Denver Business Journal articles from June 2001

Denver Business Journal archives from June 2001

Lowe's goes to Cheyenne ere retailer feels wanted.(Lowe's Companies Inc. )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... In early 2000, North Carolina-based Lowe's Companies Inc. started shopping around Denver to build a huge regional distribution center that would have brought 425 jobs to the area. After a lukewarm response from area economic development...

Year later, 'Corridor' a grabber.(Colorado as a tech hub)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Lobbying efforts beginning to pay off It's been nearly one year since the Metro Denver Network took center stage at the Governor's Technology Summit 2000 to unveil a $250,000 branding campaign that aspired to boost Colorado's reputation as...

Model gives giant landowner bird's-eye view of its holdings.(East West Partners)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Real estate developer East West Partners is the Central Platte Valley's largest landowner with approximately 13 city blocks in its asset column, including nearly four blocks in lower downtown. And in order to keep track of all that land --...

Water they going to do?(Parker Water and Sanitation District)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... When Frank Jaeger came to the Parker Water and Sanitation District 20 years ago, the agency served 140 homes. Now, it's closer to 10,000 homes and more are on the way. With Parker expected to grow at a rate of 3,600 people a year and more...

Complaints Xcel-erate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Power company quadrupled grievances in April Customer complaints about Xcel Energy Inc. rolled into the state regulator's office at a rate of one an hour during April. By the time the month of snow storms and outages ended, 152 people...

Rhythms loses its beat on Nasdaq.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... We're in a new home! That could've been the headline on the Rhythms NetConnection news release that went out recently. But it wouldn't have told the real story. "Rhythms Net Connections Inc., a leading provider of broadband...

Jam session.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Can someone in the city's Traffic Engineering Department take a stroll to 17th and Broadway some afternoon about 5 p.m. and change the timing on the traffic lights? The jam-ups are laughable but the road rage that occurs there every day...

Built to last.(unique Colorado housing development, designed by Edward Hawkins)
June 1, 2001... Neighborhood showcases unique architectural style The summer sun doesn't shine in Wray's home. The five-foot-long eaves keep the heat at bay -- just one of the many architectural details that make Wray's home on South Cornell Circle in...

CB Richard Ellis Services loses top exec.(Mike McKenna)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... One of the Denver area's biggest commercial real estate companies has lost its leader. Mike McKenna, senior managing director at GB Richard Ellis Services Inc. of Denver, is no longer with the company, according to CB'S local office....

Post, Rocky selling ads on section front pages.(The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Journalism profs bemoan the practice Breaking from newspaper advertising traditions, Denver's two daily newspapers have started running display advertisements along the bottom of front. pages of certain lift-out sections. Stretching...

Newmont Mining faces huge Nevada power bill.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... As the biggest power user in Nevada, Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. has seen its electricity bills skyrocket. Power bills for 2001 are expected to climb at least $10 million above last year's levels, said Mary Korpi, director of external...

Law firm adds three.(Littler Mendelson )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Citing a growing demand for employment and labor law services, the Denver office of Littler Mendelson has added three attorneys. Lawrence Marquess and William Schoeberlein -- both formerly with Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti --...

'For sale' sign goes up at Steamboat ski resort.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Four years after American Skiing Co. of Maine supposedly Four too much for Colorado's Steamboat ski resort, the company is selling it. The owner has hired Credit Suisse First Boston to help market the resort, and expects to sell it by the end...

Nasdaq delists Rhythms.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Englewood-based Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Nasdaq: RTHM) has been delisted by the Nasdaq Stock Market and began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board as of May 30. Rhythms did not appeal the delisting notice. The financially troubled...

Skier visits up 5.7 percent.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Colorado's 25 ski areas reported 11.5 million skier visits in the 2000-2001 ski season, a 5.7 percent jump from last year's numbers. The previous two years were bleak in terms of snow conditions in the state and the numbers reflected the...

Boston Market recovers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Golden-based restaurant chain Boston Market Corp., once a high-flying success story that slid into bankruptcy, is doing better these days. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. bought Boston Market a year ago after the chain, known for its...

On Command lays off staff.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... On Command Corp., which provides movies, Internet access, computer games an other video services to hotel rooms, reportedly laid off more than 120 employees out of 890 nationally as part of a companywide restructuring. Among those who lost...

