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Richard N. Velotta

Rick Velotta
Assistant Business Editor

Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.

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MAGIC 2019: Group warns public on real costs of tariffs

If the trade war with China escalates, it could cost a family of four an additional $500 a year for their clothing and shoes. That’s the outlook from Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel Footwear Association.