The Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada held its annual Women’s Hall of Fame awards Friday, recognizing an eclectic group.
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The city of Henderson envisions itself becoming a nationally recognized bicycle community, the type that lures tourist dollars as a destination.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday to sell an additional 7 million shares of stock.
Las Vegas tourism is two-for-two so far in 2014. Year-to-date visitation rose 5.8 percent in February, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In all, 6.5 million people have come to the city this year, up from the 6.2 million who came at this point in 2013.
Microsoft has released an iPad version of its popular Office software suite, a breakthrough heralding a new era under a CEO who promises to focus more on the devices that people are using instead of trying to protect the company’s lucrative Windows franchise.
Americans barely increased their spending in February following a weak January performance, strong evidence that the severe winter will hold back the economy in the first quarter. Consumer spending rose 0.3 percent following an even weaker 0.2 percent rise in January, the Commerce Department reported.
The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange met Thursday for the final time before Monday’s cutoff for consumers to enroll in coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Their agenda focused on ways to finish sign-ups and how to improve the system.
The Las Vegas retail landscape has seen many changes in 2014. Strip properties have doubled down on their retail offerings to appeal to a Las Vegas visitor, while longtime regional malls such as The Boulevard and Galleria at Sunset have initiated renovation plans.
Nevada businesses sold $3.52 billion in goods in January, up 2.1 percent from $3.45 billion in the same month a year earlier, according to the Nevada Department of Taxation.
Members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions voted Thursday to authorize a strike at 10 downtown Las Vegas casinos and two other properties, though they have not determined when strikes could begin. The authorization comes after a more than a year-and-a-half of negotiation with the casinos, said Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan.