RESORTS AND ZAPPOS ARE SYMBOLS OF LAS VEGAS' FUTURE

Says Richard Florida, a University of Toronto professor and well known author.
He will be a featured speaker at the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce annual
economic forum.

He told the Review-Journal that both Casinos and Zappos will be assets as …

WINCO FOODS BRINGING TWO STORES IN MARCH TO LAS VEGAS, OFFERING
GROCERIES AT DISCOUNT PRICES

Both stores will occupy about 94,000 square feet when finished. The company
employs about 14,000 people in it's 82 stores Washington, Idaho, Southern Calif.
and Utah and has operated 2 stores in …

EMPLOYER-ASSISTED HOUSING NOW AN EMERGING STRATEGY TO HELP
BUSINESSES RECRUIT PRODUCTIVE, STABLE WORKERS

A group of business and government leaders are urging local companies
to offer assistance for workers to rent or buy homes in Las Vegas.

Some of the solutions include offering counseling for first-time homebuyers
and foreclosure prevention, matching grants for down payments …

$25 BILLION MORTGAGE PACT GOES TO
STATES - THE NATION'S 5 LARGEST
MORTGAGE LENDERS HAVE AGREED TO
OVERHAUL THEIR INDUSTRY

However, those who lost their homes due to foreclosure are unlikely to get their homes back or benefit
financially from the settlement. About 750,000 Americans may receive checks for about $1,800 …

LAS VEGAS NAMED AMONG THE TOP 10
CITIES FOR "SCORING GREAT DEALS
AND SHOPPING BARGAINS"

Las Vegas ranked number 4 on a list of the "nation's best cities for bargain shopping."

The list published by Forbes says Las Vegas is one of the top cities because
it's metro area has 19 …

DIVERSIFYING NEVADA'S ECONOMY -
THE PROS AND CONS

Jeremy Aguero, a local analyst from Applied Analysis, spoke at the Four Seasons hotel before 200 members of the Nevada Development Authority.

In a state where 20 percent of the people
work in hotel-casinos, Nevadans should think
twice about overstating the need to overhaul …

LAS VEGAS HOUSING MARKET INVITING
TO MANY FOREIGN INVESTORS

The risk of deeper recession in European
could encourage more Europeans to invest
in U.S. real estate markets such as Las
Vegas, an economist for Trulia.com said.

Las Vegas ranks number 8 among U.S. cities
for international buyers …

HIGH TECH LIGHTS MOVES HEADQUARTERS
TO LAS VEGAS

High Tech Lights has moved its corporate
and international headquarters from
Honolulu to Las Vegas.

The company designs, develops and manufactures
light-emitting diode solid state light products
and is hiring a full staff, expecting to employ
over 100 people within 12 to …

THE LAS VEGAS RENAISSANCE, A 700,000
SQUARE FOOT INDOOR SHOPPING MALL IS
BEING DEVELOPED TO OPEN IN 2015

Developers of the Tivoli Village
shopping center in Western Las Vegas
announced plans to build a massive
indoor mall across the street.

The project's cost is estimated at
350 million …

LAS VEGAS GRADUALLY IMPROVING IT'S
STANDING IN THE GLOBAL AND NATIONAL
ECONOMY

A new Brookings Institute study ranking
the performance of the world's 200
largest metro areas, Las Vegas came in
at number 179 for 2010-2011, up from
it's 199 showing for recent years.

The improvement came …