In The News: Lee Business School

Wall Street Journal

Demand for electricity is beginning to weaken in parts of the U.S. hardest hit by the coronavirus and could fall further in coming days as shelter-in-place orders spread, following a path taken by Italy’s industrial region.

Casino.org

Airlines and possibly cruise lines are seen as the most deserving. Hotels are vying for assistance, too.

Casino.org

Airlines and possibly cruise lines are seen as the most deserving. Hotels are vying for assistance, too.

The Center Square

Las Vegas casinos are beginning to shut down in response to the novel coronavirus, with MGM Resorts Properties closing all of its casinos Tuesday, along with the Wynn, Encore and The Cosmopolitan.

Nevada Independent

Rising fears over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout the United States and Nevada have brought the concept of a federal mandate for paid sick time off back into the limelight.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The spreading coronavirus has sparked financial shock waves around the globe at breakneck speed, from stock market plunges to waves of canceled events and other closures.

Casino.org

The casino employees are the front line soldiers in the battle to contain any potential transmission of COVID 19. Hotels and casinos are releasing few details about plans if an outbreak takes place in Las Vegas.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

As coronavirus concerns continue around the world and in Las Vegas, many small business owners and hospitality industry employees are concerned about its local economic impact.

Reno Gazette-Journal

As coronavirus grips the globe, government agencies and employers are giving advice that could be problematic for this tourism mecca: Travel less.

Yahoo!

As coronavirus grips the globe, government agencies and employers are giving advice that could be problematic for this tourism mecca: Travel less.

El Tiempo

MGM Resorts International is planning a share buyback of 1.25 billion dollars following the sharp decline last week in the stock market.

Econotimes

There was a time in U.S. history when prosperity was more or less equitably shared across all economic classes. During the period that started just after World War II until 1978, increases in the minimum wage and the income of the median household reliably matched up with increases in productivity of the overall economy.