Denver's office market weathering the storm.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Bay area, Seattle suffering much more Denver's office market is holding its own when compared with cities like San Francisco or Seattle, says Todd Roebken, a senior adviser with Liberty-Greenfield LLLP in Denver. Roebken works with tenants...

More heavy hitters.(Denver Metropolitan Commercial Association of Realtors real estate ratings)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Denver Metropolitan Commercial Association of Realtors, or DMCAR, recently published what it calls its "Heavy Hitters in Commercial Real Estate" in a special section in this paper. After the dust settled on the group's first publication of...

Vacancy rate update.(Denver, Colorado)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The current office and flex vacancy rate for downtown Denver is at 5.9 percent, up slightly from the close of first quarter 2001, when rates were at 5.7 percent, according to figures compiled by Fairbairn Commercial Inc. based on tracking by...

Club owner selling assets.(F2 Broadcast Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... F2 Broadcast Network Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FBNI) announced it is selling its 80 percent ownership in First Films Inc., the owner of the Comedy Works comedy club in Denver, in an effort to unload its bricks-and-mortar assets. Based in...

Navidec sells stock.(Navidec Inc.'s shares of CarPoint Inc. bought by CP.com Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Greenwood Village-based Navidec Inc. (Nasdaq: NVDC), an e-business solutions company, reported the sale of 12.2 million shares of common stock of CarPoint Inc. to CP.com Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Microsoft Corp. Net proceeds of the...

CPR buys KWAB.(Colorado Public Radio )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Colorado Public Radio will buy Boulder radio station KWAB-1490 AM, to extend the broadcaster's reach into the northern section of the Denver market. Terms of the transaction were not announced. According to a statement by KWAB...

Norton taps Teufel.(Hugo Teufel selected counselor to Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior, United States)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hugo Teufel III, currently serving as special counsel to Denver law firm Hall & Evans LLC, has accepted an appointment as counselor to Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. Teufel will join Secretary Norton's staff in Washington, D.C.,...

DeVry offers degrees.(DeVry Technical College)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... DeVry Technical College will begin offering degree programs in July. The Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based college has won approval from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to offer bachelor's and associate degree programs. DeVry will...

WCM stock activity up.(WCM Capital Inc)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... WCM Capital Inc., a New York City-based mining firm that mines nearly exclusively in Colorado's Clear Creek County said it has no idea why there's been so much recent activity in its shares. The company mines gold, silver, lead, copper and...

EchoStar prices notes.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... EchoStar Communications Corp. priced its offering of $1 billion in convertible subordinated notes, which will bear interest at an annual rate of 5 3/4 percent and will be due in 2008. The notes will be convertible into shares of EchoStar...

Europe's 'Optical Coast' connects with Colorado.(French optoelectronics executives visit Colorado)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Photonics firms try to forge deals overseas Photonics and opto-electronics are such a part of our everyday life that we take their existence for granted. The technology is used to connect our phone conversations and the Internet as well as...

Study looks at costs of seniors' prescriptions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Covering prescription drugs for retirees or employees 65 and older can cost companies three to four times more than similar coverage for younger workers, according to a recent study released by Express Scripts. The reason for greater costs...

CHP+ enrollment woes.(Child Health Plan Plus)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Low enrollment in the Child Health Plan Plus insurance program can largely be attributed to confusion about the program's application procedure and eligibility criteria, according to a newly released study. A publicly supported health...

National Jewish's new deal.(contract for National Jewish Medical and Research Center)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... After striking a multimillion-dollar, three-year deal, National Jewish Medical and Research Center will provide disease management and other educational services to patients of an East Coast drug company. National Jewish, a top respiratory...

Middle East client.(for XCare.net)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Englewood-based XCare.net will develop technology for a Saudi Arabian medical application service provider. As of July, employers within Saudi Arabia are required to begin providing private health insurance to their expatriate employees....

Despite repeal, estate tax foes face future fights.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The tax bill passed by Congress kills the estate tax in 2010, but the tax could rise from its grave in 2011 unless a future Congress drives a stake through its heart. That's because Congress terminated all of the bill's tax cuts after nine...

Bill includes incentives.(United States tax bill)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The tax bill did not include a top priority of the nation's high-tech industry: making the research and development tax credit permanent. But that credit does not expire until 2004, so industry lobbyists will have plenty of other...

Veterans criticize SBA.(Small Business Administration)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The Small Business Administration has done little to help veterans start and grow their own businesses despite a 1999 law that called for the agency to provide them with technical, financial and procurement assistance, representatives of...

