It’s no secret small businesses are essential to the economy. The latest U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners reported women owned 7.8 million businesses and accounted for 28.7 percent of all businesses nationwide. These small business firms generated $1.2 trillion in receipts. Given the challenges facing small businesses overall in this current economic climate, now more than ever women are navigating work-life demands, business management and talent retention issues.
When children head off to school, it’s assumed that they’ll be in a safe place where they’ll be well taken care of. For the most part, that’s the truth. But for children with diabetes, the school environment can pose a serious health risk if there’s no one on site to help them manage their disease.
Warner Bros. has moved the release of “Gangster Squad” to January after the film’s climactic cinema shoot-out scene drew comparisons to the Aurora, Colo., shooting.
The Nevada Republican Party is getting $166,000 from the national GOP to run an election-year voter registration drive and voter identification program, state party Chairman Michael McDonald said Thursday.
Bat-fan and comic-book historian Arlen Schumer is worried. He fears the mass shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., will forever be associated with the legend of Batman.
Katherine Jackson is apparently back home, reuniting with Michael Jackson’s children after a judge temporarily took away her guardianship because of her dayslong absence from them.
Bat-fan and comic-book historian Arlen Schumer fears the mass shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Colorado will forever be associated with the legend of Batman.
While it’s impossible to declare a “Fifty Shades of Grey” baby boomlet, some moms and moms-to-be attribute their pregnancies to sex inspired by the erotic trilogy that went mainstream early this year.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday accepted a settlement on a disciplinary matter with Caesars Entertainment Corp., which agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to the state over multiple charges of gambling and alcohol consumption by under-age customers at several of the company’s Strip resorts between 2010 and May of this year.
Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. took a beating Thursday, a day after the company missed second-quarter earnings projections by 27 percent.
The developer of the Town Square shopping and office complex south of the Strip has sued the Connecticut investment fund that foreclosed on it last year, seeking more than $300 million in damages.
Table gaming and casino management equipment supplier Shuffle Master was given approval Thursday to manufacture and provide interactive gaming systems by state gaming regulators.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is paying the state a $100,000 fine to settle underage gambling charges, but may face a stiffer penalty if it happens again.
Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Las Vegas to attend the Disabled American Veterans conference next week.
