vegasinc.com | october 8-14, 2017
Marquees along the Strip display messages of strength, unity and gratitude Oct. 3 in the wake of the deadly shooting. (Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau)
Whatever they can do to help After the mass shooting, local businesses made donations, offered goods and services BY Howard Riell | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC
No one who knows Las Vegas has been surprised by the outpouring of support from its business community in the wake of the Oct. 1 massacre at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Strip. ¶ Generous donations of money, supplies and resources, volunteer efforts and messages of solidarity were ways in which Southern Nevada response to tragedy, Continued on page 15
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Cost of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administrationapproved gene therapy, Kymriah, which modifies a patient’s cells to treat a type of childhood leukemia.
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Minimum amount per hour Target employees are paid, as of this month. The company is committed to raising that hourly wage to $15 by 2020.