Denver Business Journal articles from January 1998

Denver Business Journal archives from January 1998

Kiewit takes a look at Denver. (Kiewit Sons' Inc.'s relocation plan)
January 16, 1998... Technology unit could employ 5,000 The burgeoning technology arm of Omaha-based construction giant Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. is considering moving its headquarters to the Denver area. A decision to relocate to Colorado would be one of this...

Metro dealers fight back; Republic's invasion prompts merger spree. (automobile dealers; Republic Industries Inc.)
January 16, 1998... When a giant competitor steps into your market, the choices are join with it, get big enough to fight back or get out of the way. Denver should see a flurry of mergers in coming weeks among automobile dealers anxious to exit and larger local...

Law firms.(Professional Services Directory: A Guide to Denver-Area Law and Accounting Firms)(Directory)
January 16, 1998... Baker & Hostetler Counselors at Law 303 E. 17th Ave., Suite 1100 Denver, Colo. 80203 861-0600 Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio Managing partner in Denver: Raymond Sutton Jr. Lawyers in Denver/elsewhere: 34/680 Full-time staff in...

21 Parcel Mauro lawyers walk out. (Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra)
January 16, 1998... Splinter group forms competing firm, but shares space with former employer A group of heavyweight attorneys is splitting from the law firm Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, taking with it a book of prestigious clients and silk-stocking...

State may hang up on mobile phones. (proposed bill in the Colorado House of Representatives that will ban cellular phones while driving)
January 16, 1998... Hang up your cell phone and put your hands on the wheel. That's the digital message being transmitted from a new bill proposed in the Colorado House of Representatives. House Bill 1061, sponsored by Rep. Barry Arrington, R-Arvada, would...

Majestic adds 150 acres to Aurora business park. (Majestic Realty Co.)
January 16, 1998... One of the Denver International Airport area's dominant developers just cemented a deal to make itself even bigger. California-based Majestic Realty Co. has purchased 150 acres northwest of its Majestic Commercenter business park in Aurora from...

Bob Manning launches $400M investment pool. (through Thoma Cressey Equity Partners Inc.)
January 16, 1998... After helping private companies find investor money, veteran Denver financier Bob Manning has switched to helping investors find private companies. Manning has joined with Thoma Cressey Equity Partners Inc. to roll out a $400 million buyout...

Accounting firms.(Professional Services Directory: A Guide to Denver-Area Law and Accounting Firms)(Directory)
January 16, 1998... Abacus Accounting Center PC 6595 W. 14th Ave., Suite 203 Lakewood, Colo. 80214 205-1985 Headquarters: Lakewood Managing partner in Denver: Marietta Martin CPAs in Denver/elsewhere: 2/0 Full-time staff in Denver/elsewhere: 2/0 Offices...

U S West breaks into long-distance business.
January 16, 1998... U S West plans to begin offering long-distance calls in Phoenix within the next 30 to 45 days, a feat that could make it the first Baby Bell in the country to offer the service in its home territory. The company is wasting no time taking...

Hamilton group lands Vail airport deal. (Hamilton Cos.' Chmn. Frederick Hamilton; Vail's Eagle County Airport)
January 23, 1998... One of Denver's oil barons has joined a prestigious group of national investors in landing the purchase of the private jet port at Vail's Eagle County Airport. Frederic Hamilton, chairman of The Hamilton Cos., has partnered with Bill Esrey,...

Tiffany's tenants take wing; Pizzerio Uno departs amid talk of revamp. (Tiffany Plaza; Pizzeria Uno Chicago Bar & Grill)
January 23, 1998... Two recent restaurant closings at Tiffany Plaza are not going to shift the shopping center's attention from changes it has planned, including the shuffling of some existing tenants to make room for a large retailer to fill as much as 30,000...

Oil industry hurt by falling prices. (Rocky Mountain oil and gas companies)
January 23, 1998... Depressed crude oil and natural gas prices have forced many Rocky Mountain oil and gas companies to suck in their guts and tighten their belts for a rough ride ahead. Crude oil prices have plummeted to their lowest point since 1994, and some...

Century ready to spend $50M on deals. (Century Business Services Inc.)
January 23, 1998... Denver accountant Stephen Kurtz has a big checkbook and strict orders to start shopping. Only weeks after Shenkin Kurtz Baker & Co. joined Century Business Services Inc., Kurtz is looking for several other professional service providers in...

TCI at center of settop technology. (Tele-Communications Inc.)(The Internet: A Special Report on Technology and Telecommunications)
January 23, 1998... Microsoft, Sun, General Instrument sign on, others vie to join the development team The Silicon Valley earned its stature promising to put a computer in every home, but it just might be a cable company that makes it happen....

Small service providers finding ways to survive; competition in ISP market grows fiercer. (internet service providers)(The Internet: A Special Report on Technology and Telecommunications)
January 23, 1998... The latest salvos in the war for Internet subscribers have been fired by major telecommunications companies, and 1998 promises to widen the war even more. Internet access through cable television lines, rumored $12.95 unlimited access rates, and...

Navidec makes cents of clients' Web needs.(The Internet: A Special Report on Technology and Telecommunications)
January 23, 1998... Burt L.G. Chavez helps steer startup Ralph Armijo, president and CEO of Navidec Inc., has boiled down his philosophy on electronic commerce. "There is one basic principal to the Internet - it's simply an additional channel of distribution."...

'Virtual communities' proliferates on Web. (World Wide Web)(The Internet: A Special Report on Technology and Telecommunications)
January 23, 1998... But profitability remains elusive The big-bang theorists hold that when the universe is finished expanding, it will begin to contract. The same might be said of the Internet universe. From its small beginnings as a government project, the...

American Express purchases small accounting firm. (American Express and Business Services Inc.; Ickvic & Associates)
January 23, 1998... Denver is proving a key battle ground for two of the nation's largest public consolidators of business services. American Express Tax and Business Services Inc. of Minneapolis has made the first move in 1998, acquiring Ickovic & Associates, a...