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Top 10 gadgets from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
After telling us what was hot at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and giving us a peek at the future of smart TVs, Frank Gorman and Julie […]
What’s hot this year at the Consumer Electronics Show
Frank Gorman of Gorman & Williams is back in Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. And, just like last year, he’s graciously offered to write a few dispatches […]
New sensation: Phones that let you feel the world
LAS VEGAS — Sure, today’s phones can deliver the sound of a heartbeat. But how would you like to actually feel the throbbing? A few companies want to replace the […]
Can foreign tourists help U.S. economy?
LAS VEGAS — Agustina Ocampo is the kind of foreign traveler businesses salivate over. The 22-year-old Argentine recently dropped more than $5,000 on food, hotels and clothes in Las Vegas […]
Suitland woman gets 2 years for workers comp fraud
LAS VEGAS — A Maryland woman has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for worker’s compensation fraud devised during a 2006 stay at the Las Vegas Hilton. […]
Realities of Real Estate: The herding effect in home sales
As a well polished Realtor, you’d never suspect that Donna used to be a cowgirl. Along with her five sisters and one brother they worked a cattle ranch in southern […]
Vegas pitching airlines, travelers as gate to Asia
LAS VEGAS — Never mind “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Perhaps the new slogan for America’s gambling capital should be “Stop over for a quickie in Sin City.” […]
Grand opening for Arbors
This week, the Arbors at Baltimore Crossroads held its grand opening. The ribbon was cut on the 365-unit luxury market-rate rental apartment home community contained within the 1,000-acre Baltimore Crossroads@95 […]
Caesars Entertainment restarts IPO plans
NEW YORK — Caesars Entertainment Corp., one of the world’s biggest casino companies, is restarting its plans to go public a year after it canceled its initial public offering. The […]
Unemployment falls in 75 percent of U.S. cities
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in about three-quarters of large U.S. cities in September, a sign that the nation’s modest job gains that month occurred across most of the country. […]
Cash-starved performers hit Vegas streets for tips
LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Strip is teeming with Spidermen, Elmos and Elvis Presleys of all waistlines. Nevada’s woeful economy has inspired dozens of jobless and under-employed men and […]
Chazz Palminteri talks up Chazz: A Bronx Original
Chazz: A Bronx Original, the brainchild of actor/writer Chazz Palminteri and Aldo’s Ristorante’s Sergio Vitale and Alessandro Vitale, is having its soft opening Friday. I met up this week with Palminteri and […]
