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Boeing put under Senate scrutiny during back-to-back hearings

Two Senate committee hearings examined allegations of safety failures that have haunted Boeing since a panel blew off a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight.

THE LATEST
Las Vegas prime shopping target

Consumer spending has slowed and Las Vegas has lost domestic travel due to higher fuel prices, but the weak U.S. dollar makes Las Vegas a prime retail destination for foreign tourists, a local retail broker said.

IN BRIEF

Executive says Echelon mall will be delayed

Unhappy partners, creditors sue Moulin Rouge developers

People trying to revive the former Moulin Rouge casino hotel near downtown Las Vegas will need to overcome more than a blighted neighborhood and battered credit market to succeed.

LOSING THEIR VERY SOLES

Sparse foot traffic this week in the Las Vegas Convention Center suggests fewer people than usual made tracks to town for one of the shoe industry’s biggest conventions.

IN BRIEF

ATLANTIC CITY

Casino openings cut into Sands profits

Two casinos that weren’t around a year ago helped send the quarterly revenues for Las Vegas Sands Corp. soaring more than 81 percent higher during the three-month period that ended June 30.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Territory appoints property accountant

State loses 10,700 jobs to China

As August’s Summer Olympics open in Beijing, America’s top athletes aren’t the only homegrown product headed to China. A new study found that some of America’s — and Nevada’s — best jobs have decamped to the People’s Republic as well.