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Fast, fun, often fuel-efficient

The automobile industry is constantly coming out with new technology that makes cars more fuel-efficient, more enjoyable to ride and safer to drive, a spokeswoman for Motor Trend International Auto Show said Wednesday.

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Sale of funeral homes in play

The Nevada attorney general’s office and the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday said they reached an antitrust agreement over Service Corporation International’s planned acquisition of Palm Mortuary Inc., the dominant funeral and cemetery service company in the Las Vegas area.

Mortgage fraud crackdown planned

State and federal officials are joining forces to combat rampant mortgage relief scams, federal and state officials announced Tuesday.

Pinnacle cuts back plans for casino in Louisiana

Pinnacle Entertainment scaled back plans for a Louisiana casino project, the first changes to the project since the departure of Las Vegas-based company’s chief executive officer this month.

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World Market Center said to default on $217.4 million loan

FDIC report: Nevada banks still struggling

Banks with Nevada charters continued to bleed red ink in the third quarter as the economy limped along, according to data released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Tuesday.

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Retail gasoline prices heading down nationally, data show

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