In The News: Lee Business School
If you take a drive through Southern Nevada, the scars of the Great Recession aren't so obvious anymore. Where stalled projects once stood, new homes are sprouting from the ground. In the tourist corridor, several under-construction projects are changing the Strip's landscape. And plazas with new eateries and shops are welcoming customers across the Las Vegas Valley.
Nevada is becoming older and more diverse as the state grows, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Nevada, the nation’s fastest growing state, is becoming older and more diverse, according to annual U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Wednesday night. Between 2010 and 2018, the Silver State saw its retirement-age population grow by more than 149,000 people, the data shows. Close to 1 in 6 Nevada residents are now age 65 or older.
Prices at Nevada gas pumps — the fourth-highest in the country — have been sliding lower and motorists could see them drop even more.
Even with Gov. Steve Sisolak signing legislation to increase the minimum wage and mandate that certain businesses provide paid sick leave, workers’ rights activists say the fight to improve the economic well-being of Nevadans is far from over.
How’s the economy doing? Better than you might expect, and worse than you might have hoped, according to the National Association of Business Economics.
Clark County would generate $108 million yearly if the commission imposed a quarter-cent sales tax to fund education and social services, as authorized by a new state law, county spokesman Erik Pappa said.
How’s the economy doing?
Better than you might expect, and worse than you might have hoped, according to the National Association of Business Economics.
How’s the economy doing?
Better than you might expect, and worse than you might have hoped, according to the National Association of Business Economics.
The “advance” estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2019 increased unexpectedly by 3.2 percent at an annualized rate. Although the growth rate marked its fastest first quarter increase since 2015, the overall real GDP growth included some temporary factors – reduced imports and higher private business inventories.
After more than a year of escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China, tourist destinations are feeling the consequences.
Multinational corporations face the paradox of globalisation and localisation in expanding foreign markets. As the BTS’s success shows, the most effective globalisation strategy can be ‘being yourself’ if customers are willing to appreciate a company’s identity.
