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Debt Thick, Goodbye Nic

Bear with us while we try out a few puns based on Nicolas Cage movies.

Major solar power plant proposed

KINGMAN, Ariz. — A solar power plant being billed as the largest in the United States is being proposed for a site outside Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Median sales price decline slows in Washoe

RENO – Median price declines for new homes in the Reno-Sparks area slowed down in the last quarter of 2009.

COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

A NEW CHAPTER: Kara Kelley, who will retire April 1 as president and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, reflects on leading the agency through nation-leading economic growth and failure, public tangles with powerful political leaders and punishing fallouts with some of the city’s biggest companies.

Industrial space available — for a while

Industrial vacancy topped 10 percent in Las Vegas and there’s virtually no industrial space under construction or planned for the next 24 months, CB Richard Ellis brokerage reported in its fourth-quarter MarketView.

LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONS

Some of the largest conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area:

Yo, bud: There’s a way to stay tuned in during workouts

There was more than 3-D television at the International Consumer Electronics Show this year. Some high-tech, some low-tech and some no-tech. Among the gems were customized earbuds, a video handbag and a supersimple, automatic way to back up your computer files.

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