Blogs: Business Notebook

Flu could bring new challenges to struggling businesses

By Steve Green · April 30, 2009 · 2 AM

The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is out with some solid recommendations for businesses to help them prepare for a potential flu pandemic. An online kit is available for free here. This advice from the chamber makes sense as it offers a way to avoid layoffs in the event the outbreak deepens the recession: "A pandemic flu outbreak may create changes in consumer spending habits and could reduce the number of visitors to Las Vegas. These changes may affect your ...

‘Beverly Hillbillies’ star being sued over project he put on hold

By Steve Green · April 29, 2009 · 2 AM

For more than a decade now, Beverly Hillbillies star Max Baer Jr. has been hoping to build his “Jethro Bodine’s Beverly Hillbillies Mansion and Casino” near Carson City.

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Vegas takes starring role in ‘environmental thriller,’ nuclear attack

By Steve Green · April 28, 2009 · 2 AM

The eco/green/sustainability movement seems, in some ways, to be getting out of hand. A woman named Kathleen Kaufman has written an "environmental thriller" novel called The Tree Museum. A publicity ...

In Fontainebleau’s PR battle, banks have yet to talk

By Steve Green · April 27, 2009 · 2 AM

So far, Jeff Soffer and his Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC have the upper hand in their public relations war against banks that have threatened to halt $790 million in funding for the $2.9 billion Fontainebleau Resort under construction on the Las Vegas Strip. When the banks respond, that may change.

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Gaming stocks: Is spring in the air?

By Steve Green · April 22, 2009 · 2 AM

Wall Street credit analysts are out with more reports on the gaming industry and one has a decidedly “good news/bad news tone.” CreditSights analysts Chris Snow and Frank Lee issued a report noting “spring is in the air” — a reference to investors warming up to gaming securities as optimism builds about the broader economy.

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Brothel owner calls for action against illegal prostitution

By Steve Green · April 22, 2009 · 11:18 PM

This sounds entertaining: Chicken Ranch brothel owner Kenneth Green has called a news conference for Friday in Las Vegas to demand that politicians do something about illegal prostitution here, which he calls a multibillion-dollar industry.

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Dan Rather talks with dancer, homebuilder ‘feeling the pain’

By Steve Green · April 21, 2009 · 2 AM

Longtime journalist Dan Rather has been in town, interviewing people for a story airing tonight on the economic troubles in Las Vegas.

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Despite inventory, builder breaks ground on office space

By Steve Green · April 20, 2009 · 2 AM

Concerns about a glut of office and retail space in the Las Vegas Valley aren’t stopping some brave developers from adding even more space to the market.

Speculative office market takes hit; Sahara poker tourney planned

By Steve Green · April 17, 2009 · 2 AM

The latest report on the Las Vegas office market shows, again, there’s a dramatic imbalance between supply and demand.

Harrah’s, General Growth hit with negative reports

By Steve Green · April 16, 2009 · 2 AM

Wall Street credit raters on Wednesday unleashed a flurry of negative reports involving Las Vegas, with Harrah’s and General Growth Properties receiving much of the attention.

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