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Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Now that’s funny By Steve Sebelius Yes, we know we’re late to the party on state Treasurer Kate Marshall’s wonderfully wicked news release on finding unclaimed property owned by the state of Nevada, but we just could not let it pass by without saying something.
Apparently, there’s about $118,000 in unclaimed property that belongs to various government agencies just sitting around. [...]
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Study hall By Steve Sebelius Ponder this quote, if you will, from an Associated Press story on the recent meeting of the Nevada Governor’s Association: "The governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington state agreed to develop a regional target to lower greenhouse gases and create a market-based program aimed at helping businesses reach the still-undecided goals."
OK, [...]
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 On podcasts, Open Records and the like By Steve Sebelius We got a news release Tuesday from the Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus, announcing the group would start a podcast. We decided to check it out, since podcasting is all the rage among the young people these days.
Now, we’ve got to say up front, this podcast is a new thing for the Assembly Republicans, who [...]
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 And now for something completely cool By Ian Mylchreest We rarely if ever toot our own horn on the Business Press blog but this time we just had to do it.
The Business Press Web site now has its first video and you’ll be seeing a lot more video accompany the stories on our Web site.
Our first video shows highlights of the workshop on the Southern Nevada [...]
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Immigration boosts the economy By Ian Mylchreest Two new studies say that immigraion is good for the economy and for wages, reports the Los Angeles Times. And immigrants land in the big house much less than native-born Americans.
"The big message is that there is no big loss from immigration," UC Davis economist Giovanni Peri tells the paper. "There are gains, and these [...]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Which state is missing? By Ian Mylchreest Five western states, many our closest neighbors, have agreed to work together to set a regional cap on carbon dioxide emissions, and join forces in a market-based emissions trading program within 18 months, reports the Los Angeles Times. The five are California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona.
Most have Democrats in the state house, or in [...]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Smith & Wollensky finds a buyer By Ian Mylchreest Smith & Wollensky has agreed to be bought by Los Angeles-based Patina Group, reports the New York Post. The deal is worth $79.5 million.
S&W founder and CEO Alan Stillman will keep his New York City restaurants: Smith & Wollensky, Cité, Maloney & Porcelli, , the Park Avenue Cafe, Quality Meats and the Post House. As for Las Vegas, the deal [...]
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Gundown at the Nugget corral By David McKee The New Year didn’t start off with such a bang for some Golden Nugget employees in Las Vegas. Not long after the empty bubbly bottles were discarded and the confetti was cleaned up, the Glitter Gulch resort did some housecleaning of its own.
Rick Spurlock, the slot operations manager for the resort for the last four [...]
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Monday, February 26, 2007 (Late) Monday Quick Hits By Steve Sebelius Sorry, readers. It’s been a busy day here at the nondescript building in an industrial area near McCarran International Airport that serves as offices for CityLife. But we didn’t want to leave you without any blogging for the day, so here goes some Quick Hits.
» "I’ve known him for almost 20 years. He’s like [...]
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Monday, February 26, 2007 A walk in the park By Janet Murphy Nothing like a vacation to sabotage your diet.
I recently returned from a trip to London. While I didn’t try to eat everything in sight, I didn’t refuse to taste the local cuisine (read: "chips," better known to us as french fries). And I was known to quaff a pint or two at the area pubs. [...]
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