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This Elmo can move - but sell?

This Elmo can move - but sell?

For nearly two years, designers at Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price toiled to hide a maze of copper wires and microchips under the plush red fur of the company's newest Elmo toy. The resulting Elmo Live is its most advanced ever, able to cross its legs, flap its arms and fluidly mimic the famous television Muppet.

Real Estate »

Fewer homes on market, but sales up

The number of unsold homes on the market in September dropped to the lowest level since December 2005 and the number of homes placed under contract jumped almost 22 percent from September 2007, the best September for sales in three years.

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Money & Markets »

Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize

Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel economic prize today for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
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Retail »

Retailers brace for austere holidays

It's beginning to look a lot like a nail-biting Christmas for retailers, who are facing what some analysts predict could be the worst sales season since the 1991 recession.

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Tech & Telecom »

This Elmo can move - but sell?

For nearly two years, designers at Mattel Inc.'s Fisher-Price toiled to hide a maze of copper wires and microchips under the plush red fur of the company's newest Elmo toy. The resulting Elmo Live is its most advanced ever, able to cross its legs, flap its arms and fluidly mimic the famous television Muppet.

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Skiing & Tourism »

Vail Resorts promotes three execs

Vail Resorts Inc. today elevated three senior-level executives.
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Health Care »

Health insurance costs squeeze families, businesses

Family health insurance premiums soared nearly five times faster than wages for Colorado workers from 2000 to 2007, according to a study released Tuesday.

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Colo. business bankruptcies jump 40 percent

Business bankruptcies in Colorado jumped 40 percent through September from the same period last year and could exceed 800 by year's end.
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Airlines & Aerospace »

Demand for air travel down

Consumers already have cut back on the $4 lattes, the expensive steak dinners and the Friday-night movie outings.

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Energy »

Future bright for new solar research facility

Aurora will be home to one of the world's biggest solar energy research sites.

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Business Columns & Blogs »

TEMPLE: In Vancouver, Denver ears perk up

Sometimes it takes traveling to another city to learn about your own. That was the case last week when 165 Colorado leaders went to Vancouver, British Columbia, as part of the Denver Metro Chamber's Leadership Exchange '08 trip.

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