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Accelerated Delivery is a courier solutions company committed to serving businesses in Southern Nevada. With a unique approach to ensuring cost effective, timely deliveries for their customers, the organization is well on its way to being a market leader. Serving companies that range from financial institutions, title companies and law firms to the hospitality and healthcare … [Read more...] about Accellerated Delivery: EXCEEDING Expectations, Delivering Results

This November, Nevada voters will determine how our state’s district and Supreme Court judges are selected.  Question 1 on the ballot will adopt a judicial merit selection and retention process. Based upon my years of experience in the justice system of New York, I strongly believe that Nevada’s future economic and social well being will be improved by the approval of Question … [Read more...] about Question 1 to Address Judicial Merit SelectionQuestion 1 to Address Judicial Merit Selection

Most Nevadans agree, regardless of their political leanings, that government actions should take place in an open, transparent manner. Public sunlight limits the opportunities for corruption, theft, cronyism, backroom deal-making and other nefarious behaviors that trend toward despotism, and fosters instead some confidence of citizens in their government. Thus, over the … [Read more...] about Challengers Want Sunlight: Non-incumbent candidates more favorable toward transparency

With an average vacancy rate of around 20 percent for commercial properties in Southern Nevada, commercial property managers say they must be ever more creative and tenacious in order to survive the recession that continues to pummel the state on a variety of fronts. Not only has Nevada had the country’s highest unemployment rate for a number of months, it now has the … [Read more...] about Property Management: Working Hard for the Money

Representing the top attorney’s in Nevada, the 100 Southern Nevada lawyers and the 25 Northern Nevada lawyers included in the 2010 Legal Elite have earned the trust and endorsement of their peers.  These attorneys have been recommended by the people that know them best, the lawyers they work with or see across a courtroom.  Who better to determine a lawyer’s merit than another … [Read more...] about Legal Elite: Attorneys Choose Amongst Their Peers

As Nevada’s construction and gaming industries persistently remain on the ropes, its financial and political leaders look more and more to alternative energy as the economic redeemer that can help propel the state out of the current recession. Reeling from the highest unemployment rate in the nation, Nevada’s future is on the line as the need for economic diversification has … [Read more...] about Alternative Energy: Nevada’s Future

Financing projects is tougher than ever these days – but not impossible. Getting lenders to lend hinges on a variety of factors, some of which borrowers can control and others they can’t. Knowing the difference is key. In an August 2, 2010 speech to state government officials in South Carolina, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged, but did not require, banks to … [Read more...] about Financing Your Project: The Basics Still Matter

As the economy slowly continues to turn, small business owners across the country remain concerned about controlling costs and minimizing risks.  Now more than ever, small business decision-makers must continuously evaluate cost structures and work to enhance operational efficiencies amid a series of ongoing challenges: limited access to credit and loans, increasing costs, … [Read more...] about Containing Costs with a Strategic Approach to Workers’ Compensation Insurance

The Benefits of Website Leasing for a Business The terms “website” and “leasing” don’t normally go together, yet website leasing is a concept that gives small to medium sized businesses the access to essential online resources vital for competing with much larger businesses in the marketplace. When first considering the cost for a website that is seemingly out of reach … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Website Leasing for a Business

Mining is not typically associated with the words high-tech or sophisticated.  Rather, one might imagine high-tech as having something to do with computers, aircraft technology or even medical research.  Although it may not be one of the first industries to come to mind, mining today is a state-of-the-art operation that encompasses everything from exploration and research to … [Read more...] about Mining: Start to Finish

Collaborate: (verb) to work jointly on an activity, to produce or create something Creating a culture of education requires the efforts of many people, some of them seemingly competitors, working together towards a common goal.  It doesn’t happen overnight and it takes the dedication and commitment of all involved.  Fortunately for Nevada, this is happening today among our … [Read more...] about An Education Collaborative: Creating a Culture of Education in Nevada

If you’ve followed the painfully drawn-out negotiations between Clark County and its firefighter union over the past year, you’ve no doubt learned much about the power that public-employee unions can exert over local governments in the Silver State. Local governments’ collective bargaining process is governed by Chapter 288 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, a set of laws which … [Read more...] about Money Behind Closed Doors: Union negotiations marked by compulsion, secrecy and predation

There’s no doubt that Nevada is unique among the 50 states - it’s the driest, has the most mountain ranges, produces the most gold, and has the highest percentage of land managed by the federal government.  But how does Nevada stack up as a place to live, to raise a family or retire, to work, or to start up a business?  For this month’s issue, we compiled statistics from a … [Read more...] about How We Stack Up

At the beginning of this decade, few people would consider cutting the cord and eliminating their land lines. But according to a National Health Interview Survey conducted by the CDC earlier this year, 21.1 percent of all homes are wireless only, and a full 45 percent of people ages 25-29 only have cell phones. Meanwhile, 59 percent of adults now access the Internet … [Read more...] about Talking Telecom: A New Era for Communications