Local toy store wins award RENO — At last month’s Learning Express Convention, local store owners Suzanne and Wade Peterson received the Discovery Award. The award recognizes their commitment to sharing information about...
Supply chain management professionals get new board of directors RENO — The northern Nevada chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) has announced its 2010-11 board of directors, which will be led by incoming president Emily E...
Atlantis signs agreement for document
services CARSON CITY— Until recently, Reno’s Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa leased secure warehouse space for storing administrative documents and gaming receipts. When it came time to destroy outdated d...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration last week announced small-business energy-efficiency grants to Small Business Development Center (SBDC) networks in seven states, including Nevad...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the company's badly damaged reputation....
TOKYO (AP) -- Honda's quarterly profit ballooned to a record 272.4 billion yen ($3.2 billion) and the carmaker raised its full year earnings forecast as sales grew in North America, Japan and the rest of Asia....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Samsung's quarterly profit surged to a record high as sales of semiconductors, flat panels and TVs climbed, but the electronics giant warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters....