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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo packages move down a conveyor system were they are directed to the proper shipping area at the new Amazon Fulfillment Center in Sacramento, Calif. Amazon said Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, that it will be hiring another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders. The company said the new hires will help pack, ship or sort orders, working in part-time and full-time roles. Amazon said the jobs are not related to its typical holiday hiring. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Associated Press
September 14, 2020 - 4:15 am

Amazon To Hire 100,000 To Keep Up With Online Shopping Surge

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders. The company said Monday that the new hires will help pack, ship or sort orders, working in part-time and full-time roles. Amazon said the jobs are not related to its typical holiday hiring. The Seattle...
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Mitch Kelly
September 09, 2020 - 9:20 am

Vegas Home Prices Set Another Record

A report released Wednesday by Las Vegas REALTORS® (LVR) shows local home prices setting another all-time record despite the coronavirus pandemic, though fewer homes sold in August than during the same time last year.
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FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, one-stop operator Vickie Gregorio with the Heartland Workforce Solutions talks to a jobseeker outside the workforce office in Omaha, Neb., as others seeking employment wait behind her. The government issues the jobs report Friday, Sept. 4, for August at a time of continuing layoffs and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Associated Press
September 04, 2020 - 11:06 am

Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.4% Even As Hiring Slows

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment dropped sharply in August from 10.2% to a still-high 8.4%, with about half the 22 million jobs lost to the coronavirus outbreak recovered so far, the government said Friday in one of the last major economic reports before Election Day. Employers added 1.4 million...
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RADIO.COM Staff
September 04, 2020 - 10:44 am

Nevada Legal Services with Kendra Kay

Nevada Legal Services is a non-profit organization providing free legal services to low income Nevadans.
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Lights adorn Allegiant Stadium, new home of the Las Vegas Raiders football team, as it nears completion Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Las Vegas. The stadium will also serve as the home for the UNLV football team. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Associated Press
September 04, 2020 - 1:26 am

The NFL Is Now Betting Big On Once-Taboo Gambling Industry

DENVER (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that the NFL nixed Tony Romo’s fantasy football convention at a Nevada casino because of the league’s strict policy against having anything to do with sports betting. Now, the NFL is betting big on the once taboo industry, loosening its gambling policies just...
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FILE -In this Jan. 30, 2020 file photo, a photographer captures images of the General Motors-Honda Next Generation Fuel Cell after a news conference in Detroit. On Thursday, Sept. 3, General Motors and Honda say they have signed a deal to explore sharing vehicle underpinnings and propulsion systems in North America. The companies say planning discussions on jointly designed vehicles will start immediately and include vehicles powered by both electricity and internal combustion engines. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Associated Press
September 03, 2020 - 10:46 am

Honda, General Motors Sign Deal To Work On Vehicles Together

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors and Honda are moving toward an alliance in North America to share vehicle development and technology costs as the industry moves toward electric and autonomous vehicles. The nonbinding memorandum of understanding was announced Thursday, and the companies say they plan...
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Unemployment insurance form and clipboard on a desk.
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Associated Press
September 03, 2020 - 9:05 am

Jobless Claims Fall, But Layoffs Remain Elevated

The number of laid-off Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a still-elevated 881,000 last week, evidence that the viral pandemic keeps forcing many businesses to slash jobs.
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FILE - In this May 28, 2020 file photo, a "Now Hiring" sign rests in a window as a man walks out of the Corner Market in Lyndhurst, Ohio. U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Associated Press
September 02, 2020 - 6:31 am

Survey: US Companies Added Just 428,000 Jobs Last Month

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that businesses added 428,000 jobs in August, a figure...
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Mitch Kelly
September 02, 2020 - 5:19 am

County Commission Approves LVCVA Monorail Purchase

The Las Vegas Convention And Visitors Authority is considering buying the monorail.
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Vehicle traffic on Tropicana Avenue passes by MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip amid the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) on August 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Mitch Kelly
September 01, 2020 - 4:54 am

In A Week Of Layoffs In The US, MGM Resorts Adds 18,000 More

MGM Resorts is laying off 18,000 people as an unchecked pandemic leaves economic scars across a broad swath of U.S. industries, particularly those that rely on healthy crowds of people.
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