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10 leadership books to watch for in 2019
du1-i-syn “The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance” by Steven Rogelberg, out now. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to spend…
Business
‘What is bitcoin?’ topped Google’s 2018 trending list
Many are also asking an even more fundamental question: “What is bitcoin?” In fact, that was the most searched definition in the U.S. and U.K. in 2018, according to Google…
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Bed Bath & Beyond rally loses steam
Bed Bath & Beyond shocked investors with a rosy forecast for fiscal 2020, but analysts remain skeptical.Logan Cyrus/Bloomberg file Some doubt the company’s strategy of prioritizing profitability over near-term sales.…
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VCs plowed a record $9.3 billion into AI startups last year
The surge comes after three years of steadily increasing investment, with the average annual increase from 2015 to 2017 at 28 percent. The recent boost partly reflects the frothy funding…
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New efficiency strategy helps Union Pacific soar
Union Pacific’s new strategy hinges on putting customers on a disciplined schedule for freight pickups and assembling trains in blocks of cars with a common destination to reduce switching.Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg…
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IRS will pay tax refunds during government shutdown, official says
“Tax refunds will go out,” the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, told reporters at a briefing on Monday. In previous shutdown contingency…
Business
You won’t believe where Ska Brewing’s second biggest market is
Here’s a hint: It’s nowhere in the United States
Business
Experts say economic expansion should run through 2019
Despite natural gas bust, interest rate hikes and tariffs, recession unlikely
Business
College buddies open ski bar south of Purgatory Resort
spent two months converting old vacation cabin
On Real Estate
Buying a home without representation is a big mistake
This perspective is puzzling and doesn’t make any sense to me. In my experience, I’ve found that most sellers attempting to sell their home without representation (For sale by owner)…
Business
While federal workers go without pay, senior Trump officials get big raises
Shutdown allows raises to go into effect
Business
Some minimum wage workers in New Mexico get earnings boost
According to the county, the increase takes the minimum wage in unincorporated areas from $8.85 per hour to $9.05 per hour for employees who don’t earn tips. Officials say the…
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Next home-buying class set for Jan. 26
The class is meant to make the home-buying process clear and less stressful. Some of the topics include: understanding the programs offered by HomesFund; understanding your credit score report and…
Business
Southwest Economic Outlook takes place on Tuesday
Experts in business and economics will present their view of the current status of local, state and national economies, and their predictions for the future. Robert Sonora, former FLC professor…
Business
Durango Artisan Foods makes purchases
O’Hara’s Jams and Jellies has been in business since 1996. In 2007, O’Hara’s purchased the San Juan Mountain Mustard brand and added mustards and marinades to their product lineup. All…
Business
Five workplace predictions for 2019
Members work on laptop computers in a common room at the Embarcadero WeWork Cos Inc. offices in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2017.Michael Short/Bloomberg file Others fall somewhere in between.…
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Piñon Project offers free rentals of outdoor gear
Businesses, Piñon Project set up a ‘library’ for youths and organizations to borrow gear for outdoor recreation
Business
2018 a busy year in Durango’s business world
companies opened or expanded this year, others called it quits and construction was brisk
Business
Elevation Customer Builders welcomes new designer
Kim Eisner joins Elevation Custom Builders as an in-house designer specializing in new construction, remodels and lighting design.Courtesy Eisner brings an eye for aesthetics and experience of working more than…
Money Savvy
Here’s the money advice I’d leave to my grandkids
It has been one of my gigs since November 2009. After more than 100 columns, today is the final one that will run in The Durango Herald. I am deeply…
Business
U.S. long-term mortgage rates dropped to 4.55 percent average
U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, offering a slight degree of relief to would-be homebuyers after the stock market has tumbled. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says Thursday the average…