Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) articles from December 2001

Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) archives from December 2001

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Tech Buzz Column.
December 1, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 1--Around this time last year, all the rage in technology reporting was the dot-bomb: who fell, and who was knocked down in the process was standard media fodder. In November, there were 2,901 dot-com job...

Boulder, Colo., Pharmaceutical Company Snags $65 Million in Venture Capital.
December 4, 2001... Byline: Matt Branaugh Dec. 4--A Boulder pharmaceutical company trying to bring drugs treating blood disorders to market recently snagged $65 million in a second round of venture capital. The award announced Monday by Pharmion Corp....

Microdisplay Maker in Colorado Undergoes Major Restructuring.
December 5, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 5--On Friday, a former spokesman for Zight Corp., formerly Colorado Microdisplay, said the firm was undergoing a restructuring and that some of the company's 45 employees were still working at the firm. But...

Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shop to Open Locations in Boulder, Colo., Area.
December 6, 2001... Byline: Kimberly Owings Dec. 6--Sandwich shops on University Hill soon will have another store competing for the purse strings of hungry college students. Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shop plans to open at 13th Street and College...

Environmental Group Honors Boulder County, Colo., Development Projects.
December 7, 2001... Byline: Greg Avery Dec. 7--After four years of skewering sprawl, an environmental group recognized three Boulder County projects on a list of developments it considers good. Colorado Public Interest Research Group announced its first...

Level 3 Communications Buys Dial-Up Business.
December 8, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 8--Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications announced Friday that it was acquiring wholesale dial-up Internet access from struggling telecom company McLeodUSA for $55 million in cash and the assumption of some...

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Tech Buzz Column.
December 8, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 8--Reports about the death of tape for data storage have been greatly exaggerated. "Tape is not dead," has been the mantra of Storage Technology Corp.'s Chief Executive Patrick Martin ever since he took...

Colorado Retailers Target Families with Activities, Perks.
December 11, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Dec. 11--A strolling Santa hands candy canes to children in downtown Boulder. Bundled carolers sing familiar Christmas songs in front of a Niwot pub. Broomfield's FlatIron Crossing mall offers free child care for...

Investors Make Case for Purchase of Boulder, Colo.-Based Software Maker.
December 11, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 11--An investment group with a significant stake in Boulder-based PlanetCAD saw its $3 million buyout offer for the firm quickly rejected last week, but it's not going down without a fight. PlanetCAD,...

Broomfield, Colo., Business Attorney Earns Partner Status.
December 12, 2001... Byline: Matt Branaugh Dec. 12--A love for writing and math 12 years ago led Daniel Meehan to an undergraduate degree in philosophy and economics from the University of Colorado. This week, his track record as a business attorney earned...

University of Colorado Kicks Off Business-Plan Competition.
December 12, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Dec. 12--Terry VanStory likes to repair his own car. But he doesn't enjoy fixing it in the street and gets frustrated if he doesn't have the right tools. The 22-year-old University of Colorado at Boulder senior...

Cleanup at Former Colorado Nuclear Bomb Plant May Be Limited.
December 12, 2001... Byline: Katy Human Dec. 12--If residents living near Rocky Flats want strict new cleanup standards for surface soil, the Energy Department needs their help figuring out how to save millions of dollars from other cleanup tasks at the former...

Boulder, Colo.-Area Gas Prices Have Further to Fall.
December 13, 2001... Byline: Matt Branaugh Dec. 13--Even with gasoline prices driving to new year-lows, Frank de Vall fumes over the prices customers pay at pumps in Boulder compared to other areas. Prices have dropped significantly in recent weeks....

Bookings for Colorado Ski Resorts Pick Up.
December 13, 2001... Byline: Victoria Blake Dec. 13--Ski resort bookings are on their way up in Colorado, even though many people have delayed making their winter travel arrangements. That news corresponds to the findings of a survey conducted by Colorado...

Erie, Colo., Trustees Delay Decision on Business Park.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Justin George Dec. 14--ERIE, Colo.--Trustees postponed a decision Thursday on the annexation of an Interlocken-type business park and 400 homes after developers failed to provide them with annexation agreements. It was the...

Group of Colorado Internet Entrepreneurs Take Organization to New Level.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 14--An elite group of the state's Internet entrepreneurs plans to expand offerings next year -- charging dues for the first time and adding on to networking gatherings. "It had come to be considered a...

Burrito Take-Out Business to Open in Broomfield, Colo.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Katie Ford Dec. 14--BROOMFIELD, Colo.--Where Broomfield residents picked up their mail in the 1950s, they will soon be able to grab a burrito from an independently owned business. Mary Franco, an Erie resident who lived in...

