Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) articles from February 2001

Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) archives from February 2001

Affordable-Housing Bill Dies in Colorado House.
February 27, 2001... Byline: Joel Patenaude Feb. 27--DENVER--Rep. Alice Madden, D-Boulder, blamed lobbyists for homebuilders and a Republican lawmaker for the defeat of her affordable housing bill on the House floor Monday. More than 33 lawmakers in the...

Qwest Communications Increases Fee for Directory Assistance.
February 27, 2001... Byline: Matt Branaugh Feb. 27--Customers of Qwest Communications Inc. who dial 1-411 for directory assistance can expect to pay $1.25 per call for the service starting Thursday, according to an ad campaign launched by the company Monday....

Qwest Communications Extends Telephone Promotion in Boulder, Colo., Area.
February 27, 2001... Byline: Matt Branaugh Feb. 27--Hoping to thwart new competitors in the local telephone service race, Qwest Communications Inc. is extending a new promotion that gives $50 to Qwest customers who choose to stay with the company's service....

Boulder, Colo., Tech Firm Starts 2001 with $100 Million in Bank.
February 27, 2001... Byline: Christine L. Romero Feb. 27--Light is to photonics as electricity is to electronics. And with that, Network Photonics is racing ahead at lightning speed creating devices aimed at speeding the Internet by using photonics. Last...

Longmont, Colo.-Based Cheese Firm Survives with `Vision', `Integrity'.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Susan Glairon Feb. 25--LONGMONT, Colo.--Twenty five years ago, Linda and Lyman White started the White Trading Co., delivering six types of natural cheese in the couple's VW bus, and storing excess stock in an 8-by-8 cooler. ...

Venture Capital Firms Rein in Investments.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Feb. 26--Keith Bare is frustrated. He has a Boulder-based tech firm with a handful of employees, a beta test of a Web telecommunications platform, and what he says is a solid way to make money online. He...

Venture Firms Expect to Raise Half of Last Year's Funds.
February 28, 2001... Byline: Erika Stutzman Feb. 25--In the gold-rush days of 2000, venture capitalists raised record-level funds and doled out a record amount to emerging firms. Five billion in Colorado alone. Dot-coms spent millions on clever Superbowl...