Emerging markets still risky.(issues surrounding international trade)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Former diplomat calls commercial environment 'very politicized' More American companies want to do business in the emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the former Soviet Union and South America just as countries there want to trade more...

FuelSpot lands contract.(petroleum pricing service pact with United States Defense Energy Support Center)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... FuelSpot, a Denver-based software company for refined petroleum products and other commodities, was awarded an additional regional petroleum-pricing service contract with the U.S. government. The U.S. Defense Energy Support Center -- which...

UA reports improved earnings.(United Artists Theatre Co)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Af better film-release schedule, higher ticket sales and getting out from under some theater leases helped United Artists Theatre Co. of Denver have a relatively good quarter that ended March 29. The company's performance also was enhanced by a...

Evergreen Resources Inc.(quarterly earnings report)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Evergreen Resources Inc. (NYSE: EVG) reported quarterly earnings of $15 million in the first quarter, or 78 cents per diluted share, compared to $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2000. The independent energy company reported natural gas...

Aspen Exploration Corp.(quarterly earnings report)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Denver-based Aspen Exploration Corp. announced that its revenues were $1.18 million and net after-tax income was $847,000 for the quarter ended March 31. The earnings per share were about 15 cents for the quarter. Earnings for the previous...

Financiers cashing in on slowing economy.(Mellon Financial and Northern Trust Bank)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The economy may have slowed, but a few Denver-area companies interested in helping clients keep the money they have, and make even more, are expanding. They're capitalizing on the fact that the do-it-yourself, day-trader investment...

Manufacturers hopeful about new PTO chief.(Patent and Trademark appointee, James Rogan)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... The National Association of Manufacturers is pleased that President Bush has appointed a former member of the House Judiciary Committee, "a locus of expertise on intellectual property issues," as director of the Patent and Trademark Office. ...

Builders Resource Center closes Denver store.(and stores in Garland, Texas and Dayton, Ohio)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Payless Cashways, owner of PCI Builders Resource Centers, has closed three more stores, one each in Denver; Garland, Texas; and South Dayton, Ohio. That brings to 18 the number of stores the Missouri-based home improvement retailer has...

Goalies are favorites for promos.(National Hockey League)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The matchup between Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy and his New Jersey Devils counterpart, Martin Brodeur, is the primary focus of the NHL'S marketing efforts around the Stanley Cup Finals. Brodeur, the son of the Montreal...

CSURF files suit against CryoLife.(Colorado State University Research Foundation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Colorado State University Research Foundation has filed suit against CryoLife Inc., claming that the Atlanta-based company is not crediting a university professor for patents o a process that helps the body accept tissue grafts. CSURF...

Dems put small business on defensive.(Democrats)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NFIB concerned about taxes, health-care reform legislation and ergonomics Democratic control of the Senate makes it more likely that small-business lobbyists will lose their fight against managed-care reform legislation that would allow...

Getting tough on hackers.
June 1, 2001... Firms put gloves on to fight wave of cyber attacks Internet users tempted by an e-mail titled "FWD: Naked Wife" on March 13, were in for a cyber-shock -- but not the one they may have been expecting. The message contained an attachment...

Lessons from the Grand Canyon.(management development product)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Most people think of the Grand Canyon as a deep gorge of the Colorado River, but Charley Heavenrich thinks of it as a metaphor for a career. Heavenrich, a river guide and author of the self-published "Dancing on the Edge" -- a book about...

Largest Denver-Area IT Consultants.(information technology companies information)
June 1, 2001... Largest Denver-Area IT Consultants (Ranked by 2000 local revenues) Company name, address Phone/ Rank Web address Fax 1. URS 8181 E....

Make better choices, develop better habits.(Column)
June 1, 2001... I love the Internet. How else could Ron in Ottawa, Ontario, have found me? Ron is a home-based business owner, specializing in biological chemicals for business and commercial applications. Last month, he sent an e-mail in reply to my February...

How to avoid an aching back while traveling.(traveling techniques)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Ergonomics has been a buzzword in American offices for a few years. We've got everything from ergonomically correct chairs to ergonomically correct mousepads. Unfortunately, frequent travel can take a heavy toll on the body in plenty of...

