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- Passenger traffic at Las Vegas airport virtually unchanged in April
- May 24, 2013
- By Richard N. Velotta
- Passenger traffic was flat again at McCarran International Airport in April with statistics showing a familiar pattern for the city: slight international growth nearly offsetting a dip in domestic traffic.
- Barrick fined $16 million over gold-mining project in Chile
- May 24, 2013
- By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press
- Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.
- Firefly set to reopen on Paradise after salmonella outbreak
- May 24, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- A new Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar is opening on Paradise Road today. John Simmons, the restaurant’s embattled owner, plans to open the doors at 4 p.m. at the new restaurant at 3824 Paradise Road. The opening follows a major salmonella outbreak last month that sickened 294 people from 27 states and two foreign countries who ate at the Firefly’s old Paradise Road location a few doors down.
- World Series of Poker online partnership was years in the making
- May 24, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- Caesars is preparing to launch a fully functional WSOP.com during the World Series of Poker to perhaps become the second website in Nevada to roll out real-money poker tables. And if all goes as planned, WSOP.com will go live before the July 6 Main Event.
- Gaming industry research in spotlight at Las Vegas conference
- May 24, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- The largest gaming conference on the planet is coming back to Las Vegas. It’s the 15th International Conference on Gambling & Risk Taking, and it’s slated to start Monday at Caesars Palace.
- Joe Downtown: Restaurant serving 'Fresh American' coming to East Village
- May 23, 2013
- By Joe Schoenmann
- With an opening expected in July or August, work on a new restaurant in an area of the city’s “East Village" is about to begin. Armed with roughly $75,000 in grants from the city Redevelopment Agency, owner Nicholas Akiona will be moving his PublicUs restaurant into space formerly occupied by Philly Steak Express, 1126 Fremont St.
- Committee sends bill for medical marijuana clinics to Nevada Senate
- May 23, 2013
- By Cy Ryan
- A plan to create a network of medical marijuana clinics — with the owners paying hefty licensing fees — was approved by the Nevada Senate Finance Committee today.
- New Palms website boasts of putting the ‘model in remodel’
- May 23, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- Palms Casino Resort has launched a new, redesigned website: Palms.com.
- Joe Downtown: Does Starbucks herald 'arrival' of East Fremont?
- May 23, 2013
- By Joe Schoenmann
- An unthinkable move just a few years ago may become a reality. Though four Starbucks coffee retailers already exist downtown, none exists in the Fremont East Entertainment District. That might soon change.
- Protesters at Las Vegas tech show take aim at Mexican billionaire's 'corrupt practices'
- May 22, 2013
- By Tovin Lapan
- One good thing about protesting a communications and technology mogul is that most of your target audience is quick to record and capture events on their cellular phones.
- Rio plans zip line ride between two towers
- May 22, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- Imagine this: you’re soaring 400 feet above the Las Vegas Strip, strung on a zip line between the Rio’s two towers.
- A look at what the proposed ‘fun tax’ would mean for your wallet
- May 22, 2013
- By Andrea Domanick
- The proposed tax has drawn a lot of fire, including a Steve Wynn visit to Carson City.
- Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
- May 22, 2013
- By Christina Rexrode, Associated Press
- CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
- Firefly owner enlists new PR firm after salmonella outbreak
- May 22, 2013
- By Ed Komenda
- John Simmons, the embattled owner of Firefly Tapas Restaurant & Bar, has hired a new public relations firm to represent his restaurant. The Ferraro Group on Wednesday announced it would replace Purdue Marion & Associates.
- On top of big salaries, companies like Wynn Resorts pile on perks for CEOs
- May 22, 2013
- Associated Press
- Wynn Resorts kept a suite open all year at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino for founder and CEO Steve Wynn, at a cost of nearly $452,000. Former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano was guaranteed an administrative assistant and furnished office for life.
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