Gold gained 2% to nearly $5,100 an ounce, while silver jumped 6.4% to about $108 per ounce. The value of precious metals has surged in recent months as investors sought relatively safe places to invest.
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Las Vegas’ airport on Sunday has already seen more than 100 flight cancellations and delays as a massive storm brings bad weather across the country.
After more than 30 years without enforcement, an HOA recently began issuing violation notices and scheduling hearings for homeowners parking in their driveways.
Check out this guide for travelers as flight disruptions are stacking up because of a winter storm affecting half the U.S. population.
Although the weather in Southern Nevada is expected to be relatively mild, cancellations in other cities are affecting Harry Reid International Airport.
The committee declined to advance an amendment to a larger spending bill that would restore a gambler’s ability to deduct 100 percent of losses on annual tax filings.
Plans to build the Las Vegas version of New York’s Plaza Hotel have been postponed, a spokesman for the project’s owners told The Wall Street Journal.
The Las Vegas jobless rate worsened by three-tenths of a percent, reaching 6.8 percent in July — more than 1 percentage point higher than the national average, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation disclosed Friday.
The sky is not falling on the nation’s renewable energy industry, a trade group leader says, and, in fact, Nevada’s biggest renewable power resource industries is booming.
Developer William Plise agreed with creditors Thursday over most of the amounts owed on the $2 billion City Crossing mixed-use development in Henderson, though the structure of some loans left questions about exact outstanding balances.
Soft-core pornographer Joe Francis has caused casino developer Steve Wynn to go wild.
Silver State Bancorp, the $2 billion-asset holding company for a similarly named Henderson bank, on Thursday disclosed it may not be able to continue as a “going concern” as presidential politics began to swirl around former director Andrew McCain, son of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Stephanie Fournier can’t stop kids from growing but she can make it a lot cheaper for parents to keep up.
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The city’s mayor started tearing down a building to kick off the project.
Ahead of its grand opening, the Boca Park 99 Ranch Market has announced details about what shoppers can expect inside the new store.
The expanded department store version of the grocery store employs 200 people.
NV Energy is now offering to refund all customers, with interest, that it overcharged dating back to 2002.
