Denver Business Journal articles from September 1999

Denver Business Journal archives from September 1999

Businesses rush to meet tank rules.(upgrading or replacing underground storage tanks)
September 3, 1999... Service stations, quick lubes, fleet refueling stations, car dealers and truck stops across Colorado are rushing to meet a pre-Christmas deadline for upgrading or replacing underground storage tanks. Colorado inspectors are midway through...

Software's global guru.(J.D. Edwards & Co.'s co-founder and chairman C. Edward McVaney)
September 3, 1999... Loosely translated, the Asian print on the wall reads, "An old friend from far away comes for a visit." A gift from a Japanese business partner, the pen and ink drawing sums up the way C. Edward McVaney, co-founder and chairman of...

Motorola powers safety net.(creation of Colorado-wide telecommunications network linking police, fire, medical and other public safety agencies)
September 3, 1999... But turf battles stymie telecom link The state of Colorado and Motorola Inc. are teaming up to create a statewide telecommunications network that will enable most police, fire, medical and other public safety agencies from Fort Morgan to...

Fiserv raises its Denver profile.(information technology services provider)
September 3, 1999... Metro-area employment soars to 1,500 Fiserv Inc. is emerging from the shadows as one of 17th Street's dawning giants. The provider of information technology services to the financial industry will soon count more than 1,500 people on...

PhyCor docs waiting for prognosis.(group medical practice)
September 3, 1999... Nashville-based PhyCor Inc. may be close to selling its ownership in Focus Health Services, an approximately 20-physician group in Englewood that once numbered more than 60. The group's remaining doctors have hired a Denver-area consultant...

EchoStar's ready to launch satellite.(EchoStar Communications Corp.)
September 3, 1999... When EchoStar Communications Corp. employees gather to watch the liftoff of the company's fifth satellite from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the champagne corks won't be the only thing under pressure. The stakes are high even for a risk-saturated...

Encore trying out new video service.(Encore Media Group)
September 3, 1999... Viewers can watch movies on demand Encore Media Group chairman and CEO John Sie is fond of urging the viewing public to kiss the video store goodbye. Now his company is giving consumers perhaps the most persuasive reason yet to eschew the...

Testing lab helps catch the 'oily bird.'.(Titan Laboratories)
September 3, 1999... Dozens of home testing kits are on the market, tracking everything from pregnancy to blood sugar levels. Titan Laboratories is betting that consumers will want a few for their cars. Earlier this year, the Denver company placed its CheckUp...

IRS demands Coram repay $12.7M in taxes; money owed is from T2 subsidiary.(Coram Healthcare Corp.)
September 3, 1999... WASHINGTON - When Coram Healthcare Corp. received the Internal Revenue Service notice, it went looking for a $12.7 million cure. That's how much the IRS demanded the Denver-base home health-care giant pay in additional taxes for 1987-91....

Theater chain sues town over dead deal.(United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc.)
September 3, 1999... United Artists wants more than $11M PHILADELPHIA - Denver-based United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc. has sued Warrington Township, Penn., and its elected officials in federal court, claiming its civil rights were violated to the point that...

Businesses cry foul over sports fees hike.(corporate sponsorship of sporting events)
September 3, 1999... Businesses that sponsor softball, football and baseball teams in Denver could face an increase in sports facilities charges, but the city is defending a new fee schedule as a more efficient - not more costly - way to collect money. Last...

Colorado's exports up while U.S. lags: shipments from state jump 9 percent.
September 10, 1999... While the nation's total exports dropped 1 percent during the second quarter of 1999, Colorado exports increased nearly 10 percent, pushed by a recovery in Asian markets. "We bucked the national trend," said Jim Reis, president of the...

Mogul digs out of a mountain of debt; Les Otten's American Skiing Company may be susceptible to a takeover, Steamboat sale.(Travel & Tourism)
September 10, 1999... Les Otten's American Skiing Company may be susceptible to a takeover, Steamboat sale Ski resort mogul Les Otten's recent sale of a 49 percent stake in his American Skiing Co. to an investment fund controlled by Texas billionaire Robert M....

Resorts spend $233M on improvements.(Travel & Tourism)(Colorado ski resorts)
September 10, 1999... Ski industry hopes business will pick up from last year's slow season After one of the worst ski seasons in almost 20 years, Colorado ski resorts have come back swinging, this year investing a record $233 million in capital improvements....

