Title: Business briefs: N.Y. attorney general takes aim at big banks
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 02:31:26 MST
Description: New York's attorney general Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while saving banks more than $2 billion.
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Title: American Airlines plans to exit bankruptcy as stand-alone carrier
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:35:43 MST
Description: American Airlines plans to exit bankruptcy as a stand-alone carrier and would consider making acquisitions afterward, chief executive Tom Horton said Friday.
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Title: Colorado labor chief Ellen Golombek defends hiring longtime friend as consultant
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:34:58 MST
Description: As thousands of unemployed Coloradans complain they cannot get through clogged phone lines, there appears to be a conflict of interest within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
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Title: Harley-Davidson wheels out new models aimed at younger set
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:34:22 MST
Description: Cook's Corner in Orange County, Calif., has long been a haven for motorcyclists. But the legendary roadhouse was more jammed than usual Wednesday.
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Title: Ball Corp. challenges rival's patents on easier-pouring can tops
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:33:03 MST
Description: Ball Corp., a Broomfield-based maker of containers for Miller beer and Pepsi-Cola, sued Crown Holdings to challenge its competitor's patents for easier-pouring aluminum-can tops.
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Title: Greek private-sector workers reject more pay cuts
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:32:27 MST
Description: Greek unions and employers' associations Friday rejected private-sector wage cuts, as demanded by the country's international bailout lenders if Athens is to receive a new rescue package and avoid bankruptcy.
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Title: There may be lots of snow, but Denver's economy doesn't freeze up
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:29:50 MST
Description: A foot of snow in Denver seems to have about as much impact on the cost of doing business and the local economy as a day of rain in Miami.
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Title: January unemployment rate slips to 8.3 percent on surge in hiring
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:25:53 MST
Description: In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected.
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Title: Stocks rally around positive jobs report
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:22:35 MST
Description: A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since before the 2008 financial crisis.
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Title: Ex-Qwest exec will pay $2.6 million to settle SEC fraud case
Pulish Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:21:45 MST
Description: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with Robert Woodruff, the former chief financial officer for Qwest Communications International.
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Title: Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:53:04 MST
Description: WASHINGTON—In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January—across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected.
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Title: Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:22:34 MST
Description: NEW YORK—For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming—and couldn't withstand.
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Title: U.S. service companies boost employment index as hiring picked up in January
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:18:02 MST
Description: WASHINGTON — U.S. service companies grew at the fastest pace in 11 months in January as employers started hiring to keep up with rising demand.
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Title: Shareholders sue Hecla Mining Co. after deaths
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:54:00 MST
Description: COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho—Some shareholders have sued Hecla Mining Co. for stock losses they endured after the federal government shut down the Lucky Friday Mine for safety violations.
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Title: SEC reaches settlement with former Qwest CFO
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:02:15 MST
Description: DENVER—The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with former Qwest Communications International Inc.
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Title: Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since '08
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:59:40 MST
Description: NEW YORK—A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since May 2008, before the financial meltdown later that year.
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Title: NY's Schneiderman sues banks in foreclosure effort
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:55:48 MST
Description: ALBANY, N.Y.—New York's attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation's largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while saving banks over $2 billion.
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Title: Oil prices rise after drop in US hiring expands
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:58:44 MST
Description: NEW YORK—A surge in U.S. hiring lifted oil prices for the first time in a week. As more Americans commute to work and the economy picks up, demand for energy is expected to rise.
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Title: Super Bowl ads that generate buzz after the game
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:42:09 MST
Description: NEW YORK—Companies hope you'll be gabbing about their Super Bowl ads on Monday morning. But the ultimate score is if those conversations continue throughout the year.
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Title: Factory orders up 1.1 percent in December
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:43:47 MST
Description: WASHINGTON—Orders to U.S. factories rose in December, supported by a rebound in business investment in capital goods such as heavy machinery.
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Title: Boulder County imposes moratorium on oil, gas drilling
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:49:48 MST
Description: BOULDER —-- Boulder County commissioners on Thursday imposed a temporary moratorium on accepting and processing new applications for oil and gas drilling operations in any
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Title: Artspace developer says other Loveland projects could be forthcoming
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:48:54 MST
Description: LOVELAND — -Developers at Artspace Projects Inc. know that the artist studios and residences they build in downtown Loveland next year will meet but a small sliver of the city's
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Title: Markets rally after forecast-busting US jobs data
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 07:44:28 MST
Description: LONDON—Stocks spiked sharply higher on Friday after forecast-busting U.S. jobs figures reinforced hopes that the recovery in the world's largest economy is gathering pace at a time when other regions, notably Europe, may be heading back into recession.
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Title: Eurozone retail sales in surprise December fall
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:48:36 MST
Description: BRUSSELS—Retail sales in the 17 countries that use the euro unexpectedly fell during the crucial month of December, official figures showed Friday, raising fears of a looming recession in the single currency bloc.
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Title: Hayden takes closer look at gravel route
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:01:24 MST
Description: HAYDEN — — The Hayden Town Council will take another two weeks to consider a proposed hauling route that gravel trucks with Breeze Basin Resources would like to use as
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Title: Obama to speak on the economy
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:42:24 MST
Description: WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is to visit a state-of-the-art fire station in a Washington suburb on Friday.
