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IN BRIEF

NEW YORK

A tack to lay down tracks

Operators of the Las Vegas Monorail are looking forward to an extension to McCarran International Airport even as the rail system’s debt rating points toward default.

Profits rise for Shuffle Master

A recent stock offering by Shuffle Master prompted Wall Street to sing the gaming equipment provider’s praises.

‘Trust us,’ ad said before bank failed

The day before federal and state regulators seized Silver State Bank of Henderson, its outside advertising firm placed an advertisement suggesting it was sound and secure.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Financial company appoints president

Fed rescue may provide relief

The nation’s continuing credit crunch makes it tougher these days to qualify for home loans in Nevada, but the federal government’s Sunday seizure of the country’s two biggest mortgage companies could eventually mean better access to home loans here, experts said.

IN BRIEF

Station Casinos OKs more terminations

Key Southern Nevada indicators inch higher

The Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose modestly to 130.57 in August, the first upward movement since February, as six of the 10 data series showed gains from a year ago.

TIVOLI BEATS ODDS

Developers of an $850 million retail and residential project in Summerlin are proceeding despite a miserable economic outlook for many mixed-use projects.

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