Tip of the week.(Aviation Consumer Protection Division service information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... As the summer travel season begins to heat up and many airlines are faced with tough contract negotiations with their labor unions, many business people may find themselves stuck in a traveling nightmare. If you need to vent, remember that...

A day in: Salt Lake City.(local information and review)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Long known as the seat of Mormon culture and as the gateway to Utah's premier mountain resorts, Salt Lake City has emerged as an economic leader in the prosperous Rocky Mountain region. Begin your Salt Lake City tour in the early morning,...

Sometimes you have to restart your engines.(management development information)(Brief Article)(Tutorial)
June 1, 2001... How one executive is regaining her self-confidence, emerging from the shadows What do you do when you feel that your career may be going down the drain? Hit the Internet sites with an updated resume -- after all, everyone knows that...

NEWSMAKERS.(executive appointments)
June 1, 2001... Accounting Gelfond Hochstadt Pangburn PC added Brian K. Hankins, Wren Bindley and Roxine C. Thomas to its firm. Hankins, the audit department manager, has more than six years of experience. Bindley and Thomas each joined the audit...

MarketAbility.(receives award from Infocom Group)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Golden-based marketing firm MarketAbility received the 2001 Bulldog Award for Excellence in Media Relations and Publicity from Infocom Group. The firm also on the Gold Award in the Book Publicity and Media category for its campaign...

GD&A Advertising and Public Relations.(receives award from International Association of Business Communicators)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... GD&A Advertising and Public Relations won 15 awards for effectiveness and creativity business communications from the International Association of Business Communicators and the Business Marketing Association. GD&A won three Bronze Qui11 awards...

Dr. Gary VanderArk.(receives award from American Association of Neurological Surgeons)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Dr. Gary VanderArk, president and founder of the Colorado Neurological Institute, was named the recipient of the 2001 Humanitarian Award for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He founded the nonprofit CNI in 1988.

Global Vantage Ltd.(opens office in Denver)
June 1, 2001... The international financial services firm Global Vantage Ltd. opened an office in Denver's Market Square Center. James H. Reiner, who was named principal, is heading the new office. Reiner has spent nearly half of his 5-year career as both an...

'Moulin Rouge' full of excesses.(motion picture review)(Brief Article)(Review)
June 1, 2001... PAULA MOORE Australian director Baz Luhrmann is becoming the Rodgers and Hammerstein of the New Age. In the mid-1990s, he turned William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" into a stylish rock opera about. Los Angeles crime families...

Saab Viggen even comes with driving lessons.(automobile product introduction)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Saab owners are known to be a quirky bunch who travel the road less frequently taken and who enjoy marching to the beat of a totally different drummer. Now they can be even more unique. Saab plans to import only 1,000 models of the 9-3...

'Pork Pie' mixes jazz with myth.(performance by the Denver Center Theatre Company)(Brief Article)(Review)
June 1, 2001... First act of production could use a makeover The subtitle of the Denver Center Theatre Company's world premiere production of "Pork Pie" is "A Mythic Jazz Fable' which might not be grammatically correct but provides an accurate picture of...

DBJ STOCK REPORT.
June 1, 2001... DBJ STOCK REPORT DBJ Index -4.3% 1708.75 NASDAQ 2.3% 2251.03 S&P 500 -1.09% 1277.89 Dow Jones Industrial -2.6% 11005.37 Top 10...

DBJ FUNDWATCH.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... DBJ FUNDWATCH General equity funds 1 Wk. 4 Wk. YTD 3 yrs. Fund Name 05/24/01 04/26/01 12/31/00 05/21/98 Berger Mid Cap...

Louisville hospital will double in size.(Avista Adventist Hospital)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville broke ground last week on a $32 million expansion that will nearly double its size. The project is a response to the dramatic growth the hospital has experienced in the 11 years since it opened,...

Boulder ranks at No. 4 for biz.
June 1, 2001... Boulder ranks near the top of a new list of the best cities in which to do business. The study is by the Milken Institute, a nonprofit economic think tank, which partnered with Forbes magazine to find the best places for businesses. The...

State teams with AOL.(America Online Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Gov. Bill Owens has announced an agreement with American Online to provide online content for schoolchildren in the state. The program, AOL@School, will give K-12 students access to age-appropriate online features as well as to...

Bush energy policy offers starting point.(President George W. Bush)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 1, 2001... President George W Bush is getting beat up by the environmental community for his recently released national energy policy. Green organizations say the policy's emphasis on fossil fuel production is nothing more than a payback to oil, coal...

