White House acknowledges tapping tech companies' data
Staff Denver Business Journal The adminstration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged that a secret program called "Prism" exists to tap consumer data from technology companies such as Apple,...
View ArticleShop Watch: Brick House + Tap gets pouring; Abbey Tavern, Nuggs Ice Cream...
Boots Gifford Print Editor / Lead Designer- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter | Shop Watch blog Brick House Tavern + Tap recently opened in Parker, offering more than 80 beers,...
View ArticleDish increases its offer for Clearwire
Staff Denver Business Journal Colorado billionaire Charlie Ergen is willing to pay more for Clearwire Corp., Bloomberg reports. Ergen's Dish Network Corp. (Nasdaq: DISH) is now offering $4.40 a share...
View ArticleVail Resorts posts 23% profit rise
Staff Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. delivered a strong finish to the 2012-13 ski season and had the financial results to prove it. The Vail Daily says the Broomfield ski resort operator...
View ArticleNow you can live like Elvis did
Staff Denver Business Journal Elvis Dumervil's home in Castle Rock is on the market for $2.7 million, NBCsports.com reports. The linebacker, who played for the Denver Broncos from 2006 until he was...
View ArticleKen Salazar hanging out legal shingle
Staff Denver Business Journal Ken Salazar begins work Monday as a partner in the global law firm WilmerHale, but he'll be working from Denver, The Denver Post reports. Salazar will be opening a Denver...
View ArticleWelcome to North Colorado? Some rural leaders want split from state
Staff Denver Business Journal Some leaders of rural Colorado counties aren't happy with state government these days -- and are advocating that their area split off to form a separate state. The Fort...
View ArticleBaseball fans returning to Coors Field
Staff Denver Business Journal There's an increased interest in how the Colorado Rockies are doing this season that wasn't evident a year ago, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper reports a...
View ArticleCentennial airport expanding again
Dennis Huspeni Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Google+ | Twitter | Real Deals blog Last year, we brought you news of Centennial Airport InterPort growing as the master developer for the...
View ArticleUltra Petroleum puts Banning-Lewis land on market
Staff Denver Business Journal Ultra Petroleum Corp., which bought 18,000 acres of the Banning-Lewis Ranch in El Paso County two years ago, has put the land up for sale after calling off its oil...
View ArticleBattle over witness in oil & gas rulemaking included Colorado agency subpoena
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter A Bloomberg News article this week about confidentiality agreements between oil and gas companies and landowners, and how...
View ArticleDish Network's Clearwire bid complicates life for SoftBank, Sprint...
Greg Avery Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Google+ | Twitter | Blog Dish Network Corp.'s increased bid for Clearwire Corp. didn’t just complicate SoftBank's takeover bid for Sprint Nextel...
View ArticleDenver Union Station area's transformation continues (slideshow)
Most Popular Most popular Slideshows Facebook Twitter Emailed Mobile Former Denver Broncos QB found dead Denver Union Station area's transformation continues (slideshow) Canada Goose picks Denver for...
View ArticleCost a concern for Colorado high-speed rail idea
Staff Denver Business Journal How to pay for a high-speed train from Fort Collins to Pueblo was, not surprisingly, the topic of concern at a public meeting about the idea in Windsor, mywindsornow.com...
View ArticleStrategies: How job-seekers can handle the roller-coaster ride
Aimee Cohen Amusement park rides offer summertime thrills, but one ride that most job seekers want to avoid is the roller coaster. Chugging inexorably up the incline, diving headfirst into the...
View ArticleAn 11th lesson that business should learn from 'Star Trek'
Mark Harden News Director- Denver Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+ A couple weeks ago I blogged about 10 leadership principles that business can pick up from "Star Trek." Click...
View ArticleAirline competition puts Denver in spotlight
Staff Denver Business Journal It could be said that as Denver International Airport goes, so goes the nation. Or, as The Wall Street Journal put it, "What happens in the battle for Denver may well...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying about Hickenlooper's decision on rural-power bill
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter Colorado’s renewable energy goal for rural cooperatives will double to 20 percent by 2020 under Senate Bill 252, a...
View ArticleSprint CEO: Dish's latest Clearwire bid won't work
Greg Avery Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Google+ | Twitter | Blog Sprint CEO Dan Hess has fired off a letter to Clearwire's board saying that Dish Network's $4.40 per-share offer to buy a...
View ArticleTop of the List: Colorado's biggest PPOs
Connie Elsbury Research Director- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter | Broadway & 17th blog "Top of the List" highlights one of our exclusive lists that appear in the weekly print...
View ArticleFrontier CEO defends $100 bag fee
Staff Denver Business Journal David Siegel, president and CEO of Denver's Frontier Airlines, explains the company's decision to charge as much as $100 for a single carry-on bag to Marketplace Morning...
View ArticleBall Corp. eliminates jobs in Milwaukee
Staff Denver Business Journal Ball Corp. of Broomfield is eliminating 72 jobs in Milwaukee, reports The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee. The company informed the Wisconsin Department of...
View ArticleEx-PayPal CEO to hire 100 in Denver for latest venture
Staff Denver Business Journal Bill Harris, the former CEO of PayPal and Intuit, tells the Silicon Valley Business Journal he intends to establish a Denver office for his latest company and hire 100...
View ArticleNew car-sharing service rolling into Denver
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter Wanna share a car? A new car-sharing rental service, — Car2go North America LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler North America — is...
View ArticleHickenlooper signs controversial rural renewable-energy bill
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter Colorado's renewable energy goal for rural cooperatives will double to 20 percent by 2020 under a controversial bill signed...
