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Friday, November 09, 2007
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LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT (Las Vegas Sun). Entertainer Terry Fator had concluded he was never going to be rich and famous. So he'd just concentrate on honing his talents - impersonations, comedy, singing, ventriloquism - and settle into playing state fairs and corporate events.
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Las Vegas man pleads guilty to swindling insurance company (The Gazette). CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Cedar Rapids to trying to swindle Life Investors Insurance Co., a division of AEGON USA.William R. Jenkins, 59, pleaded guilty to two of the six counts of wire fraud he faced in an indictment filed Aug. 28. Prosecutors say he defrauded the company by obtaining life insurance policies in the names of people who ..
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I-Team: Death by Prescription Methadone - Part 2 (KLAS Las Vegas). If you ask most people what drug is the number one killer in the Las Vegas Valley, they would guess a street drug like methamphetamine, not a prescription narcotic like methadone. But it claimed 80 lives in 2006 and research suggests most of those people got it from their doctor.
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Real Estate and Development (In Business Las Vegas). The supply of single-family homes in Las Vegas and slowing job growth are preventing apartment owners from raising rents as much as they did a year ago, but that could change if the housing market improves in late 2008 as one firm is predicting.
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Small-Business Profile (In Business Las Vegas). Tom "Inky" Simmons is a craftsman at heart, and a savvy one at that, having identified and successfully tapped a time-honored niche market that has been largely overlooked of late, usurped by the convenience of technology.
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Weak Housing Market May Not Be Signal to Buy (NPR). Real estate has often been referred to as the one of the surest investments, and homeownership has long been part of the American dream. But in a market that seems to be in a freefall, buying may no longer be the safest bet.
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Retail and Real Estate (In Business Las Vegas). With more than 6,000 locations nationwide, Dunkin Donuts rarely eases into a market, and Las Vegas is no exception. The two franchise groups that will bring the brand to the area have committed to at least 62 stores in the market over the next several years.
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Tourism and Gaming (In Business Las Vegas). Lynn Windham isn't a big person by any stretch of the imagination, but she can throw open a Boeing 737 door in a flash and get people off an airplane quickly in an emergency.
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Nevada casino win up in September (Las Vegas Sun). CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada casinos bounced back from an August slump to post a $1.06 billion win and a 7.5 percent gain in September over the same month a year earlier, the state Gaming Control Board said Friday.
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These stay-at-home moms mean business (In Business Las Vegas). It can be difficult for women to strike a balance between motherhood and career aspirations. Some Las Vegas-area businesswomen say they have found that balance by leaving the workforce and going into business for themselves — often from the comfort of their own homes.
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In Business Q and A (In Business Las Vegas). Republic Services President Bob Coyle is in charge of the trash collection company's operations in Southern Nevada. Republic is the exclusive residential waste hauler for the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson as well as Clark County.
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