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Vegas-style casino ups the stakes in tiny Cripple Creek

Placing bets and taking chances has been a way of life in this historic mining and gambling mecca for more than a century.

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Large Colorado business deals shrivel in Q2

Colorado mergers and acquisitions were down sharply in the second quarter of 2008 compared with 2007, when megadeals still ruled.

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Frontier might delay Airbus deliveries

Frontier Airlines is looking to delay the delivery of seven Airbus planes, a move that will boost its cash balance and allow it to adjust capacity going forward.

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Utah state employees to start four-day week

Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday."

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Investors paid a little more than $1 billion for commercial properties in the Denver area in the first half of the year, a 62 percent drop from the $2.7 billion in sales in the first six months of 2007, according to a report released on Wednesday.

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New options for recycling plastic now available

Stop — Don't throw away that plastic cup! Or that margarine tub, or the yogurt container! Such plastic items, once considered largely impossible to recycle, are no longer just garbage.

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Long-term care costs $85,000

A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in retirement, according to a study released today by Fidelity Investments.

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Wal-Mart touts local fruits and vegetables

Wal-Mart stores in Arizona now stock Grand Canyon sweet onions while aisles in New York display state-grown eggplant, as the world's largest retailer says it has become the nation's largest buyer of locally grown fruits and vegetables.

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