Kaiser's waiting game: sale of AMR puts key partner in play.(Kaiser Permanente's contract with American Medical Response)
September 17, 1999... Sale of AMR puts key partner in play Officials at Kaiser Permanente, the HMO that provides health care to 8.6 million Americans and 359,000 Coloradans, are holding their breath in the wake of Canadian transportation giant Laidlaw Inc.'s...

Casino job market remains hot.(employment in Denver, CO's gaming industry)
September 17, 1999... Employment in Colorado's burgeoning gaming industry is up, and the mountain town of Black Hawk has hit the jackpot when it comes to those jobs. As of July 1, the number of casino employees statewide had risen 5 percent, to 6,567, from the...

So many bistros, so little time.(increasing competition among restaurants in Denver, CO)
September 17, 1999... A flurry of new restaurants is serving up competition for the business lunch crowd, and downtown Denver diners are emerging the winners with a larger menu of eateries to choose from. In the last year, nearly a dozen new restaurants opened...

Are vacation homes good investments?
September 17, 1999... How does a ski condo rank as an investment? Will the rental income cover the mortgage and expenses? Will mountain properties continue to appreciate? The answer might depend on how much you like to ski. Industry experts predict mountain...

Space Imaging hopes to launch No.2 takes off.(satellite company)
September 17, 1999... Thornton company first satellite failed Space Imaging Inc. will again try its luck in its quest to successfully launch the first commercial satellite capable of delivering detailed pictures of Earth from space. The Thornton company...

Caddo Design owner is master of strategy.(Caddo Design and Office Supply owner Don Kelin)
September 17, 1999... Don Kelin has shaped himself into one of a handful of successful American Indian entrepreneurs over the last nine years, when many others have failed, by forming the right relationships. One of the most important of those was making his...

Tight market spurs boost in wages.(Colorado's labor market)
September 24, 1999... Here's some food for thought. The next time you stop to eat a roast beef sandwich, Arby's in Castle Rock starts its fast food workers out at $9 an hour or $18,700 a year. Wage inflation is a reality in Colorado, with tight labor markets...

Tussle on Denver's legal turf.(law firms in Denver, CO)
September 24, 1999... The Denver outposts of law firms headquartered in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis are flexing some muscle. Their small, focused offices are grabbing lucrative clients and legal talent in the Mile...

Thrifts make big bucks.(thrift stores in Denver, CO)
September 24, 1999... ARC plans a Rocky Mountain expansion Thrift stores no longer are dark, musty, jumbled, disorderly receptacles for second-hand junk. They're big business. And nobody knows that better than Todd Sherry, the president and CEO of ARC Thrift...

AT&T's latest deal may be just too big.(plan to acquire MediaOne Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 24, 1999... FCC limits how much control is allowed AT&T Corp.'s vision of using cable lines to challenge the Bell system's hold on local phone service is rubbing up against Federal Communications Commission regulations, and it could get worse. The...

Making inroads in manufacturing.(Real Women, Real Business)(Schloss Engineered Equipment Pres. Krsity Schloss)
September 24, 1999... Even though Kristy Schloss started working at her family's environmental design and manufacturing firm as a teenager, she never envisioned herself at the company's helm. "Although I grew up in this business, I just didn't picture myself...

Intrawest annual revenue doubles.(real estate company)(Brief Article)
September 24, 1999... Copper Mountain owner profits from improved resorts, Canadian snowfall Intrawest Corp., the Canadian owner of Colorado's Copper Mountain ski area, has more to crow about recently than having its Whistler/Blackcomb resort named North...

Steering drivers in right direction.(Etak Inc. teams up with Metro Networks to provide real-time traffic information in Denver, CO)(Brief Article)
September 24, 1999... A California company wants to make commuting easier for the wirelessly connected. Etak Inc. is teaming up with Metro Networks, the country's largest provider of traffic information, to offer real-time, wirelessly transmitted traffic...

Lisa Schomp attracts respect, admiration.(Real Women, Real Business)(CEO of Ralph Schomp Automotive)(Brief Article)
September 24, 1999... Employees say Ralph Schomp Automotive CEO encourages their ideas, earns their loyalty If there is another woman in the Denver business area more admired and liked by her employees, no one at Ralph Schomp Automotive knows who it could be....

Software firm may have answer for e-taxes.(Taxware International's electronic commerce tax accounting software)(Brief Article)
September 24, 1999... E-commerce tax opponents contend it would be virtually impossible for Internet retailers to track sales tax rates and exemptions for 45 states and more than 7,000 localities. No problem, said Taxware International CEO Daniel Sullivan, whose...