Las Vegas is on pace for 40,000 existing-home sales and 5,000 new-home sales in 2009, but a second wave of foreclosures will continue to put downward pressure on pricing through the end of the year, housing analyst Larry Murphy said Thursday at his quarterly Crystal Ball seminar.
Western Alliance Bancorporation, holding company for Bank of Nevada, reported Thursday that ink ran red in the second quarter though not as fast as during the first quarter.
A dealer who spent two decades at Caesars Palace has sued the Strip resort and parent company Harrah’s Entertainment in federal court claiming that exposure to secondhand smoke forced her to quit her casino job.
An engine without pistons, without a crankshaft and without cylinder heads?
Less than a year after opening, the smart center Las Vegas, a full-service sales and service center for smart fortwo vehicles, is No. 1 in the country for customer service and is on track to become No. 1 in the region for sales.
The Toyota Tundra has emerged from a fresh makeover to tempt truckers with more content, updated styling and a more fuel-efficient engine added to the roster.
When Victor “Doc” Moss, former commander of American Legion Post 149, found himself without a space to house the motorcycle safety program the Legion uses to raise funds for military families, he had a dilemma on his hands.
Kids these days. You would think they have nothing better to do than drive around with the music cranked, challenging other drivers to race from stoplight to stoplight. OK, so we all did that at one time or another.
Bravely bucking the trend of scaling back, Mercedes-Benz USA decided Las Vegas needed a second dealership for its premier lineup of sedans, coupes, SUVs and roadsters. Mercedes-Benz of Henderson has been open and ready for business since May 1.
Take a walk near the small towns that sit perched on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and it’s impossible to ignore the signs nailed to fences, telephone poles and beach houses that lead to the sand dunes of coastal California.
Mark Chernine has returned to his roots in the car business with Fletcher Jones Imports at 7300 W. Sahara Ave.
Tilman Fertitta talked, and Wall Street didn’t like what it heard. On Friday Moody’s Investors Service downgraded debt on the Golden Nugget hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and Laughlin.
Even the cheeriest Las Vegas booster couldn’t have summed up San Diego’s Comic Con better than Ellen Goldsmith-Vein. “It’s the Las Vegas of conventions for this type of material,” Goldsmith-Vein, owner of the Gotham Group, an animation company, who’s been to 18 Comic Cons, told the New York Daily News this week. “It’s an opportunity for fans to meet artists and buy artwork and see new stuff that’s coming out.”
Mild-mannered Mo Denis, the veteran Assembly Democrat, figures to win in a walk in the 2010 race for Senate District 2 seat being vacated by the term-limited Maggie Carlton. In fact, I’m guessing Friday’s announcement that he was seeking the seat came more out of an interest in dissuading primary challengers than any deep concern about beating a tough opponent in the general election.
A 2-year-old child remains in critical condition today after being shot by her 4-year-old brother Thursday evening.
The former day care worker who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a toddler surrendered to authorities in District Court today. … Alica Wegner is facing a retrial in the death of 14-month-old Kierra Harrison, a toddler who died two days after being in Wegner’s care.
