Name Hugh Anderson, CFP, CIMA Title Vice President Company Merrill Lynch Type of Business Comprehensive wealth management for individuals, and consulting services for not-for-profits and institutions. Location Las Vegas Years in Nevada 21 Years with Company 25 Biggest Business Challenge: Helping hard-driving, successful, busy people take a step back … [Read more...] about March 2005: Face to Face
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March 2005: Nevada Briefs
Wal-Mart Facility Planned for Storey County Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has selected Storey County as the site for a new distribution center. The new distribution center will be located two miles south of I-80 on USA Parkway. Construction will begin in the summer of 2005, with planned service to stores expected in the fall of 2006. The facility will employ approximately 500 people … [Read more...] about March 2005: Nevada Briefs
March 2005: State the Issues
Question: Should Congress adopt the changes President Bush proposes for the Social Security system? Yes: Strengthening Social Security is Vital By: Senator John Ensign (R-NV) Any discussion about Social Security reform should begin with a reminder: Social Security is your program, not the government’s. The issues being discussed center on your retirement security, your … [Read more...] about March 2005: State the Issues
February 2005: Building Nevada Briefs
Business Park Underway in Carson City Research Business Park, a 15-building complex, is being developed on the north end of Carson City near the new Super Wal-Mart. When the Highway 395 expansion is completed, it will have freeway frontage and highway access. Kevin Coleman, owner of California-based Net Development Company, K&S Properties is developing the project. The … [Read more...] about February 2005: Building Nevada Briefs
February 2005: Business Indicators
Nevada continues to post robust rates of growth. Taxable sales, gaming revenue and air passenger volume grew at double-digit rates over year-ago levels. Moreover, these rates have held throughout 2004. It is hard to believe the expansion could be better. Therefore, it will be nearly impossible to sustain such rates of growth much longer, unfortunately. Still, though slower … [Read more...] about February 2005: Business Indicators
February 2005: Business Up Front
Don’t Let the Good Ones Get Away: Tips to Strengthen Staff Retention OfficeTeam, a staffing service specializing in highly skilled administrative professionals, offers the following suggestions for keeping valued employees who may have other job opportunities to consider: Reinforce your mission at every opportunity. Reminding employees of the bigger picture may provide … [Read more...] about February 2005: Business Up Front
February 2005: Nevada Briefs
NCED Reports $3.2 Billion Economic Impact The Nevada Commission on Economic Development (NCED) has released its 2003/2004 report to the governor and the Legislature. The report shows 143 companies moved or expanded to Nevada during the two-year period, creating 6,752 new jobs. NCED had an estimated impact of more than $3.2 billion for Nevada-based businesses. Its Global Trade … [Read more...] about February 2005: Nevada Briefs
February 2005: Face to Face
Name: Lisa Ackerman Title: Vice President/Campus Director for Southern Nevada Company: University of Phoenix, Southern Nevada Campus Type of Business : Private university with five Southern Nevada campus locations, offering degree programs for working adults Location : Las Vegas and Henderson Years in Nevada: 8 Years with Company: 8 Biggest Business … [Read more...] about February 2005: Face to Face
January 2005: Building Nevada Briefs
Nevada Contractors Association Winners The District at Green Valley Ranch Station, an $80 million development by American Nevada Company, won the Building Project of the Year award from the Nevada Contractors Association. The 406,000-square-foot complex contains retail, office, residential and entertainment components. It is situated on 30.6 acres at I-215 and Green Valley … [Read more...] about January 2005: Building Nevada Briefs
January 2005: Business Indicators
Nevada remains atop the list of states with favorable economic performance. Gauging performance by the utilization of labor resources, one would be hard pressed to envision a better situation. Nevada’s unemployment rate for October dipped to 3.4 percent, well within the desired range. Despite the good news for the Silver State, the U.S. unemployment rate holds at 5.5 percent, … [Read more...] about January 2005: Business Indicators
January 2005: Business Up Front
Survey Indicates Shift to "Helping Careers" The desire to help others is causing working adults to reassess their personal and professional goals and, more specifically, their career potential, according to a nationwide online survey conducted by University of Phoenix. Nearly one quarter of the 6,000 working adults surveyed reported being dissatisfied with their current … [Read more...] about January 2005: Business Up Front
January 2005: Face to Face
Name Christopher W. Larsen Title Managing Partner Company Dekker/Perich/Holmes/Sabatini Type of Business Professional consulting firm providing architecture, interior design, structural engineering, planning and landscape architecture Location Henderson Years in Nevada 4 Years with Company 11 Biggest Business Challenge: To bring in projects that are not … [Read more...] about January 2005: Face to Face
January 2005: Nevada Briefs
Alere Medical Named to Inc. 500 Reno-based Alere Medical Incorporated has been named to Inc. Magazine’s prestigious Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Alere specializes in care management and remote monitoring for patients with chronic conditions, including heart failure. Alere showed a 411 percent annual growth rate over four years, with … [Read more...] about January 2005: Nevada Briefs
December 2004: Building Nevada Briefs
Real Estate Services Group Developing Eldorado Industrial Park Real Estate Services Group, a commercial real estate firm active in the Southern Nevada market since 1977, is developing the first phase of Eldorado Industrial Park, an 11-acre industrial development on the corner of Industrial and Eldorado in south-central Las Vegas. The initial building will be a … [Read more...] about December 2004: Building Nevada Briefs
December 2004: Business Indicators
U.S. economic expansion slowed at mid-year, largely as a result of rising fuel prices, which rose 30 percent this year as a result of reduced supply, increased demand and the prospect of future shortages and markedly higher prices. Still, current oil prices in excess of $50 a barrel are lower today than in 1980, when a barrel of oil cost more than $80 in today’s money. Based on … [Read more...] about December 2004: Business Indicators