Colorado Jobs Added—Unemployment Rate Down!
Could Colorado’s economy be on the road to recovery? We can certainly hope so! Even as the economy continues to struggle throughout the nation, Colorado added 8,800 jobs in October, reducing the state’s unemployment rate from 8.3 percent to 8.1 percent. This may not seem like a huge number, but in the grand scale of things, it’s a very important step in the right direction. Colorado...
Read MoreGovernment Lowers Growth Estimate, Wall Street Stocks Dive
More news hit the wire today that neither Joe Average on Main Street, nor a Colorado business law attorney wants to hear. As the economy struggles, chugging along and (it sometimes seems) barely solvent, we cling to every scrap and shred of hope we can. The state adds jobs, that’s a great thing. A new subsidy is offered to small businesses—great. When we hear that the economy is growing,...
Read MoreAlcohol May Have Played a Role in Fatal Teen Crash
On November 6, two Colorado teens were killed in a fatal crash when the 18-year-old driver smashed his Toyota 4-Runner SUV into a tree, going forty miles above the posted speed limit. These sorts of occurrences are beyond tragic—losing young men and women who are just coming into their own with their entire futures ahead of them, their lives snuffed out just like that. Heck, any Colorado motor...
Read MoreBarnes & Noble Denies Liberty Media Deal
Rumors have been flying for months that major book and media store retailer Barnes & Noble, Inc., was either for sale, or that an offer and deal had been struck for its purchase by Liberty Media, the parent company of the Starz! television network and the Home Shopping Network. In the wake of the Borders collapse a few months ago, many people have been watching this potential deal closely,...
Read MoreOpen Range Communications Files for Bankruptcy
Colorado broadband provider Open Range Communications had a wonderful idea—simple and philanthropic at its core. They wanted to bring wireless broadband Internet and communications beyond its current urban hub, and into rural areas, providing service where previously it was difficult to come by. Unfortunately, the company recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing over $110 million in...
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