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Construction company names staff positions

Consolidation of suppliers urged

Bally Technologies ended its fiscal year with a 380 percent increase in profits and a 32 percent increase in total revenues — in other words, the perfect time to consolidate operations with another rival slot machine company, said analysts for one Wall Street investment firm.

Tropicana, unions reach accord

Tropicana Entertainment’s top executive delivered on a promise to quickly resolve an impasse with the Culinary union by reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday after less than five hours of meetings.

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WARRENVILLE, Ill.

Power panel rentals possible

Homeowners, small businesses and schools may yet get a chance to rent solar power panels, rather than having to buy the power generation gear for tens of thousands of dollars.

Booze photos spark firings

Two more union workers have been fired from CityCenter after being identified in photographs as drinking alcohol and entering the construction site, the project’s general contractor said Tuesday.

Tropicana, Culinary union to resume talks

Tropicana Entertainment’s top executive promised there will be “a very material change in direction” when negotiators sit down with Culinary union officials today.

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Stock buyback OK’d for Vestin investment trust

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Cafe Rio opens new restaurant on Decatur

Officials trim airport plans

In a nod to the shabby economics of the airline industry, officials at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas will trim about $360 million from a $3.7 billion capital improvement plan.