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Nevada housing crisis a test for Sanders’s Wall Street message

Las Vegas / Bloomberg The scars of the housing collapse in Nevada are deep and still fresh, making the state a proving ground for the power of Bernie Sanders’s anti-Wall Street message to drive voters to the polls. Sanders has surged in what had been considered a stronghold state for Hillary Clinton heading into Saturday’s Democratic presidential caucus, adding staff ...

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Majid Al Futtaim opens first Carrefour in Kazakhstan

ALMATY / Emirates Business Majid Al Futtaim Retail, the retail arm of Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the opening of its first Carrefour hypermarket in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in line with the company’s rapid expansion across the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Russia. The ...

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Southwest workers narrowly approve deal for higher pay

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. workers who handle baggage, stock planes with food and operate airport jetways barely approved a contract that will raise pay more than 20 percent over its five-year term. Members voted 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent in favor of the agreement, Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 555 said. The contract also provides $80 million in bonus pay ...

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