Employment continues to increase in the United States as unemployment rates tick down. But even as labor conditions slowly improve, the proportion of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one has sunk to its lowest level in 35 years. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls grew 169,000 in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Heather McGregor can enumerate a lengthy list of benefits to fueling fleets with compressed natural gas. But she knows the single benefit likely to most interest fleet managers: lower costs. At $1 to $1.50 less than the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline or diesel, the savings associated with CNG […]
Two Grand Valley companies continue to rank among the fastest-growing firms in the United States, according to the latest results of an annual listing compiled for a national magazine. Fast Fusion in Palisade and JG Management Systems (JGMS) in Grand Junction are included in the 2013 Inc. magazine list of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times With more provisions of federal health care reform legislation scheduled to take effect next year and key deadlines approaching fast, business owners and managers are asking questions about how the law will affect their operations. A Western Colorado coalition set out to provide some answers during a day-long meeting in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tony Prinster recalls how he quickly developed a deeper respect for the way two previous generations of his family had managed a supermarket chain when he took over himself as president of City Market in 1990. “I really gained a lot of respect for what my ancestors had done […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Although the latest sales numbers edged down, year-to-date totals continue to reflect increasing real estate activity in Mesa County. Still, such external factors as rising interest rates on mortgages and escalating international tensions over the Middle East could affect the market in the months ahead. “I think we’ll be cautiously […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado has increased along with job growth and construction activity. The Business Conditions Index climbed 1.7 points to 56.5, well above the level forecasting an expanding economy over the next three to six months. “The state is adding jobs at an annual pace exceeding 2 percent, or well […]
Phil Castle The Business Times Jim Jeffryes expected at first to make beer mostly for the customers of the brewpub and restaurant he helped open in Grand Junction nearly eight years ago. But as demand grew, plans changed and the operation at Kannah Creek Brewing Co. evolved from brew pub to brewery. After opening a […]
Business owners who’ve been wondering and worrying about the effects of federal health care legislation on their operations will get some answers in a series of events planned for Grand Junction. Club 20 will devote nearly the entirety of its upcoming fall meeting to the topic of health care and offer presentations on the new […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A newly launched environmental campaign calls on the federal government to match every acre of public land leased for oil and natural gas development with an acre set aside in perpetuity for conservation. Supporters of Equal Ground came to Grand Junction to meet with local environmental leaders and the owners […]