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After the layoffs ...
After the layoffs ...
Business: Experts say employers should be understanding, honest as they manage their post-cutback workforce
Friday, July 3, 2009
The day many in the office had worried about has come and gone. The round of layoffs has been made. Experts say that smart employers will try their best to help remaining workers deal with a range of issues.

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LV business leaders, experts to tackle what’s next for economy
Friday, July 3, 2009
With the Las Vegas economy mired in a deep recession, some are suggesting it’s time for the community to hit the reset button.

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A gambler plays a video poker machine at Timbers Bar & Grill on Maryland Parkway. The bar is one of United Coin's Gamblers Bonus 400 locations in Nevada.
United Coin's technology boost keeps slots spinning
Manufacturing & Technology Quarterly:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Nevada’s largest slot machine route operator has upgraded its telecommunications network for its 600 customers and 6,500 machines.

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Summer dreams
commentary:
Friday, July 3, 2009
What they will do with their summer vacations? The business of politics takes a hiatus — or it is supposed to during odd-numbered years, from sine die to Labor Day. This is the time politicians are supposed to slumber or take the kids to Disneyland or play golf or go hunting with cronies.

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Datanamics CEO Terry McGowan is shown in the company's Henderson headquarters June 18.
Terry McGowan
Q&A: Datanamics CEO
Friday, July 3, 2009
Although his company is all about technology, if you ask Terry McGowan about its greatest assets he will start talking about how his employees work with their customers.

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2010 expected to be more friendly to housing than 2009
real estate:
Friday, July 3, 2009
What is on tap for Las Vegas in 2010 when it comes to the local housing market and economy? Although they will be weak, at least they will be better than 2009, according to one analyst who says they will at least be an improvement.

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Data highlight need for reform
health care column:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Still skeptical of the nation’s need to reform its fragmented health care system?

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Plans, room rates for CES 2010 already in high gear
Tourism column:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Although it’s still six months away, preparations are well under way for the world’s largest consumer technology show.

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The List: Law Firms
Friday, July 3, 2009

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Racing toward high-tech solutions
Racing toward high-tech solutions
Manufacturing & Technology Quarterly: IBM ready to put Nevada projects on ‘smart technology’ track
Friday, July 3, 2009
Nevada isn’t as far off the mark in addressing complex economic development problems with technology as people might think, an expert with IBM says.

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Sen. Harry Reid speaks at a June 29 press conference at UNLV about solar initiatives in the southwest United States. He is flanked by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, left, and Madison Burnett, training director of the Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee of Southern Nevada.
Interior bets big on Western solar energy
Energy:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Solar energy development in Nevada and five other Western states has been put on a fast track by the federal government, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced this week.

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Business leaders pessimistic about recovery
Friday, July 3, 2009
Anyone looking for a gauge to the Las Vegas housing market’s recovery may want to turn to local business leaders for insight. Based on their opinions, the rebound isn’t right around the corner.

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Journalists predict tough 2011 legislative session for business
Friday, July 3, 2009
If you thought the 2009 legislative session was rough, wait until you see what’s in store for 2011.

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Ill-timed stubbornness
iblv editorial: Firefighters’ refusal to budge on raises is selfish, unfair to county
Friday, July 3, 2009
With the economy in a tailspin, times remain tough in Las Vegas. Many people are either losing their jobs or have had to accept reductions in benefits.

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Potential partner
iblv editorial: South Korea reaches out to Nevada
Friday, July 3, 2009
In a visit last week with the editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun, a sister publication of In Business Las Vegas, South Korea’s ambassador to the United States expressed his nation’s desire to expand trade with Nevada.

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