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MILSTEAD: Trendy SPACs have done little but spin wheels

February 25, 2009

With the bluest of the blue-chip stocks singing the blues, it's no surprise that some of the most speculative stock offerings seem DOA.

REUTEMAN: Finally some good news: zero inflation

February 21, 2009

I did a mental double take Friday morning while going through the business news wires. I actually came across some good economic news.

DENVER INC: What happened? 'I screwed up'

February 13, 2009

Talk about the worst week ever. It started early Wednesday for Intrepid Potash President Patrick Avery with a report saying that he lied about having two college degrees.

PATON: Hardly business as usual in deal with a builder in bankruptcy

February 11, 2009

Plenty of consumers will be able to relate to Carolyn Baker as a weak economy drives increasing numbers of Colorado businesses into bankruptcy court. Baker's story begins in February 2008, when she signed a contract to buy a $330,000 townhome in Castle Pines North.

REUTEMAN: New rules on exec pay could have ripple effect

February 6, 2009

The most interesting aspect of President Barack Obama's prescribed limits on executive pay is its potential for a ripple effect.

MILSTEAD: Clearing the haze in PERA's figures

February 4, 2009

In mid-January, I wrote an article headlined “PERA faces $30 billion funding shortfall,” in which I noted the steep drop in the state pension plan’s investments in 2008 likely meant a sharp increase in its funding gap.

REUTEMAN: Criminal review of scandal-ridden agency an easy call for Salazar

January 31, 2009

Announcing a criminal review this week of the sex-drugs-oil scandal at a federal agency in Lakewood may be one of the easiest calls Ken Salazar gets to make as Interior secretary.

PATON: Economists find bad times can be good for business

January 28, 2009

Tucker Hart Adams, Rich Wobbekind, Martin Shields and other Colorado economists have never been so popular.

REUTEMAN: Pearls of wisdom from a career journalist

January 24, 2009

I've been a daily newspaper editor along the Front Range for 31 years now, 26 at the Rocky and 11 as its business editor. I've picked up a few things along the way that might be worth passing along:

MILSTEAD: Denver Post also negotiating a rocky road

January 21, 2009

Most of Denver, it seems, has a specific scenario in mind for the fate of the Rocky Mountain News: Once E.W. Scripps announced Dec. 4 it would try to sell the paper, the Rocky would fold as soon as possible. The imminent demise of the Rocky is the likely scenario. Yet there still are plenty of questions about what's happening now, and what will happen next.

REUTEMAN: The chief sings hail to beloved BlackBerry

January 10, 2009

Obama may have to give up his beloved BlackBerry.

MILSTEAD: MDC executives garner millions

January 7, 2009

The economy sinks to recession and the housing market remains a shambles, but the executive-pay machinery at MDC Holdings hums along, undeterred by such macroeconomic events. We know this by reading the company's disclosure, made inconveniently on New Year's Eve, that CEO Larry Mizel and President David Mandarich will each receive bonuses of $2.5 million.

REUTEMAN: Recession tops list of '08 stories in Colorado

December 27, 2008

I spent the past week going through 300 or so Rocky Business sections from 2008. I've come up with a list of what I think were the top 10 stories of the year in Colorado. It's subjective but defensible. For the most part, I looked for actual news stories, rather than trends.

REUTEMAN: Skiers flock to Vail's slopes, but shops seem empty

December 20, 2008

The last place I expected to find myself this week was at a newspaper "launch" party.

REUTEMAN: In Colorado, numbers tell the story

December 12, 2008

This time each year I like to sift through the thick Colorado Business Economic Outlook done by the CU Leeds School of Business. The 2009 edition came out Monday, and you probably saw the headline news: The jobless rate will uptick to 6.5 percent from the current 5.7 percent, led by a loss of 11,200 construction jobs. Here are some tidbits that round out the rest of the story:

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