Rebecca Tonn has been writing for the Colorado Springs Business Journal, covering banking, finance, small business, entrepreneurialism and other subjects, since October 2007. Rebecca has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and has lived in gorgeous Colorado since 1986. When she’s not calling financial advisers, entrepreneurs or bankers for quotes, she enjoys hiking Barr Trail and the Incline, mountain biking, yoga, reading, and hanging out with her children, family and friends.
CodeBaby has landed Unisys as its 300th client for eLearning software. The Internet software company - which has offices in downtown Colorado Springs and Edmonton, Alberta – has nabbed such national clients as American Express, Dominos Pizza, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Bank and Verizon for its Studio 4.1 product. The eLearning software allows customers to create 3D CodeBaby digital [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a tourism bill into law yesterday, HB 1031. The bill is intended to help cities certify “creative districts” – through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade – to promote cultural growth and attract artistic industries. HB11-1031, sponsored by Rep. Joe Miklosi, D-Denver, defines a creative district as a “mixed-use [...]
Continue reading …A $50,000 gift from the Charles Ansbacher Foundation to the Bee Vradenburg Foundation will bring a series of free symphony concerts to Colorado Springs parks. The grant from the Ansbacher foundation – along with additional Vradenburg foundation funding – will support Free For All Summer Symphony: A Celebration of Charles Ansbacher and Bee Vradenburg, which will [...]
Continue reading …The International Committee of the Red Cross, along with the Japanese Red Cross, has launched the FamilyLinks website to help people connect with family and friends in Japan. The site is available in English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Portuguese. People can register on the website to inform family and friends that they are safe, [...]
Continue reading …Attorney General John Suthers’ office has filed a lawsuit against Western Sky Financial, a South Dakota-based online lender, and its principal, Martin A. Webb, for making unlicensed, high-interest loans to Colorado consumers. Filed in Denver District Court, the lawsuits states that the company made more than 200 loans to Colorado consumers since at least March [...]
Continue reading …Sitting down with your accountant isn’t always a cause for celebration, but small business owners have reason to be grateful for small mercies as they file their 2010 taxes. That’s because of the Small Business Jobs Act passed in September. The biggest temporary change is an increase in bonus depreciation for assets purchased from 50 [...]
Continue reading …There’s no better time to be generous. The 2010 Tax Relief Act, signed Dec. 17, temporarily raised the tax-exemption threshold for gift and estate giving. The law was set to revert to a $1 million threshold this year, with a maximum tax rate of 55 percent. Instead, the estate tax exemption was increased, during 2011 [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Sen. Mark Udall has introduced a legislative amendment to his own business bill that would increase the amount of small-business loans that credit unions are allowed to make from 12.25 percent of their total assets to 27.5 percent. The bill is intended to help small businesses invest in technology research. In a speech on the [...]
Continue reading …The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed twice on the annual rankings list of graduate programs from U.S. News & World Report. The School of Public Affairs – with programs at UCCS and CU Denver – ranked 32nd nationally. Four CU campuses received 37 mentions in the 2012 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Nine ranked [...]
Continue reading …If the Small Business Administration changes the criteria for defining a small business, larger companies could qualify for government programs and federal contracting jobs. The SBA published its proposed changes today for comment in The Federal Register. Proposed revisions apply to businesses in 36 industries, and one sub-industry in professional, scientific and technical services, and [...]
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