ColoradoBiz articles from August 2004

ColoradoBiz archives from August 2004

Fed's hike won't stall recovery.(On Colorado)(Column)
August 1, 2004... "WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH A little inflation?" the businessman asked me. It's the same question I had when I was paying a 10 percent interest rate on a mortgage on a house in Texas more than 15 years ago, after the overbuilt real-estate economy...

'Walking Solution' rare but unmistakable.(On Management)(Column)
August 1, 2004... WE ALL HAVE A SHORT LIST OF PEOPLE WE WOULD LIKE TO "TAKE INTO BATTLE WITH US." People we trust, admire and know can solve problems and accomplish objectives. Recently, at a seminar, a friend and I were discussing a colleague and what a...

Elections and the winds of war don't faze this fund manager.(Attitude at Altitude)(ICON Advisors Inc.)
August 1, 2004... AS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE SPEEDS toward its November conclusion, we can expect to hear more, more and more about the economy and where it's headed. Analysts will speculate on the direction the stock market will take depending on who occupies the...

Kroenke Sports names Ehrlich COO.(Playmakers)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... DAVID EHRLICH has been named chief operating officer of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, Denver. Ehrlich, 38, a lawyer, becomes one of the youngest operations officers in American sports, and will report directly to company owner STAN KROENKE....

Mining.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Titanium Metals Corp., Denver, said action on its petition with RTI International Metals Inc., to terminate favorable U.S. tariff benefits on titanium-wrought products imported into the U.S. from Russia, has been postponed by the government....

Retail.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... * Wild Oats Markets' new flagship store, as well as the company's corporate headquarters, will be anchored at 29th Street, Boulder's proposed new retail district on the site of the former Crossroads Mall. * Bob's Steak & Chop House, Design...

Agriculture.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A recent national survey from Colorado State University Cooperative Extension showed that only 22 percent of the surveyed population had changed their beef-purchase behavior after a case of mad-cow disease was identified in the U.S. in...

Ethics.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Nominations are being accepted for the 2005 Colorado Ethics in Business Awards in three categories: individual, nonprofit community organization and Colorado business. For more information, call (303) 283-6002 or nominate at...

Denver as we'll know it: top development gurus chart region's future.(Development Gurus)
August 1, 2004... Economic development is one of those business terms many people don't fully understand. Oh, sure, you can toss off a literal definition: improving the business climate and generating job opportunities for a community, city or region. But what...

Vital signs: expanding hospital systems compete for location, proximity to customers.(Hospitals Compete)
August 1, 2004... When chief executives of the major hospital groups operating in Denver are asked to differentiate their facilities from the competition, they happily talk about their Front Range geographic coverage, concierge services for employees,...

Do smart phones improve your IQ? 'Smart' gadgets live up to their name.(Do-It-All Devices)
August 1, 2004... Are business gadgets helping you get more organized? Some people walk into a business meeting with a daytimer, multiple cell phones, PDA, MP3 player, laptop, and a pad of paper. On trips, these same people rush to their hotel room so they can...

For government, XAware marks the spot.(High Tech Coloradobiz)
August 1, 2004... AS RECENTLY AS THREE YEARS AGO, XAWARE INC. WAS A FLEDGLING outfit with just five employees, but lately the company's product has spoken louder than its scant history. The Colorado Springs startup made headlines in February when it won a...

Wassail Group Inc. (dba time2auction).(Tech Startup of the Month)
August 1, 2004... * DENVER * WWW.TIME2AUCTION.COM * FOUNDED: JANUARY 2004 QUOTE OF NOTE: We try to generate some cost recovery, because everybody's got some overstock inventory. Don't give that discount item to your retailer that's actually...

Experiment in higher ED: Colorado to test nation's first college voucher system.(College Voucher)(education)
August 1, 2004... While higher-education administrators across the state try to sort out Colorado's first-of-its-kind voucher program, end user Kelli Dail has decided it's a "good thing." "I think the program will be an added benefit to myself and other...

Executive education: never been more options.(Special Advertising Section)(Advertisement)
August 1, 2004... You can be on an airplane, or a beach, or even in your living room while earning a master's degree in business administration. You can take advanced degrees built for the full-time working professional without ever altering your present...

Daniels College of Business.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The only business college in Colorado ranked by The Wall Street Journal, the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business delivers a diverse pool of programs designed specifically for the working professional. New this...

Keller Graduate School of Management.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University provides high-quality, practitioner-oriented graduate management degree programs with an emphasis on excellence in teaching and service to working adults. Keller Graduate School's...

University of Phoenix.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
August 1, 2004... University of Phoenix educates working adults by developing knowledge and skills to achieve professional goals, improve the productivity of organizations, and provide leadership and service to communities. It is nationally accredited by the...

Highlands Ranch ropes retail giants: Town Center adds park, commercial space to suburb.(Who Owns Colorado?)
August 1, 2004... The name Highlands Ranch conjures images of urban sprawl like no other development project--and not just locally. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] National Geographic put Highlands Ranch rooftops on its magazine cover...

Raw dough.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Cathy Matthews was a self-described "junk-food junkie" until a nutritionist recommended she change her ways. She began grinding her own grain for "nutritionally superior" bread, and soon segued into selling her RAW brand dough at the Cherry...

Industrial candles.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... After an education that's included degrees in biology and economics (so far) and a career that's spanned New York theatre and the construction industry, Christopher Diminich made his longtime hobby--candle-making--his full-time job in 2001....

Colorado premium vodka.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Longtime Pikes Peak-area restaurateurs Gail and Rob Stephens drew raves when they started making fruit-infused vodka to serve at their Manitou eatery, the Stagecoach, so they decided to launch their own vodka label. The water used to make the...

Wondervase.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Tartan Products Co)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Polly Shaffer founded Tartan Products Co. in 1987 as a gift-wrap supplier, and invented the BasketBag--which wraps the gift basket--in the early 1990s. Orders exploded as the gift-basket industry took off, and Polly recruited her husband Curt...

Financial-software firm bends with trends.(Executive Edge)
August 1, 2004... CHRIS SCHERPENSEEL IS AN ASTRONOMY BUFF WHO HAS SHOWN A CERTAIN telescopic vision in helping Denver-based FRx Software become a multimillion-dollar company in less than 10 years. FRx provides financial analysis and budgeting software for...

CU strives for suite success.(Sports Biz)(University of Colorado)
August 1, 2004... FOR PURE GRIDIRON MISERY, GARY BARNETT'S OFF-season is hard to beat. But here's another job that hasn't exactly been a cakewalk up in Boulder: peddling $50,000 stadium suites while the entire University of Colorado football program hung in the...

The FasTrack to gridlock.(Rundles Wrap-Up)
August 1, 2004... AS ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL ATTEST, I LOVE MASS TRANSIT. I HAVE been arguing for a comprehensive mass-transit plan, with a heavy emphasis on rail service, for the Denver area since the 1970s. Now--25 years late, for my money--the Regional...