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.
Business
For Las Vegas business news covering casinos, energy, housing, entrepreneurs and more turn to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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.
A slump in Las Vegas conventions and tourism has Southern Nevada boosters reconsidering the schedule for an $890 million renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Las Vegas Realtor Erin Schlumpf claims her career was destroyed by a June 3 USA Today article about mortgage fraud in Las Vegas that featured a home she sold in the Sunrise Mountain area.
Key indicators for Southern Nevada’s tourism industry declined in May, dragging a local economic index to its lowest level since 2003.
Just how cool is Cuil? It depends whom you ask, as folks either love the new Internet search engine (www.cuil.com) or they hate it.
Vestin Group Inc.’s real estate investment trusts continued to bleed red ink in the second quarter, as the amount of problem loan totals grew, reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show.
About 3.2 million people visited Las Vegas in June, a 3.1 percent drop from the same month last year.
Gamblers lost $949 million in Nevada casinos in June, a 1.1 percent decrease from the same period last year.
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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.
