Phone service to as many as 60,000 Embarq Corp. customers, including all state offices in Southern Nevada, will be disrupted for as long as two days because of a construction mishap, the phone company said Wednesday.
A second local casino company is cutting into its employees’ retirement funds to battle the slowdown in customer spending.
Neither a recession nor trouble for General Motors could stop a big regional car dealer from taking a chance on a shuttered northwest Chevrolet dealership.
Las Vegas visitation fell 10.2 percent to 3 million people in October, the biggest drop since a 14.1 percent decline in September 2001.
At a time when many commercial developments have halted construction or gone bankrupt, the 123-suite Element by Westin is substantially complete and scheduled to open Dec. 18 in Las Vegas, near the Las Vegas Beltway and Town Center Drive.
By STEVE TETREAULTSTEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
