Citing falling demand for hotel rooms in Las Vegas, the Sahara is closing two of its towers for the winter, and possibly longer. The main Tangiers tower and the casino will remain open. This falls on the heels of Binion’s decision to close all its rooms, which went into effect yesterday. It’s [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Binion’s Hotel and Casino, formerly known as the Horseshoe, is shutting down its hotel in downtown Las Vegas. The casino and restaurants will remain open. 100 employees will lose their job when the hotel ceases operations beginning on December 14th. The company cited the economic decline as the reason for the decision, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A new survey from the Labor Department says that job openings were up in September. Job openings were also up in August, making this the first two month increase since early 2007. This is good news for a struggling job market and many analysts are pointing to this as evidence that jobs are [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
Hyatt has come under pressure for replacing 98 employees in Boston, all part of the housekeeping staff, with outsourced workers earning half the wages. Last week, Hyatt offered all 98 positions with United Services Company, a staffing organization used by Hyatt. The workers would keep their Hyatt pay rate through the end of [...]
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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