American small business owners didn’t have high hopes that President Barack Obama would remove the obstacles preventing them from creating jobs, so they weren’t terribly surprised when he rolled out his lackluster American Jobs Act before a joint session of Congress. The nation’s job creators learned long ago the president’s warm words for Main Street […]
A measure of optimism among small business owners has dropped for a sixth straight month, a decline one economist blamed on growing uncertainty about the future. The National Federation of Independent Business reported that its Small Business Optimism Index retreated 1.8 points in August to 88.1. The index is based on the results of monthly […]
A hiring event is planned to recruit employees for a new furniture store in Grand Junction. The Mesa County Workforce Center has scheduled the event for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15 at the center, 2897 North Ave. in Grand Junction. The event is part of a collaborative effort between the center and American […]
A long-time business owner has announced his candidacy for the Mesa County Board of Commissioners. Wes D’Aponti seeks the Republican nomination in District 1 for the 2012 election. D’Aponti had scheduled a news conference on the steps of the Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction for Sept. 15 to announce his campaign. D’Aponti and his […]
A leading natural gas producer has announced the sale of a portion of its pipelines and compression facilities in Western Colorado. Encana Oil & Gas expects to close on the $590 million transaction later this year as part of ongoing efforts to divest so-called midstream assets to raise capital for other production operations. According to […]
Sean Lynch has joined Brady Chiropractic Group in Grand Junction. Lynch brings to his new duties more than 15 years of experience in wellness care, eight of those in private practice in St. Louis. He’s a graduate of the Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis. Lynch joins William Alfini Jr., Blake Fenton and David […]
A monthly index tracking conditions for small businesses in Colorado increased for the first time in five months on improving labor trends. The state economy likely would fare even better were it not for a weak national economy, said Jeff Thredgold, a corporate economist who calculates the Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index. “The Colorado […]
Two Grand Junction companies continue to rank among the fastest-growing firms in the nation as well as the top minority and women-owned businesses in the state. JG Management Systems and Rocky Mountain Sanitation are included in the 2011 Inc. magazine listing of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. JG Management Systems […]
A monthly index tracking labor trends continues to decline, but still signals slow job growth in the months ahead. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index slipped two-tenths in August to 100.8, but remains 4.1 percent higher than this time last year. “While the Employment Trends Index has been on a slightly declining trend in recent […]
Slowing job growth in the United States ground to a halt in August with no monthly gain in payrolls for the first time in nearly a year. The national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, the loss of 17,000 government jobs exactly offset a gain of 17,000 […]