Jan Jones is senior VP for government relations with the Nevada-based gaming company.

NPR: Firms Work to Locate and Pay Displaced Workers

In Las Vegas--yes, Las Vegas--Mayor Jan Jones has asked a panel to consider removing slot and video-poker machines from neighborhood businesses.

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"New Orleans has been a long and painful process, " says Jan Jones, the former mayor of Las Vegas who now serves as Harrah's mouthpiece.

FORBES: The Big Nasty

Ms. JAN JONES (Senior Vice President, Harrah's Entertainment): For our employees, the industry was such a driver of the economy in Mississippi and the devastation was so complete.

NPR: Firms Work to Locate and Pay Displaced Workers

"With the 14-19 Learning Pathways Curriculum, we have to be aware that we are preparing pupils not just for university but for the world of work, " said Jan Ohlsson Jones, the head of media studies at Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr in Swansea.

BBC: How is School Report relevant to the curriculum?

An index of 13 European renewable stocks tracked by broker Dan Waterman of Aviate Global, with the majority in solar, has fallen some 10% since Jan. 7 while the Dow Jones Eurostoxx 500 index has remained about flat in the same time period.

FORBES: Energy

The Asian jitters were caused by Nasdaq's 5.55% fall, its worst in some time, on Jan. 4 along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 3.17% slide.

CNN: Millennium Meltdown