The Colorado Department of Agriculture has introduced a Web site feature designed to help livestock owners buying, selling or moving their animals. Livestock owners can find their brand inspectors by visiting the Web site at www.colorado.gov/ag/brands and clicking on “brand inspectors.” By simply clicking on their specific areas, owners retrieve the name and contact information […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Based on the statistics and trends she observed in 2011, Annette Miller expects the Mesa County real estate market to stabilize in 2012. As the inventory of foreclosed properties shrinks and accounts for a smaller proportion of overall sales, what’s been a decline in prices should stop. Historically low interest […]
A Grand Junction manufacturer has been selected to construct what’s billed as the fastest gondola of its type in the world. Leitner-Poma of America expects to install the gondola in Vail Village in time for opening of the next ski season. “We’re thrilled not only to have the opportunity to work with Vail once again, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Doug Van Etten believes low prices and even lower interest rates offer an attractive real estate market in the Grand Valley not only for buyers, but also investors. Investors need help, though, in tracking trends, identifying potential properties to purchase and dealing with legal and tax issues. That’s why Van […]
U.S. job growth continues to accelerate, pushing down unemployment rates. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls grew 200,000 in December as the jobless rate retreated to 8.5 percent. Based on the results of monthly employer surveys, the private sector added 212,000 jobs. But government employment continued to trend downward with a net […]
A quarterly index tracking confidence among Colorado business leaders has advanced for the first quarter of the new year, offering a promising start to what’s expected to be a year with increased sales, capital expenditures and hiring. “There’s quite a bit of enthusiasm exhibited in this survey,” said Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the University […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado ended 2011 ahead of where it started, a gain that bodes well for economic and job growth in 2012. Gross domestic product for the state is expected to grow an inflation-adjusted 3.3 percent in the coming year, while payrolls should grow 1.5 percent, said Ernie Goss, director […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Colorado members of a small business advocacy group oppose efforts to impose taxes on services or privatize roads and bridges. Members of the National Federation of Independent Business in the state also oppose any efforts to make it illegal for employers to discriminate against job applicants who’re unemployed. At the […]
Did you receive an iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook or new smart phone for Christmas? Once you’ve figured out the numerous features, you’ll be ready to learn about recently updated technology that allows you to read or listen from any one of these devices. From previous articles I’ve written for the Business Times, you might remember […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has returned to its highest level since April, but it’s not yet certain if recent gains reflect a long-term change in attitudes. “While consumers are ending the year in a somewhat more upbeat mode, it is too soon to tell if this is a rebound from earlier declines or […]