City and business leaders from the Denver area are heading to Washington on Friday to discuss jobs and economic development with members of President Barack Obama’s administration. The office of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock says executives from Oakwood Homes, Wells Fargo, Western Union, Frontier Airlines, Arrow Electronics and Colorado Spine Therapy are attending, along with [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs will have a net gain of 80 Air Force Reserve jobs as the military restructures amid a slowdown in defense spending. Schriever Air Force Base will get most of the additional Colorado jobs announced Tuesday, with 24 full-time positions and 56 part-time. Peterson Air Force Base will gain one full-time position and one [...]
Continue reading …Manufacturing activity grew more slowly in February as U.S. factories received fewer new orders and paid higher prices for raw materials. The Institute for Supply management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Thursday that its manufacturing index fell last month to 52.4 from 54.1 in January. The reading was the lowest since November. Still, [...]
Continue reading …Colorado’s national parks generated just under $293 million, and account for 6,366 jobs statewide, according to information from the National Park Service. Rocky Mountain National Park had the most visits, just under 3 million people, including 174,000 who spent the night. The park accounts for 2,641 jobs. The second-most visited Colorado national park was Mesa [...]
Continue reading …Stellar Restaurant Solutions announced today that it will keep its corporate headquarters in Colorado Springs and could grow its call center business locally to 500 employees, double what it has today. Steve Bigari, Stellar CEO, said he was looking at moving his growing business out of Colorado Springs, where it was born in 2002, to [...]
Continue reading …A compromise bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be enacted, but it’s not going to help the economy very much, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. Boehner, R-Ohio, made the remarks hours after bipartisan congressional bargainers announced agreement on legislation extending those provisions through 2012 and heading [...]
Continue reading …A proposal to give bidding preferences to companies that employ mostly Colorado workers for state projects is getting its first hearing. The bill is one that Senate Democrats have heralded as one of the main features of their job-creation plan this legislative. But the idea is not welcomed by Republicans and some business groups. Senate [...]
Continue reading …Lawmakers will hear testimony on a bill to prohibit employers from using consumer credit information against potential employees unless they’re applying for a job that involves financial decisions. Democrats sponsoring the proposal say the use of credit information creates barriers for people who have recently lost their jobs and are looking for employment. The bill [...]
Continue reading …A simple name, like Sue or Bob or Billy, could be an advantage for employees looking to climb the corporate ladder. If you’ve got an easy-to-pronounce name, you are more likely to win friends and favor in the workplace, according to a study by Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Adam Alter at [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Republicans want to eliminate local restrictions they say stifle the sale of beetle-killed timber. But groups representing local governments say there are no such restrictions. That’s calling into question the validity of one of the centerpieces of the GOP’s jobs package this year. Republican Speaker of the House Frank McNulty used his speech to [...]
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