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Businesses today expect more from their interior designers than ever before. The interior designer of the past may have been consulted to revamp an office with a quick coat of paint and matching carpet, throwing in a few potted plants for visual interest. Now, certified interior designers are expected to help companies increase employee productivity, improve the bottom line and … [Read more...] about Paint, Plants and Productivity: Interior Designers Can Boost Your Bottom Line

United Construction Company, based in Reno, was Northern Nevada’s top design-build contractor for 2000, according to the Design Build Institute of America. In addition, UCC was ranked second in Nevada and 68th in the nation in the Design Build Association’s 2000 Top 150 listing. The state’s 10th largest construction company, UCC has more than 23 years’ experience as a … [Read more...] about United Construction Company: Bringing Design-Build to Nevada

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you’ve seen and heard and worried a lot about the medical malpractice crisis in Nevada. This is one situation that rightly deserves to be called a "crisis." Doctors are threatening to leave the state as their insurance costs have skyrocketed. Emergency rooms in Southern Nevada are short-staffed, causing … [Read more...] about The Malpractice Lottery – Ticket Prices Are Just Too High

Success in today’s world requires focus and a commitment to be the best. Leaders in Motion was formed to teach youth about focus, commitment and other fundamental principles of leadership, so they can reach their full potential. Leaders in Motion is a non-profit division of Rapport Leadership International, which has trained thousands of executives at classes all across the … [Read more...] about Creating Tomorrow’s Leaders: Rapport Leadership Youth Foundation

The atrocities of last year have certainly changed the way we all look at business and the economy. Aside from the obvious effects — recession and falling revenues — there are the hidden changes that we have all experienced. Can any of us say we will ever feel 100 percent safe in our workplace again? Terrorists have shown they have the ability and ingenuity to strike at the … [Read more...] about Disaster Preparedness: It’s Everybody’s Business

According to Bill Welch, president/CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association, Nevada’s hospitals need to catch up with the state’s rapid population growth in order to adequately serve the population. The problem is especially acute in Southern Nevada, which has one hospital bed for every 427 residents, compared to the national average of one bed for every 325 people. To answer … [Read more...] about Catching Up with Population Growth: Six New Hospitals Planned

Wherever you go these days, it seems you can’t escape the grumbling about a slowing economy. Even when the economy is advancing strongly, planners are continually looking for ways to entice new industry to Nevada, to provide not only economic diversity, but to increase jobs and opportunity. Commercial real estate developers are an essential key to helping accomplish that goal. … [Read more...] about Where Do We Grow From Here? Nevada’s Top Developers Offer Insights

Nevada First Bank, a Southern Nevada community bank, is primarily focused on providing financial products and services to small- and medium-sized businesses and private banking to business owners and their employees. The bank offers commercial loans, lines of credit, construction loans, term loans, commercial banking accounts and services, personal loans and private banking … [Read more...] about Nevada First Bank: Serving Businesses in Southern Nevada

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently strengthened its presence in the Southern Nevada building market with the expansion of its Henderson office. McCarthy is the seventeenth largest building company in the U.S. and the fifth largest in the Southwest region. With 138 years of experience, it is the nation's oldest privately-held construction firm. "McCarthy has been … [Read more...] about McCarthy Building Companies: Building Nevada for 22 Years

"After DOE has consumed over $200 million (of taxpayers’ money), we still don’t have the basic information necessary to establish whether [radioactive contamination] will reach Oasis Valley in 12 or 500 years." --Citizen Alert report, January 2002 Nevadans have been hearing a lot lately about the pros and cons of transporting nuclear waste and storing it at Yucca Mountain, … [Read more...] about Got Tritium? Will You Know Before You Glow?

In every community, there are boys and girls who are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets, and an increasing number of children are left at home with no adult care or supervision. Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Nevada offer a safe place to go after school or during school vacations – a place to learn and grow while having fun. Club programs and … [Read more...] about Boys & Girls Clubs: A Positive Place for Kids

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but they can also be an investment, if the person buying them knows what to look for, buys high-quality goods at a fair price and deals with a reputable jeweler. According to information on the New York Diamond Exchange Web site, "The variable qualities of diamonds are grouped into four major categories, commonly referred to as … [Read more...] about Wearable Wealth: Diamonds As An Investment

When Snell & Wilmer, a multi-state law firm, opened an office in Las Vegas nearly a year ago, it encountered some significant obstacles in doing business. For starters, the law firm found it would have to change the name it has been using since 1938 because of a State Bar of Nevada policy. The policy, aimed at preventing out-of-state law firms from taking business away from … [Read more...] about The State of the State Bar: Issues Affecting Nevada’s Attorneys

Asset allocation is the key element that determines investment success. It’s not what stocks, bonds, or mutual funds you purchase, nor is it when you buy or sell them. According to the Nevada Society of CPAs, proper asset allocation — the process of systematically distributing your investment dollars among the major asset classes (stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents) — … [Read more...] about Asset Allocation: The Key to Investment Success

Bankruptcy Law Laurel Davis Lionel Sawyer & Collins Laurel Elizabeth Davis is a partner in the litigation department of Lionel Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas, where her practice is primarily devoted to bankruptcy and insolvency law. An Adjunct Professor at Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, she has served as a founding Board Member and … [Read more...] about Nevada Superlawyers