Full House Resorts to Lease Hyatt’s Grand Lodge Casino

Full House Resorts to Lease Hyatt’s Grand Lodge Casino

LAS VEGAS, Jun 30, 2011 — Full House Resorts (nyse amex us:FLL) today announced it has entered into a five-year lease agreement with Hyatt Equities L.L.C. for the Grand Lodge Casino at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino in Incline Village, Nevada on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. The Company will pay […]

Statewide Sales and Use Tax Rate Decreases by 1% July 1

Sacramento, CA…The statewide sales and use tax rate will decrease from 8.25 percent to 7.25 percent on July 1, 2011, Board of Equalization Chairman Jerome E. Horton announced today. The 1 percent decrease applies, generally, to all taxable transactions in California. In areas where voters have approved additional sales taxes, the total tax rate applied […]

Jobless Claims Drop By 1,000 Last Week

In the week ending June 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 428,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised figure of 429,000. The 4-week moving average was 426,750, an increase of 500 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 426,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.9 […]

Stewardship Council Awards $225,000 to Organizations Dedicated to Getting Youth Outdoors

Stewardship Council Awards $225,000 to Organizations Dedicated to Getting Youth Outdoors

San Mateo, California, June 27, 2011 – A Richmond organization connects urban youth to overnight rural farm experiences, an Auburn program for Native teens encourages environmental stewardship and leadership, and a Central Valley initiative helps improve teen literacy within outdoor adventure – these are just a few of the projects recently awarded Impact Fund grants […]

Kirsten Lynch New Chief Marketing Officer for Vail Resorts

Kirsten Lynch New Chief Marketing Officer for Vail Resorts

BROOMFIELD, Colo.– Vail Resorts, Inc. announced the appointment of Kirsten A. Lynch as the new chief marketing officer for the Company. Lynch will assume responsibilities for the Company’s marketing functions, including brand marketing, advertising, CRM, market research, pricing, e-commerce, online marketing and strategic alliances. She will oversee the Company’s marketing efforts in its Mountain, Hospitality […]

They Were Mixing and Mingling Tonight in Incline. Pictures and Video Enclosed

They Were Mixing and Mingling Tonight in Incline.  Pictures and Video Enclosed

[nggallery id=23] Incline Village, NV….The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce’s Members and Guests mixed and mingled and celebrated the Grand Opening of Rainbow Printing’s new location with a ribbon cutting. The Incline Village Corporate Center was rocking and rolling tonight with live music by “Jacked Up” and much more. The event was sponsored by […]

Jaguar C-X75 Hybrid Supercar Earns Concept Car of the Year Award

Jaguar C-X75 Hybrid Supercar Earns Concept Car of the Year Award

MAHWAH, N.J.– The high-performance Jaguar C-X75 received top honors last night at the 10th annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards in Detroit, MI, where the stunning range extended supercar was named the Most Significant Concept Vehicle of 2011 in addition to receiving the Concept Car of the Year award. The C-X75 received […]

US Supreme Court Limits Wal-Mart Discrimination Case

US Supreme Court Limits Wal-Mart Discrimination Case

Washington, DC…The Supreme Court has ruled for Wal-Mart in deciding that the sex discrimination lawsuit cannot proceed as a class action suit. This reverses a 9th Circuit decision that would have allowed up to 1.6 million women to sue that retail giant in a single class action case. Now the cases will have to be […]