Las Vegas Business News

Barre studio lifts on all levels

Jackie Edlund, owns barre3, a studio that offers group fitness classes that combine yoga, Pilates and ballet barre work.

A boutique fitness studio in Henderson, barre3 offers group fitness classes combining yoga, Pilates and ballet barre ...

Uber controversy highlights complaints about cabs

Demonstrators protest against ride-hailing company Uber in Carson City on Monday, March 30, 2015.

John Katsilometes talks with a limo driver who loves the ride-sharing app ...

Former Las Vegas mayor discusses the future of gaming

Former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst speaks during a Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Power Luncheon at the Rio Wednesday, May 8, 2013. She was honored with the chamber's Free Enterprise Award. Jones Blackhurst is executive vice president of communications & government relations for Caesars Entertainment.

Jan Jones Blackhurst, former mayor of Las Vegas, discusses gambling over the Internet, the bankruptcy of Caesars Entertainment and the importance of corporate giving, among other topics ...

When it comes to health care, Nevada needs more of just about everything

The president and CEO of the Nevada Health Care Association talks about what people can do to affect nursing home care, what would improve health care in Nevada and why it’s important to treat people in the service industry and armed forces with respect.

Nevada’s tax system is failing. Here’s why

General fund revenue tends to fall behind growth in population and incomes. That’s a structural problem. Taxes are out of sync with spending, even if you have no new spending ...

The Notes: April 5-11

In the Notes: MGM Resorts International, Cosmopolitan, Zappos.com, Mayo Clinic, Cream, Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, Maverick Helicopters, Desert Radiologists, Southwest Medical Associates and more ...

People on the Move: April 5-11

In the Notes: Ron Batula, Fafie Moore, Barbara Smith Campbell, Don Hamrick, Christopher Burns, Patty Duffey, Francis Carneiro, David Craig, Loni GRay, Nik Rytterstrom and more ...

Sam Nazarian returns to SBE Entertainment

Sam Nazarian speaks during a press conference at SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014.

Sam Nazarian, the businessman who was unable to secure a full gaming license for his role in SLS Las Vegas, is back at the helm of his Los Angeles-based hospitality and entertainment company ...

Bill would give businesses tax credit for education donation

Nevada Democrats are proposing a bill giving businesses tax credits for donating to early childhood education programs ...

Smith’s recalls some carrot cake containing unlabeled walnuts

Smith’s Food and Drug Stores is recalling some of its in-store bakery carrot cake in Nevada and six other states because it contains walnuts that may not be listed on the label. People who are allergic to walnuts could ...

Judge OKs sale of Revel casino to Florida developer for $82M

The Revel casino is seen Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Atlantic City.

Three years to the day after Atlantic City's $2.4 billion Revel casino opened — and seven months to the day after it closed — a bankruptcy court judge approved its sale to a Florida developer for about 4 cents on the dollar. Judge Gloria Burns approved ...

Caring for vulnerable while living in poverty: Nevada home care workers fight for better pay

Lizabeth Bonilla speaks at a SEIU rally near the McDonald's Restaurant on West Sahara joined by other minimum wage workers to support raising the minimum wage in Nevada on Thursday, March, 26, 2015.

For 42 years, Lizabeth Bonilla has dressed the wounds of the elderly and ailing, carried the weak and bathed the dying. At 59, her body always aches. But it's the pay that ...

McDonald’s: Workers to get pay hikes at company-owned stores

In this Dec. 20, 2010, file photo, McDonald's signs sprout from the restaurant's parking lot in New York.

McDonald's says it's raising pay for workers at company-owned U.S. restaurants, making it the latest employer to sweeten worker incentives in an improving economy ...

MGM Resorts finalizes sale of Railroad Pass

The marquee of the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino stands along the highway Friday, July 29, 2011.

MGM Resorts International has completed its sale of the Railroad Pass casino to a local real estate professional ...

Court issues order blocking Allegiant pilot strike

Allegiant Air pilots picket in front of Allegiant Air headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Summerlin. Pilots, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, have been in contract negations with the company for two years, a union representative said.

A federal judge has tabled a short-lived effort by Allegiant Air pilots to go on strike, an attempted escalation in a lengthy labor dispute that would have grounded ...

Cuts in Medicare Advantage program could affect 130,000 Nevada patients

The federal government is considering enacting a 1 percent payment reduction to Medicare Advantage health providers in 2016 in an effort to reduce taxpayer costs. But patients and advocates say such a change would hurt health care in Southern Nevada and beyond.

Allegiant Air taking on another $37.5 million in debt

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

After going on a borrowing binge last year, Allegiant Air is taking on more debt. The Las Vegas-based discount airline today closed on a loan to borrow $30 million, putting up two Airbus A319 aircraft as collateral. The carrier also obtained ...

Report: Las Vegas homes among nation’s most overvalued

A for sale sign stands outside a bank-owned home in North Las Vegas, Feb. 18, 2009.

Las Vegas’ housing market is one of the most overvalued in the country, as investors pushed up prices amid limited supply and a sluggish economy, a new report says. Fitch Ratings said today that housing demand ...

Report: Nevada among most financially illiterate states

Nevada is near the bottom of yet another ranking of Americans’ financial health, with dismal findings of consumer spending habits. The Silver State is second last among U.S. states and the District of Columbia for ...

February gaming revenue down on the Strip, statewide

Tapanee “Jib Jib” Songsee deals blackjack Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Cromwell.

Nevada gaming revenue declined slightly February, driven by a notable drop on the Strip, the state reported today. The Gaming Control Board said casinos won ...