There are any number of good reasons to vote against Amendment 66, the ballot initiative that would increase Colorado income taxes to generate additional revenue for public education. The fact the ballot measure would amend the Colorado Constitution rather than state statutes and therefore make it difficult to address unintended consequences constitutes by itself a […]
Consumers who watch television sitcoms and see product placements through covert marketing have better memories of the products and better attitudes toward the brands, according to the results of three joint studies led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Frankly, we were a bit surprised at the power of covert marketing across a variety […]
A measure of home loans and real estate sales declined in Mesa County during the third quarter, but remained well above levels for the previous two years. According to the latest information from the Colorado Division of Housing, the Mesa County public trustee’s office released 2,003 deeds of trust during the third quarter of 2013. […]
FCI Constructors tops a list of five companies based in Grand Junction that rank among the top 250 privately owned firms in Colorado. FCI Constructors, a construction management and contracting firm, ranked 15th in the 2013 list complied by ColoradoBiz magazine. The 2013 rankings are based on self-reported gross revenues for 2012. To be included […]
Worker’s compensation insurance premiums continue to rise in Colorado, but at a slower pace. The Colorado Division of Insurance announced that the “loss costs” component of workers’ compensation insurance premiums will increase 2.6 percent for 2014, half the 5.2 percent hike for 2013. The 2014 increase will mark the fourth straight year of higher loss […]
Payrolls grew and the unemployment rate edged down in September in the United States, according to labor estimates released more than two weeks late because of a partial federal government shutdown. Nonfarm payrolls rose an estimated 148,000 as the jobless rate ticked down a tenth of a point to 7.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of […]
Lodging tax collections in Grand Junction have resumed a downward trend, but still could top last year. According to the Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau report for September, $135,317 in lodging taxes were collected. That’s about $6,000, or 4.3 percent, less than what was reported for the same month last year. Since lodging tax […]
Colorado ranks 19th among the 50 states in the latest results of an annual analysis of how taxes affect business. Colorado slipped one spot in the State Business Tax Climate Index for 2014, but continues to fare well for its comparatively lower individual and corporate income taxes. The Tax Foundation — a nonprofit, nonpartisan tax […]
New entrepreneurs behave differently from experienced business owners in handling the stress of starting new ventures, according to the results of a study conducted at the University of Colorado in boulder. “Inexperienced entrepreneurs actually become more stressed when they take a break from their work because they’re not able to completely remove themselves mentally and […]
Oil shale development in Western Colorado has posed a challenging puzzle to say the least. Even after investing millions upon millions of dollars and decades of research into various methods of extracting kerogen from shale formations without having to simply mine and process the rock, the efforts have yet to result in commercial-shale production. Shell […]