In The News: Lee Business School

KNPR News

Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, is known for being an affordable place to live. It’s thought of as a place you could come and get a new job, buy a home…or at least find an affordable rental.

PR Newswire

On Monday, August 19, UNLV's Assistant Professor of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Dr. Payal Sharma led the team at Course Hero on an exploration of power. The event is the latest installment of Course Hero's Signature Lecture Series, a program through which staff at the online learning platform, which curates more than 30 million course-specific study resources, experience the best lectures from esteemed educators.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Walmart is taking a stand by announcing Tuesday it will stop selling certain kinds of ammunition.

Nevada Business

The “advance” estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2019 increased modestly, up by 2.1 percent at an annualized rate. The real GDP increase largely reflected strong consumer spending, rising by 4.3 percent, its fastest growth in nearly two years.

Nevada Business

A diverse economy is stronger than one based on only one or two industries. Traditionally, Nevada’s economic foundations have depended on mining and travel, tourism and hospitality. When the last recession hit even the hospitality industry, a serious move to diversify the economy began.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Kent Young started Spin Games in 2013. Since then, the Reno-based digital gaming company has expanded to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, and it is continuing to enter new markets.

Realtor.com

It's a challenging time to be a home buyer in the U.S.—and let's be honest, that's putting it mildly. Tightfisted lenders and super-high home prices aren't helping matters. But despite all of that, the allure of certain markets is still strong enough to motivate people to pull up stakes and move to a different state altogether.

KNPR News

According to a recent survey, online reviews for local businesses in Nevada are the harshest in the country. Despite more than two-thirds of the reviews classify as being positive, the Silver State's Internet and social media users still rank as the least kind in the U.S.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

There is growing uncertainty following a volatile few days on Wall Street. The Dow Industrial Jones Average closed up 99 points Thursday regaining some ground a day after the market plummeted 800 points — setting off a recession warning.

Nevada Current

Rents in the Silver State are skyrocketing and the association representing apartment complex owners suggests state lawmakers who uttered the phrase “rent control” in Carson City are to blame.

The European Business Review

There has been increasing attention to self-driving cars, but business is still missing some key insights into how it will disrupt the industry landscape. This article shows how autonomous driving technology will disrupt several related industries, and proposes that “transpitality” (transportation + hospitality) will emerge as one of the new forms of business.

Fox News

After five years of living in sunny California, Billy Mitchell decided to leave the Golden State for the Nevada desert, where he could get more bang for his buck.