Visitors pour in from the Strip on Thursday after the Barbary Coast reopens as Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon. Harrah's Entertainment acquired the hotel-casino in a land swap.
Photo by Gary Thompson.
IN BRIEF State Farm to grant policyholder dividends
Nevada sales up 3 percent CARSON CITY -- A state report Thursday shows that halfway through the fiscal year, Nevada merchants sold $25 billion in goods for a 3 percent increase, while tax collections based on the sales are slightly below projections.
Status quo for Business Bank after buyout Business Bank customers will not see many changes for a few months, but $15.5 billion-asset City National Corp. of Los Angeles closed on its $165 million acquisition of the Las Vegas bank about midnight Wednesday.
Adelson: Life good in China MACAU -- Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, one of America's richest men, dismissed critics of China on Thursday, saying that the Chinese are living a good life and the United States shouldn't try to police the entire world.
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