of solid gains

A house is shown for sale in Henderson.

U.S. home sales slid in August by the most since January as tight supplies and rising prices discouraged potential buyers. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of ...

U.S. stocks rise, led by energy stocks as oil prices climb

U.S. stocks are higher in midday trading as investors try to look beyond the uncertain timing of a possible interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed ...

The List: Office furniture, equipment and supply dealerships

Find out about office furniture, equipment and supply dealerships. This week, we rank them by number of employees as of July 31.

Mr. Las Vegas is back: Wayne Newton returns to Shenandoah

Wayne Newton at his home Casa de Shenandoah on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Wayne Newton, for decades an icon of the Las Vegas entertainment scene, thought he’d never return to Casa de Shenandoah, where he’d lived since 1968. Buzz Aldrin seemed more likely to return to ...

Clark County School District working on new formula for education

Math teacher Kelli Greenwald reviews some problems with middle school students attending the CCSD online school Nevada Learning Academy on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

Some students prefer online school because it allows them flexibility to learn at their own pace. For other students, nothing can match the experience of learning face-to-face with a teacher in a classroom. But what if you could combine the two? ...

It’s red light, green light for Uber and Lyft

An Uber driver takes a passenger for a ride Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas.

After a year of wrangling, Uber finally is back on the road. And Lyft workers started driving local customers Sept. 15. We’re a little late to the game — Uber operates in ...

Say ‘thank you’ and ‘you’re welcome’ at once

A wedding gift box at the Welcome Bag Shoppe in Henderson Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.

When Scheme Events launched in 2010 and started getting overrun with welcome bag orders, they decided a full, separate business made sense. So in 2013, Welcome Bag Shoppe was born to save clients the time and energy of stuffing bags.