business and finance

Business Briefs

Mosherdu1-i-syn The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center, the Dolores Chamber of Commerce and the Dolores State Bank will sponsor…

Stocks edge higher in quiet, post-holiday

It was a fairly quiet day for traders, who had relatively little news to react to. Health-care stocks rose far…

Do benefits outweigh the costs?

minimum wage could be $10.10 by 2016, but there’s a catch

Lack of water ruin your V-Day?

‘It sure did’ for some Mancos businesses

Local News

Mancos will have to wait for Family Dollar

Trustees pass big-box moratorium

Business Briefs

Goff Engineering and Surveying Inc. announces the addition of Bill Hickam as a principal at the firm. Hickam is a…

5 reasons 2014 markets could be a real bear

du1-i-syn We believe that market timing and stock selection is difficult, if not impossible, and that asset allocation is limited…

Huge thermal plant opens as solar industry heats up

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across about 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, formally…

Google working on 10 gigabit Internet speeds

Google says it is working to provide better Internet speeds so businesses and other consumers will be able to trust…

Flight scrapped? You’re not alone

Cancellations highest number in more than 25 years

February 14, 2014

What's Up Downtown

What kind of downtown do you want to have?

No surprise the bicycle is becoming a dominant presence in resurgent downtowns. That trend – along with the desire for…

February 11, 2014

Policy and Politics Digest

Heeere’s Yellen

new Fed chair lays out her views of the economy

February 11, 2014

Health-care savings: An economic good, despite the sting

It will be interesting to see how the information is politicized, though. It is not difficult to imagine those opposed…

February 10, 2014

Our moderate winter pinches snowplow firms

Huntoon has 10 percent of revenues as compared to ‘13

February 10, 2014

Would you complain if your flight was delayed?

Ironically, delays are rising as complaints keep on dropping

February 10, 2014

Study: 10 states eye Internet gambling bills

New Jersey is expected to try to expand its Internet gambling pool by getting permission to seek to allow residents…

What’s up with the stock market?

Volatility setting in after big gains in 2013

Retail sales expected to improve this year

group forecasting 4.1 percent increase in ’14

After sale, Zuke’s plots growth

Durango pet-products company acquired by Nestlé Purina

Feds want cars to be able to talk to each other

The action, still some years off, has “game-changing potential” to cut collisions, deaths and injuries, federal transportation officials said at…

Money Savvy

Practical tips to financial security just clicks a way

Five of my favorite money blogs offer inspiration, useful tips and sage advice to help you work toward your goals…

Banks versus retailers

breaches place Americans in the middle

Business Briefs

Put A Cork In It announces its new location at 1127 Camino del Rio. The business is owned by Alan…