Business

Microsoft addresses Windows 8 gripes

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks up Microsoft’s Windows 8, at its launch in New York last fall. Microsoft is retooling…

May 6, 2013

Business

Adobe cans box software

The company, which makes costly imaging and design programs aimed at pros, including Photoshop, Premiere and InDesign, said Monday that…

May 6, 2013

Business

Survey: U.S. home prices post 10.5 percent rise

A survey shows U.S. home prices rose 10.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, the biggest gain since…

May 6, 2013

Business

Crowdfunding might be more bust than windfall

President Barack Obama and members of Congress have touted a law that makes crowdfunding, a method of soliciting money over…

May 6, 2013

Business

Oil-drilling technology leaps forward

Developments improve finding and extracting hydrocarbons

May 4, 2013

Business

Could conference center be financed in euros?

Program grants green cards for investment cash

May 4, 2013

Business

Taxes not slowing down spending

Despite less pay, Americans keep spending, thanks to cheaper gas, rising stocks and low interest rates.Patrick Semansky/Associated Press Which raised…

May 4, 2013

Business

Copying Warren Buffett hard for mere mortals

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett makes investing sound easy, but his cash reserves mean few people actually can land the kinds…

May 4, 2013

Business

15-year mortgage rate slides lower to record 2.56 percent

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 15-year fixed mortgage slipped to 2.56 percent. Thats…

May 4, 2013

Business

Are you a savvy manager of your IRA?

At the end of last year, IRAs had $5.4 trillion in assets compared with $5.1 trillion in 401(k)s and other…

May 4, 2013

Business

Adventure, risk await area tourists

Durango Tourism Summit considers farms as well as often-popular heritage railroads

April 30, 2013

Business

IBM pulls stock market out of an early slump

IBM and other tech stocks led the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up. The broad-market measure ended April with a…

April 30, 2013

Business

Shoppers seeking more ‘ethical’ clothing

Bangladesh factory disaster death toll rises, so does consciousness

April 30, 2013

Business

New Obamacare applications slightly simpler

Prepare to lay bare your finances under health-reform act

April 30, 2013

Business

Samsung Galaxy S4 offers function, dazzle

Samsung has been able to pack in a more powerful battery into its new Galaxy S4, which, as a bragging…

April 27, 2013

Business

Gasoline prices trending down

Reduction benefits drivers, economy

April 27, 2013

Business

Landslide at mine deals blow to Utah economy

Kennecott copper production expected to be reduced by half

April 27, 2013

Business

Tangled up in Taos

Spanish colonial land grant mixes with real estate to form legal limbo

April 27, 2013

Business

Tight condo lending impairs low-cost housing

lenders in Durango look to offer creative financing

April 27, 2013

Business

Ag tour slated for tourism summit

margins narrow on the ranches, a new venue opens up

April 22, 2013

Business

Mammon mavens move meetings to Utah

banks’ shareholders hope to avoid distraction of class-warrior activists

April 22, 2013

Business

Report: Top 7% got richer during recovery

The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for…

April 22, 2013

Business

New business boosts web visibility of Cortez

Derek Alvarez, a recent arrival in Cortez, noticed some similarities after living in a beach town in southern Albania close…

April 22, 2013

Business

Small businesses: Rule-breakers get an edge

Consuelo Gomez, owner of Bellevue, Wash., property-management company “Marty K,” says her refusal to hire workers in the United States…

April 20, 2013