The political gets personal.(the defection of Jim Jeffords from the Republican Party)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... "Clear the way, clear the way," commanded 98-year. old Sen. Strom Thurmond as he approached a clump of reporters that was blocking the hall outside the Senate chamber. The reporters stepped aside so Thurmond, who held the arm of an aide...

Fix high cost of rural health care.(Colorado)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Colorado's Senate did small businesses a favor when it defeated attempts by a few insurers and their agents and brokers to legalize health insurance rate bands, which would allow insurers to charge small businesses higher premiums for groups of...

Americans won't take feet off the gas.(petroleum industry economics)(Brief Article)(Editorial)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... It's amazing that analysis of the most-traded commodity in the world is reduced, in the minds of most, to one simple number: the price at the pump. Here we are, several weeks into the season of crying and wailing and rending of flesh over...

Largest Denver-Area Publicly-Owned Software Developers.(Directory)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Largest Denver-Area Publicly-Owned Software Developers (Ranked by total 2000 revenues) Total ...

Delay hits Qwest's dialing plan.(Qwest Communications International Inc's long distance service)(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... After months of saying it was on target, Qwest Communications International Inc. is at least six weeks behind schedule -- and probably longer -- in a critical bid to reenter the interstate long-distance telephone market, according to...

Fort St. Vrain power plant reborn after checkered past.(nuclear power plant)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... Shortly after dark on May 24, an old steam generator once hitched to Fort St. Vrain's troubled nuclear power plant roared back to full capacity, reborn and repowered by the exhaust of three natural gas-fired turbines. The moment marked the...

Grubb & Ellis looks anew for top dog.(searching for new CEO)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... One of the Denver area's biggest commercial real estate brokerage firms, the Grubb & Ellis Co., is looking for a new successor to its chief executive. The company's No. 2 manager, Alan Seiver, is returning to the brokerage side of the...

Oversight for child plan shifts.(Child Health Plan Plus)(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... Despite concerns from part of the business community, Gov. Bill Owens signed a bill June 4 that will eliminate Child Health Plan Plus' policy board and give rulemaking authority to a group overseeing entitlement programs within the state...

First-quarter exports best national average.(Colorado's exports boast $1.6 billion)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... Colorado's exports totaled $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2001, beating last year's first-quarter results by $123 million, according to new data released by the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research. The research...

Watch out, securities scofflaws.(new Colorado securities law cracks down)(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... Peddling bogus securities? On the edge when it comes to the law? Better think again. Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph is getting a set of sharp teeth come July 1, when a new law signed by Gov. Bill Owens goes into effect. For...

Loews serves changes at Tuscany restaurant.(in Denver, Colorado at the Loews Denver Hotel)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... The Loews Denver Hotel in Glen dale has bid ciao! to the old concept behind the Italian restaurant Tuscany. Instead of an Italian-meets-California fusion menu, hotel and restaurant management have decided to give the Tuscany a northern...

Skateboard maker opens eighth park.(Vans Inc at Westminster Promenade in Colorado)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... Skateboard icon Vans Inc. has opened its eighth skate park, this one at the Westminster Promenade. A haven for skateboarders, inline skaters and BMX enthusiasts, the nearly 50,000-square-foot skate park offers skateboarders the opportunity...

Avaya's patents add up.(has earned over 100 patents for telecommunications innovations)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... Telecom company shows inventiveness Since Avaya Inc. split off from Lucent Technologies in October, the company has earned more than 100 patents for telecom innovations. Avaya, which develops and sells unified voice, data and messaging...

Analysts applaud actions taken at BofA, Bank One.(Bank of America and Bank One Corp)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 8, 2001... Two recently troubled, huge national banks with Denver operations are back in favor with some analysts with some reservations. Banking specialists at New York investment adviser A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. like the new management regimes, and...

Lists, sections deadlines loom.
June 8, 2001... The Denver Business Journal's Who's Who in Travel and Tourism special section will be published in the July 13 edition. Deadline for submitting nominations is June 22. Nominations can also be made online by visiting our Web site at...

Circadence pushes new Internet standard.(Brief Article)
June 8, 2001... Boulder tech company wants to improve online capabilities through computer language A Privately held Boulder technology company is joining forces with a group of publicly traded industry leaders to promote a new standard for the Internet....