When children go away to college these days, they often carry two “essentials” that weren’t available to prior generations: personal computers and credit cards. According to Nellie Mae, the national student-loan financing corporation, 83 percent of undergraduate students have at least one credit card, and the average balance owed is $2,327.
NEW YORK (AP) — A stumble by Apple set off the worst rout in the stock market since July on Thursday.
Sandwich restaurant chain Jimmy John’s said there was a potential security breach involving customers’ credit and debit card data at 216 of its stores and franchised locations on July 30.
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved an ownership change in the Mountain View Casino in Pahrump Thursday, which returned a member of the Herbst family to the gaming industry. But the discussion was more about medical marijuana.
While the city of Las Vegas is entrenched in a high-profile soccer stadium debate, the UNLV stadium board unceremoniously closed shop Thursday as the panel planned to ship a campus football/multi-purpose stadium report to the state Legislature to meet a Sept. 30 deadline.
MACAU — Macau’s casino junket operators are feeling the squeeze as China’s anti-corruption drive has blown a hole in the world’s biggest gambling hub. Some are shifting players elsewhere, like the Philippines and Vietnam; others are quitting the business.
MGM Resorts International on Thursday selected Don Thrasher as president of Park Holdings, the entity that oversees development of The Park, now under development between the Monte Carlo and New York-New York hotels.
A federal appeals court reinstated a German gambler’s lawsuit with Wynn Las Vegas over a disputed $1.3 million owed to the Strip casino, saying the matter didn’t have to be heard by the Gaming Control Board.
NEW YORK — Yields on bonds from a Caesars Entertainment unit are diverging in a sign that the casino company will be unable to satisfy warring creditor classes and increase the odds of a bankruptcy.
Roof-top solar advocates are raising concerns about recommended changes to Nevada’s net metering policies that they say could discourage consumers from pursuing the alternative energy opportunities.
