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Archive for December 7th, 2006
Thursday, December 7, 2006 Thursday Quick Hits! By Steve Sebelius And finally today, a roundup of some delicious news nuggets, which we call Quick Hits!
» Treasurer-elect Kate Marshall isn't letting Weasel-in-Chief Brian Krolicki's attempted office grab slow her down. Marshall has been busy hiring top-notch talent for her office, in the person of chief of staff-designate Renee Parker. In addition to being outgoing Secretary [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 Wynn: Dealers bedazzled by "ambulance chasers" By David McKee What follows are extensive comments by Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn, made to Las Vegas Business Press Staff Writer Arnold Knightly, following a lightly attended hearing at which District Court Judge Douglas Herndon tossed out a lawsuit filed by two Wynn Las Vegas dealers. Knightly buttonholed Wynn outside the courtroom and recorded the mogul's first [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 Real estate Web site moves to sales By Ian Mylchreest Realtors aren't totally comfortable with the coming reality of the Internet hurting their business, but there is yet another sign on the horizon. Seattle-based real estate Web site, Zillow.com, will be posting virtual "For Sale" signs, reports the Los Angeles Times.
"It's just one more chink in the armor of the established brokerage industry. It provides [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 Monorail promises By Steve Sebelius Current members of the Clark County Commission will be long gone by the time the newly extended monorail franchise ends in the year 2083. But that may be just as well, since the commission's action Wednesday didn't evidence a lot of deliberation. If anything, it seemed like a slam dunk done deal.
First, only one [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 Hard Rock sold By Ian Mylchreest It's the rest of the Hard Rock empire, not the Las Vegas bit on Paradise, that's been sold this time, reports the Associated Press. The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which already owns a couple of the hotels and the associated casinos, has bought the company for $965 million from the London-based Rank Group.
The tribe now owns 124 [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 Now there's a big surprise By Steve Sebelius Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons is continuing his quest to give everybody in Nevada a place on his transition team, and the team leader of one of his newest panels — Transportation and Infrastructure — will be sure to further anger his defeated primary opponent, Dina Titus.
You guessed it: The transportation team will be co-chaired by [...]
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Thursday, December 7, 2006 This just in! By Steve Sebelius A group of tavern owners, slot route operators and one fine cigar bar today won a temporary restraining order against the anti-smoking Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, set to go into effect on Friday.
District Court Judge Douglas Herndon ruled this morning that the group had a reasonable chance of success on the merits of [...]
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