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Current Business News
After founding an investment firm, Randy Gracia has generously (and gratefully) invested in his alma mater.
As a UNLV student, Izack Tenorio learned from friend and mentor Patrick T. Smith about the importance of giving back. Now the four-time Rebel graduate is getting the award named in Smith's honor.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.
Through UNLV's interdisciplinary research areas, faculty are cooking up solutions to large-scale problems impacting Las Vegas, the Southwest, and beyond.
The Lee Business School and College of Engineering bring students the best of both disciplines in one degree.
Hard work, resolve, self-belief — Lee Business School Alumnus of the Year Craig Billings relied on it all to climb to the top at Wynn Resorts.
Business In The News
With overall inflation down from a summer 2022 peak, the Federal Reserve’s effort to tame inflation through monetary policy has been on many accounts successful. However, households across the United States are still feeling the pinch in one specific area: housing. In this sector, inflation is running two points higher than the mainline rate.
With overall inflation down from a summer 2022 peak, the Federal Reserve’s effort to tame inflation through monetary policy has been on many accounts successful. However, households across the United States are still feeling the pinch in one specific area: housing. In this sector, inflation is running two points higher than the mainline rate.
In Nevada, about 17% of workers earn their income from tipped jobs, which is the highest rate in the United States, according to the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Tipping is such a hot topic in Vegas that both Presidential candidates promised to eliminate taxes on tips to increase these workers' incomes. One study found that Nevada doesn’t even crack the top five for annual casino dealer salaries.
Findings from researchers at UNLV show a major housing issue for Nevadans. According to the Lied Center for Real Estate, 40 percent of all newcomers to Las Vegas are moving here from California. They analyzed income data from the LRS and discovered those Californians are coming here with more cash in their pockets to buy a home than an average Nevada homebuyer.
Nevada continues to see high unemployment numbers and locals across the valley are weighing in on the struggles they’ve seen.
Californians moving to Nevada earn about a third more than in-state residents who didn’t move, according to a new study by UNLV.