View ArticleTexas oil company drops plans for El Paso
Staff Denver Business Journal A second Texas company has decided against drilling for oil in El Paso County, The Gazette reports. Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston drilled an exploratory well but said the...
View ArticleMarkWest selling W. Va. assets for $210M
Staff Denver Business Journal MarkWest Energy Partners LP will receive $210 million in cash for the sale of its gas gathering assets in Doddridge County, W. Va., the Denver company announced...
View ArticleKodiak paying $660M for North Dakota properties
Staff Denver Business Journal Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. said Monday it will pay $600 million to acquire producing properties and undeveloped leasehold in North Dakota's Williston Basin. The seller is...
View ArticleLouis Bacon puts 21,000 acres in San Luis Valley into conservation
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter Louis Bacon, the hedge-fund manager and Colorado landowner who stymied plans to build a new transmission line from the San...
View ArticleWPX raises the number of drilling rigs it's running in Colorado
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter WPX Energy Inc. is boosting the number of drilling rigs it’s running in western Colorado and plans to spend about $400...
View ArticleClearwire delays vote after Dish makes offer
Staff Denver Business Journal Clearwire Corp. has put off its vote -- originally scheduled for today -- on a merger with Sprint Nextel Corp. after Dish Network Corp. raised the stakes on the deal, the...
View ArticleOSHA proposes fine for JBS USA
Staff Denver Business Journal The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering an $83,400 fine against Greeley meatpacking company JBS USA, according to the Northern Colorado Business...
View ArticleColorado Springs may allow retail marijuana sales
Staff Denver Business Journal The Colorado Springs City Council may be leaning toward allowing the retail sale of marijuana, The Gazette reports. Although Mayor Steve Bach is opposed to the idea, the...
View ArticleMontrose snuffs out retail pot businesses
Staff Denver Business Journal The city of Montrose won't allow retail marijuana shops to set up operations, KREX-TV reports. The passage of Amendment 64 last November legalized the possession and sale...
View ArticleBoulder approves drilling moratorium in city
Staff Denver Business Journal A proposal to enact a one-year moratorium on oil and gas drilling won unanimous approval from the the Boulder City Council, the Daily Camera reports. The moratorium...
View ArticleAnschutz likely to win Los Angeles contract
Staff Denver Business Journal A company owned by Denver financier Philip Anschutz appears the likely winner of a contract to manage the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Los Angeles Daily News...
View ArticleColorado, and Denver, make Top 10 in clean tech
Cathy Proctor Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Facebook | Twitter Colorado ranks fifth among the 50 states and Denver ranks eighth among U.S. metro areas in the latest Clean Tech Leadership...
View ArticleBoulder considering fracking moratorium
Staff Denver Business Journal The Boulder City Council on Tuesday will decide whether to enact a year-long moratorium on granting permits for oil and gas drilling, the Daily Camera reports. The city...
View ArticleFormer Janus managers migrate to Arrowpoint
Staff Denver Business Journal A reunion of sorts of former Janus Capital Group Inc. stock pickers could easily be held in the offices of Denver's Arrowpoint Partners. Bloomberg Businessweek reports...
View ArticleNot so fast, Sprint, says Dish; our Cleawire deal is actionable
Greg Avery Reporter- Denver Business Journal Email | Google+ | Twitter | Blog Dish Network's $6.6 billion offer to buy Clearwire shares doesn’t violate securities laws or Sprint's rights as a...
View ArticleStrategies: How social media is changing the workplace
Eric Lesser In the workplace, "The Big Three Revolution" is upon us and will have huge effects on the American workplace. The Big Three Revolution is an era of change in which three key technologies...
View ArticleBarrel Man's 'costume' sells for $2,550
Staff Denver Business Journal An orange barrel Tim McKernan used to sport at Denver Broncos games has sold on eBay for $2,550, Denver iJournal reports. McKernan, best known simply as the "Barrel Man,"...
View ArticleFox continues fight against Dish's AutoHop
Staff Denver Business Journal Fox Broadcasting Co. is asking a federal appeals court to put a stop to Dish Network Corp.'s AutoHop feature, Bloomberg reports. The broadcaster has a hearing scheduled...
View ArticleMagpul directs sales to fight gun-control law
Staff Denver Business Journal Magpul Industries Corp., a Boulder County company that manufactures high-capacity gun magazines, is selling "limited edition" products to finance a court fight against...
View ArticleCarbondale movie theater meets fundraising goal
Staff Denver Business Journal The Crystal Theatre in Carbondale has met its goal to raise $70,000 for a digital projection system that will allow it to show first-run movies, the Aspen Daily News...
View ArticleRadio station KHOW cuts Peter Boyles loose
Staff Denver Business Journal Peter Boyles, an outspoken host on Denver radio station KHOW, has been fired, KUSA-TV reports. Boyles declined to comment to the TV station. He's been off the air since...
View ArticleFort Collins police investigating fracking petition
Staff Denver Business Journal The Fort Collins Police Department is looking into whether any laws were broken in collecting signatures for a petition to oppose a proposed ban on fracking, the...
View ArticleEx-Janus managers buy mutual fund company
Staff Denver Business Journal Arrowpoint Partners, the Denver-based investment firm founded by former fund managers at Janus Capital Group Inc., is buying a California investment company, Bloomberg...
View ArticleSoon you'll be able to coast in Denver crosswalks
Staff Denver Business Journal Stressed about how quickly you have to cross busy Denver streets before the light changes? Relax; soon you'll have a bit more time at crosswalks. CBS4 News reports that...
View ArticleRTD light rail could mean trouble for Anschutz research
Staff Denver Business Journal Officials at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus and adjacent Colorado Science and Technology Park in Aurora are concerned that the planned route of a...
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