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Title: Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:16:23 MST
Description: SAN FRANCISCO—Stressed out by flying? Travelers in Northern California can now find their inner calm in the Yoga Room at San Francisco International Airport.
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Title: Boulder board approves $50M Gunbarrel Center
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:10:28 MST
Description: BOULDER - — To the delight of some major employers who worry about the lack of workforce housing, the Boulder Planning Board on Thursday night approved a $50 million mixed-use
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Title: Hungary's Malev airline ceases operations
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:25:15 MST
Description: BUDAPEST, Hungary—Hungary's national carrier ceased operations, grounded all its flights and stranded more than 7,000 passengers Friday, blaming what it called an "unsustainable" financial situation.
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Title: Parker: Ink Coffee plans "big grand-reopening party"
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 03:23:49 MST
Description: There's an Ink stink in Cherry Creek. Ink Coffee, the shop that has been closed since Dec. 23 because of a water-main break, had crashed from a caffeine high when the flood caused all the power in the building at 2415 E. Second Ave. to be knocked out.
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Title: Aurora's unique field of solar panels flourishes as testing site
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:14:03 MST
Description: On the eastern edge of the city of Aurora, a unique solar test facility — the Solar Technology Acceleration Center, or SolarTAC — is flourishing.
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Title: Metro Denver's apartment-vacancy rate in 4th quarter lowest since 2000
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:13:38 MST
Description: Metro Denver's apartment-vacancy rate reached its lowest fourth-quarter level in over a decade at the end of 2011.
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Title: Retailers: January sales up 4.2% from year ago
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:08:55 MST
Description: U.S. shoppers were careful in January after their holiday spending, but retailers still managed to get their clearance items out the door, data reported Thursday showed.
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Title: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defends policies before GOP critics
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:08:30 MST
Description: During a contentious hearing before federal lawmakers, Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years.
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Title: Business briefs, 2/3/12
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:05:33 MST
Description: Centennial-based United Launch Alliance has completed two milestones that could lead to certifying its Atlas V rocket for human spaceflight, NASA announced Thursday.
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Title: Donald Trump considers adding cemetery to high-end golf course
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 01:01:01 MST
Description: They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans — like Donald Trump.
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Title: Europe urged to double size of bailout fund in debt crisis
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:59:57 MST
Description: Europe needs to double the size of its bailout fund to $1.3 trillion if it is to shore up its banking system and stop the spread of its spiraling debt crisis, according to a paper published Thursday by the economic organization that represents developed countries.
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Title: New U.S. jobless claims fall by 12,000
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:59:06 MST
Description: Economists forecast that a Labor Department report out today may show employers boosted payrolls in January and the jobless rate held at an almost three-year low.
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Title: Ex-MF Global exec says he warned Corzine of European debt in 2010
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:58:27 MST
Description: A former executive at the collapsed brokerage MF Global testified Thursday that he warned then-chief executive Jon Corzine a year before the company went under about the risks of making large bets on European government debt.
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Title: Stocks, bonds barely move as investors await January jobs report
Pulish Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:58:04 MST
Description: Investors coasted Thursday, leaving stocks unchanged while they looked ahead to today for a major jobs report. U.S. government bonds hardly moved, and neither did European stocks.
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Title: Hormel ending tight confinement for pregnant pigs
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:10:51 MST
Description: MINNEAPOLIS—The Humane Society of the United States is welcoming a statement from Hormel Foods Corp.
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Title: Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct.
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:02:48 MST
Description: WASHINGTON—The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year.
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Title: ULA reaches two milestones in rocket certification
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:12:36 MST
Description: Centennial-based United Launch Alliance has successfully completed two milestones that could lead to certifying its Atlas V rocket for human spaceflight, NASA announced today.
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Title: MasterCard takes $495M charge to cover fee suit
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:12:24 MST
Description: NEW YORK—MasterCard Inc. on Thursday said it recorded a $495 million charge in its fourth quarter to cover potential losses related to a lawsuit brought by retailers over the fees they pay on credit card transactions.
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Title: Report says Pitkin County tourism jobs falling
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:03:26 MST
Description: A report handed to Pitkin County commissioners indicates the county known for its glitter and glamour has fewer tourism jobs than a decade ago.
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Title: Retailers deliver solid sales gains for January
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:49:35 MST
Description: NEW YORK—Americans were shopping in January, but not every store was feeling the love. Retailers reported mixed sales results for the month in a sign that U.
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Title: EU official: Greece needs extra $20 billion
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:22:23 MST
Description: BRUSSELS—Greece needs about an extra euro15 billion ($20 billion) to get its debt down to manageable levels—and the rest of 17-country eurozone is being asked to help foot the bill.
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Title: Airlines issue travel advisories in advance of storm
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:38:55 MST
Description: Denver International Airport and the airlines that serve it are bracing for a major snowstorm expected to begin later today.
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Title: 2011 sales tax collections in Steamboat Springs exceed 2010 totals
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:38:24 MST
Description: Steamboat Springs' 2011 sales tax collections exceeded those collected in 2010 by 4.3 percent, according to a preliminary December report released Wednesday by the city.
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Title: Denver metro apartment vacancy rate in 4th quarter lowest since 2000
Pulish Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:37:07 MST
Description: The apartment vacancy rate in the Denver metro area fell to 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, dropping to the lowest fourth-quarter vacancy rate recorded since 2000, a report released today by the Apartment Association of Metro Denver and the Colorado Division of Housing said.
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