Boulder, Colo.-Area Technology Firm Has Role in Upcoming Movie.
December 15, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 15--In an area rich with storage firms, Storage Technology Corp. is grandaddy of them all -- dealing with traditional tape and spawning many of the upstarts in the field today. Its products around the world...

Boulder, Colo.-Area Hotels Say Conference Bookings Are Rebounding.
December 16, 2001... Byline: Katie Ford Dec. 16--Area hotels, which saw numerous cancellations after Sept. 11., are starting to see a rebound in conference bookings, but are still seeing low occupancy rates. Dan Pirrallo, general manager of the Millennium...

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Tech Buzz Column.
December 16, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 16--Most of us have a love-hate relationship with e-mail inboxes. They've become the vortex of social plans, workplace communications, bad jokes, critical systems information, and mountains and mountains of...

Colorado Somewhat Better Positioned during Recession than other States.
December 18, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 18--Though exactly when the recession started is a matter of debate, economists unfortunately agree on one thing: It will linger well into 2002. Colorado industries that will suffer most: construction,...

Level 3 Communications Exits Asian Market.
December 20, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 20--Just five months after activating its undersea cable linking Hong Kong and Japan, Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications has pulled the plug on its once lofty Asian strategy. The firm announced...

Boulder, Colo., Small Retailers Have Big Holiday Season.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Katie Ford Dec. 21--The downshift in the economy hasn't seemed to slow sales at small retail businesses. Richard Polk, owner of Pedestrian Shops on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, said the store's sales are down about 10...

Longmont, Colo., Explores Nonprofit for School Funds after Failed Bond.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Kate Larsen Dec. 21--LONGMONT, Colo.--Facing rapid growth and a failed bond proposal, the city is exploring the creation of a nonprofit foundation that could collect money for schools from developers. In response to the failure...

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Business Calendar Column.
December 24, 2001... Dec. 24--PLAN AHEAD: Free Marketing Seminar, seminar on how to best conduct marketing campaigns during a recession, Linnell & Soreide Marketing Partners headquarters, 1700 Kylie Drive, Suite 100, Longmont; 9-10 a.m. Jan. 9; free; details: (303)...

Companies Use Games to Train Employees, Spur Creative Problem Solving.
December 24, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Dec. 24--Geek Boy at Finlay Financial wants to attend the Star Trek convention. Should you take him, or should you take a Finlay Financial executive to your company's visitor's center? (You should take the executive.)...

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Deeds & Trusts Column.
December 24, 2001... Dec. 24--This list includes trust deeds (to secure repayment of a loan) of $750,000 or more. Information includes the borrower, lender, address or legal description of the property, date the trust deed was filed and amount. STEVEN RAY &...

Kmart Leaves Boulder, Colo.
December 25, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Dec. 25--The store music plays, "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas," but the day before Christmas the walls are bare. Shoppers rifle through boxes of 90-percent-off merchandise, which include a curious mixture of Martha...

Boulder, Colo., CarShare Gaining Momentum; Residents Warm to Philosophy.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Mary Butler Dec. 26--Boulder CarShare, after years of fits and starts, finally got running smoothly in 2001, adding two cars and doubling its membership. "We're poised for success," said Jamie York, a math teacher who in 1998...

Boulder, Colo.-Based Adult Entertainment Company Settles Lawsuit.
December 27, 2001... Byline: Michael Cote Dec. 27--New Frontier Media said Wednesday it settled a lawsuit with a former investor for $820,000 -- a considerable discount from the $12.5 million a jury awarded the investor last year. J.P. Lipson sued New...

Boulder, Colo., Retailers Mixed on Day's Success.
December 27, 2001... Dec. 27--Bargain hunters picked through Boulder's Kmart on Wednesday as if the empty shell covered in linoleum and fluorescent light was a turkey carcass being stripped for leftovers. It was the store's final day, closing permanently to...

Home Sales in Boulder, Colo., Area Break Record.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Dec. 28--Despite terrorist attacks, sinking stock prices and a recession, 2001 metro area home sales topped last year's housing boom, according to the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Report released Thursday....

Virtual PR Firm in Boulder, Colo., Makes Strides While Others Struggle.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Doug Brines Dec. 28--In an especially tough year for the public relations industry, one Boulder firm has managed to make a unique name for itself. Founded in April by local entrepreneur Laura Love, GroundFloor Media, Inc. has...

Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., Tech Buzz Column.
December 29, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Dec. 29--Around this time last year, business publications and technology prognosticators were mulling the year of the dot-bombs -- those mostly small companies that came with quirky ideas, raised millions, then...

Boulder, Colo., Newspaper Reviews Top Business Stories of 2001.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--Editor's Note: Even before terrorists slammed passenger jets into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the year 2001 was on its way to becoming a bad one for business. With telecom, the Internet and the computer industry in a...