There’s a big rig on the highways around Las Vegas and nobody’s driving. Oh, there’s a “driver” in the cab, but he’s handling some administrative chores while the autonomous system in Daimler Trucks North America’s Freightliner Inspiration Truck maintains its lanes, monitors surrounding traffic and runs at a speed of peak efficiency.
A high-tech company with a Las Vegas office has netted funding for expansion. Banjo, a California-based company that develops social-media apps, announced Wednesday that it received $100 million in funding from Softbank and BlueRun Ventures, a venture-capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif.
Clark County commissioners have put their support behind the widely debated concept of regulatory standards for transportation network companies, including ride-sharing companies such as San Francisco-based Uber.
Bankrupt Caesars Entertainment had its best quarterly performance since 2008 because of improving results at its Las Vegas properties and higher volume in its online poker offering.
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk wrote in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that Tesla still plans $1.5 billion in capital spending this year to expand production capacity, buy production tooling for the Model X and complete its large battery “gigafactory” in Northern Nevada and other facilities.
The bankrupt operating unit of casino company Caesars Entertainment Corp. agreed to grant creditors access to records through an independent examiner probing pre-bankruptcy deals, but a judge said on Wednesday he will wait until Monday to approve the agreement.
Las Vegas-based Meadows Bank on Wednesday announced it posted net income after tax of about $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2015 — 28 percent higher than its earnings during the same period in 2014.
Zappos’ new manager-free policy has resulted in 210 out of 1,503 employees — nearly 14 percent — accepting a buyout deal from the Las Vegas-based online shoe and apparel retailer.
CARSON CITY — A joint money subcommittee Wednesday recommended shutting down Nevada’s Foreclosure Mediation Program, citing a recovering housing market and fewer participants than at the height of the recession when the program was established.
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