Staying on top in a topsy-turvy world: this year's top
company winners made the grade despite a rocky economy.
It's been a tough year to be in business.
That long, dark slog of an economy we thought we'd be wading
through became a giant lake of quicksand, sucking Wall Street down into
the muck and sending . . .
Average sales price 2007 VS. YTD SEP. 2008.
AVERAGE SALES PRICE 2007 VS. YTD SEP. 2008
2007 2008
J $266 $257
F $265 $255
M $275 $254
A $293 $248
M $289 $256
J $304 $267
J $289 $262
A $298 $261
S $279 $239
O $265
N . . .
Obama would stall growth for small businesses.(READERS
[respond])(Letter to the editor)
Some of us are small business owners. Obama's tax on my small
business would put a very low ceiling on the growth of our companies.
Neither he nor Biden has a clue about small businesses. Sarah . . .
By the nunbers.
$3.3 billion
Total of Colorado's high-tech exports in 2007, down $1.1
billion, or 25 percent. Colorado had the fifth highest concentration of
tech exports in the nation, with 44 percent of its . . .
Cut the cloth to fit the suit: tough times reward tough
people.([on] MANAGEMENT)
It appears we are in for a long period of hard work before things
get easier for business. Most of us have been in downturns before, but
what's spooky about this time is that we are seeing some . . .
Spaceship Colorado: Colorado Employs more aerospace workers than
all but one state, but its success in the industry rests largel
It was a scene as otherworldly as it was distinctly Coloradan.
Through a plate-glass window in a new $65 million annex on the Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. campus in Boulder, visitors . . .
Total properties sold 2007 VS. YTD SEP. 2008.
TOTAL PROPERTIES SOLD 2007 VS. YTD SEP. 2008
2007 2008
J 3,540 2,987
F 3,090 3,001
M 4,274 3,709
A 4,399 4,265
M 5,081 4,664
J 5,129 4,845
J 4,980 5,123
A 5,010 4,542
S 3,737 . . .
Obama is the right person for the job.(READERS [respond])(Letter
to the editor)
So glad to see some sense and logic to your support of Obama. I
want someone that is looking to making changes for this country. The
current system is broken and needs a fresh perspective.
Obama . . .
On the record.
"IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE A ROOMFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL
INTERESTED IN DOING DEALS."--state economic development chief Don
Elliman to a roomful of merger and acquisition professionals at . . .
UMB stands tall among banks, but how about a reward for good
behavior?(COTE'S [colorado])
Since lawmakers signed off on a $700 billion Wall Street bailout,
UMB Financial CEO Mariner Kemper has been making a pitch for banks like
his that didn't contribute to the subprime mortgage slide.
. . .
Single-family units sold August 2007 VS. 2008.
2007 UNITS SOLD 2008 UNITS SOLD PERCENT CHANGE
Metro District 4,024 3,631 [down arrow] -9.8%
Glenwood Springs N/A 24 . . .
Corrections.(Correction notice)
The October story "Flush with Oil" should have said the
U.S. government estimates there are 800 billion barrels of recoverable
oil in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Also, the United States consumes . . .
SBA dials up hotline for surviving tough times.([SMALL
BUSINESS])
The U.S. Small Business Administration's Colorado District
Office announced on Oct. 1 the launch of a Small Business Economic
Hotline for area businesspeople who have questions about doing . . .
Between Scylla and Charybdis: moral hazard or systemic risk:
bailout Odyssey poses tough choices.([the] ECONOMIST)
It was only seven months ago that Standard & Poor's
assured us that the majority of the losses in mortgage-backed securities
had been disclosed, topping out at $285 billion. It certainly
didn't . . .
In football, we believe.(SPORTS biz)
In case you hadn't heard, there's a theme to the 2008 NFL
season: "Believe in now."
According to a report in Sports Business Journal, the league's
director of brand management and integration . . .
Will Roberts II: Denver Board of Realtors president follows
father's lead as groundbreaker.(EXECUTIVE [edge])
When Will Roberts II was sworn in this fall as the first
African-American president of the Denver Board of Realtors he thought
how proud his father-the late William Roberts, a former Denver . . .
'Green' Mountain luxury living: Caribou Ridge plans
high-end 'sustainable' homes for Nederland.(WHO OWNS COLORADO
[PLANET-PROFIT
NEDERLAND IS A PEACEFUL, QUIRKY LITTLE MOUNTAIN
COMMUNITY--population 1,300, altitude 8,300 feet--with much emphasis on
"quirky."
After all, the town probably is best known for its Frozen Dead . . .
Obama bad for business.(READERS [respond])(Letter to the
editor)
Not that it may matter much, but I will be unsubscribing from your
publication and be sure to never purchase it again. I am appalled that a
magazine with the name ColoradoBiz would endorse a . . .
Experience, technology among social trends affecting tourism
industry.([TOURISM])
For Surface Creek Winery owner Jim Durr, the key to successful
tourism promotion is to listen to customers.
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"The . . .
Disconnecting.(RUNDLES wrap-up)
A week or two back I was in the check-in line at the Frontier
Airlines counter in Los Angeles getting ready for my flight home, when a
young woman walked up to the counter next to me, all flummoxed . . .
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