• Out of Africa: Catch the rhythm of tribal drums and acquire chic crocheted treasures at the Max & Co. & Africa & You event Saturday. From 2 to 6 p.m. Max & Co. customers can check out the special launch of precious natural accessories handmade in Africa through a collaboration with the International Trade Centre and over 500 Kenyan women. Twenty percent off vouchers will also be available. Max & Co. is located at Mandalay Place. Call 795-1015 for more information.
You’ve heard women love their shoes, but more than a dozen men in Las Vegas can challenge the depth of that love.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended a broad overhaul of military spending that would increase the Pentagon’s overall budget by 4 percent, but still slashing some giant weapons programs and the gold-gilt private-sector jobs that go with them.
AUSTIN, Texas — Casino gambling in Texas should be done with a bang — with large resorts that attract convention-goers and tourists, proponents including a prominent Las Vegas casino developer told state lawmakers Wednesday.
The managers and directors of Henderson-based Silver State Bancorp. are to blame for the failure of the $1.9 billion asset bank last September, but federal bank examiners should have spotted problems and intervened earlier, the Inspector General’s Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in a report.
New York banking giant JP Morgan Chase has opened a loan modification center in Las Vegas, one of 24 across the nation, to help borrowers struggling to make their mortgage payments.
RENO — The lender who foreclosed on the Cal Neva Resort at Lake Tahoe has assumed ownership of the hotel-casino once owned by Frank Sinatra after no one offered to buy it at public auctions in California and Nevada.
Pulte Homes’ purchase of Centex Homes will help the homebuilder strengthen its local market share and reach a new segment of homebuyers, industry officials said Wednesday.
The Gaming Control Board is tapping personnel within its already depleted ranks to establish a team of experts to handle regulatory and licensing requirements that are expected to spring up because of anticipated bankruptcies and financial restructurings in the casino industry.
Following the trend of recent months, home sales in Las Vegas increased substantially in March from the same month a year ago while median prices continued to fall.
