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Social networking: Technology is key to business success

By Ron Sylvester

Eight years after the launch of Facebook and six years into Twitter, businesses understand the value of social media. Now they must learn how to catch — and keep — customers’ attention, particularly as consumers become increasingly distracted with new ...

How to design a casino table game that's a worldwide hit

By Ron Sylvester

The "Ultimate Texas Hold ‘Em" poker tables at the Cosmopolitan.

Roger Snow's career as a table game designer started when he opened a casino invoice. Now executive vice president and chief product officer for SHFL entertainment (formerly Shuffle Master), Snow at the time worked at the Mirage and saw a ...

Stiletto heel hole in your couch? No problem for Encore Upholstery

By Ron Sylvester

Furniture is restored at Encore Upholstery & Design, a Las Vegas-based company that manufactures furniture for properties along the Las Vegas Strip and worldwide, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.

A truck rolled into Encore Upholstery at 3 p.m. on a recent Wednesday delivering a $20,000 leather couch punctured with holes and other furniture marred by tears and burns caused during a night of partying on the Strip. “See that ...

Two major conventions extend contracts in Las Vegas

By Richard N. Velotta

1 in 5 would-be lawyers in Nevada has had substance-abuse problems

By Cy Ryan

170-acre industrial hub planned for Henderson; FedEx a likely tenant

By Eli Segall

HOA fee issue likely headed back to Nevada Supreme Court

By Steve Green

Spearmint Rhino settles lawsuit by dancers for $12.9 million

By Steve Green

Foreclosure rate dips, but Nevada remains one of worst-hit states

By Eli Segall

High-tech mannequins help train Southern Nevada's next generation of doctors and nurses

By Paul Takahashi

State panel OKs money for I-15 project in Las Vegas

By Cy Ryan

Two high-level execs returning to Station, MGM Resorts

By Steve Green

Bank hits Las Vegas casino supplier with fraud lawsuit

By Steve Green

Banks settle investor lawsuit over proposed merger

By Eli Segall

UNLV Foundation event honors donors, applauds rise in fundraising

By Brian Nordli

Where there’s never a bad day

By Bruce Spotleson

Some of us wince at the ring of the morning alarm. Not the workforce of Opportunity Village. Few locals are happier to go to work.

Baseball hangs in the balance

By Richard N. Velotta

What looked like a routine lease deal between the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the Las Vegas 51s mushroomed into something much bigger. At an LVCVA board meeting, there were accusations, power plays and the threat of losing professional baseball in Las Vegas, plus appearances by a descendent of one of baseball’s greats and the caretakers of a company named for a historic business figure.