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Three new perks added for Costco members

As a long-time Costco member, you learn pretty quickly that it’s actually cheaper to be a member than not be one, despite having to pay to shop at the warehouse club.

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Landry’s shareholders to vote on buyout bid

Progressive Gaming replaces boss, gives warning

Technology provider Progressive Gaming International on Thursday replaced its CEO and told investors the company’s financial results for 2008 would fall below previous projections.

Boyd redoes hotel deal

Boyd Gaming Corp. and New York-based Morgans Hotel Group have reworked an agreement to develop two boutique hotels on the stalled Echelon project on the Strip.

JPMorgan will take over thrift

JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired the assets of Washington Mutual Inc.’s banking operations Thursday after federal regulators seized the ailing thrift, the country’s largest.

Campaign ads help local TV stations offset losses

Even as small-business owners dicker over which presidential candidate would best serve commerce, both campaigns have already bolstered at least one sector of the local economy.

DIGGING FOR WORKERS

Mention employee theft, and most business executives picture workers stealing office supplies or skimming the cash register.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Service1st Bank taps vice presidents, officers

IN BRIEF

Judge sees no malice in Plaza name case

Bally averts SEC penalty; ex-execs face action

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled two actions against slot machine maker Bally Technologies on Wednesday, but it filed an administrative action against two of the company’s former financial executives.

Resales rise in the West

Sales of existing homes in the West climbed higher in August from a year ago, bucking a national trend as buyers snatched up sharply discounted foreclosed properties in Nevada, California and Arizona, according to two reports Wednesday.

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