Coming in this week’s Las Vegas Business Press
BANKING ON OPTIMISM: Nevada banks had a rough 2010. Four lenders were seized by regulators and most of the remaining banks lost money in the first three quarters. Nevertheless, many local banking officials believe the crisis is past and fates will improve in the coming year.
THE FIX IS IN: Rick Dale and his business, Rick's Restorations, make vintage items, from gasoline pumps to soda machines to keepsakes with sentimental value, look new again.
EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: Executive Gaming managing partner Jason Woywod describes lessons from his father and his affection for beaches.
THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS PRESS POLL QUESTION
The Supreme Court will consider whether to let a class action lawsuit against
Wal-Mart that could affect up to 1.5 million women continue. The lawsuit, first filed by six women in 2001, claims Wal-Mart pays women less than men and promotes them less frequently, but the company says the women should sue the individual stores since there is no companywide policy of discrimination. Critics say the Wal-Mart case, which was allowed to proceed after a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, could spark an avalanche of similar class action lawsuits throughout the West.
Do you think the courts should impose limits on who can qualify to be included in a class action lawsuit?
Answer at www.lvbusinesspress.com/poll
Polling closes at noon Wednesday
