As a poker dealer at The Orleans, John Hill talks to players almost every day who have come to Las Vegas from faraway states and foreign countries. They’re not all here for the card game. That’s just something to pass time when they’re not out scouring Las Vegas for a good investment home. Median home prices have [...] [...more]
A new report from the Center for American Progress says $100 billion in green investment could create 2 million jobs in the U.S., including 15,000 in Nevada. “In a time when people are hurting, 15,000 jobs seems like a good idea,” said Scot Rutledge of the Nevada Conservation League. The $100 billion “green economic recovery program” - [...] [...more]
Nevada’s 140,000-member government pension system lost money on its investments last fiscal year, but the system’s investment counselor says it performed better than most public retirement systems. The state Public Employees’ Retirement System had losses on investments in U.S. and international stocks and real estate investment trusts, but Paul Troup, executive vice president of Georgia-based Callan [...] [...more]
