The crowd at the 2019 World of Concrete was a mix of contractors, salespeople and industry experts from all over the world, but many agreed on onething Thursday: the trade show is a lot to take in.
Bailey Schulz
Business reporter
Email: bschulz@reviewjournal.com
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Bailey joined the Las Vegas-Review Journal’s business desk in April 2018. She previously worked with the paper in the summer of 2017 as an intern. Prior to her return, she was an intern on Bloomberg News’ energy team. She grew up in Iowa and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor of journalism degree in 2017.
The process of moving in trucks that weigh up to 60,000 pounds takes multiple days.
Construction machinery company Caterpillar makes more than just giant, yellow machinery; some of its newest tech can fit inside workers’ pockets.
Women made up 9.9 percent of construction employees in 2018 compared to 9.7 a decade prior, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
At downtown Las Vegas’ Zappos headquarters, nearly 400 Clark County students gathered for the first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Summit, a series of panels meant to showcase local and global technology leaders as diverse as the students in the crowd.
At Wednesday night’s State of the State address, Sisolak said he is committed to working with business, labor communities and the Legislature to raise Nevada’s minimum wage.
The company will automatically reverse employees’ monthly service or overdraft fees and offer loans to help avoid missing payments.
NV Energy has filed a lawsuit against the Public Utilities Commission for the first time in more than a decade, challenging a tax-related ruling worth millions of dollars.
Nevada’s urban centers are about to see a lot more drone testing.
At Haier’s smart home exhibit at CES, the Chinese consumer electronics company displayed a variety of smart appliances that could make lives easier: a stove that can read a pan’s temperature. A smart washing machine that can read tags and determine the best wash settings. A mirror that can suggest an outfit.
At the last day of CES 2019, several high school students from the Clark County School District pitched business ideas among some of the most innovative companies in the world.
The Embr Wave, a bracelet that cools and warms temperature-sensitive skin on wearers’ wrists to help them feel five degrees cooler or warmer, was on display at the 2019 CES convention. The product sells online in the U.S. and Canada for $299.
The Pet Fitness Robot is a small, two-wheeled robot that can dispense treats or dangle cat toys.
California-based Royole aims to combine the best of both the smartphone and tablet with the FlexPai, what it claims to be the world’s first commercial, foldable smartphone.
Worrying about diaper changes can be a stinky situation for parents. A new diaper sensor from Seoul-based parenting technology company Monit Corp. could help.
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