Qwest has been hoping to peddle its long-distance network in exchange for somewhere between $2 and $3 billion. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the asset prompted offers well below that range, with some at prominent digit shy of what the operation wanted. Hence, Qwest is keeping the network…
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Mary Louise Starkey, founder of the Denver butler school Starkey International School for Household Management, who’s been in and out of jail and court for allegedly assaulting Starkey student Lisa Kirkpatrick — and then in and out of jail and court again…
In hopes of revamping its image as an industrial hellhole, Commerce City has hired an economic development consultancy to recast the berg as a diverse, forward-thinking municipality. The $80,000 the city is paying Texas-based AngelouEconomics should buy plenty of dreamy PowerPoint presentations. But one video they probably won’t be using…
Mountain View, Colorado, a Denver suburb, is modern enough to have a website — but the information on its home page suggests that its concerns are quaint and old-fashioned. The first item concerns “Weeds and Tree Limb Violations.” The second notes that building permits are necessary for most home improvement…
The announcement that DaVita, a healthcare giant specializing in kidney dialysis, is moving its corporate headquarters to the Denver area offers a rare bit of good economic news during a period filled with plenty of the opposite sort — and judging by its website, execs at the firm understand that…
Found myself at the Park Meadows mall on Monday, and learned three things: 1. The recession is over, at least judging by the Park Meadows food court, which was a sea of Chick-fil-A-craving shoppers. 2. Chick-fil-A’s fries are overrated. 3. East Highlands is among the thirty coolest neighborhoods in America,…
Tweet a request for fake anti-meth slogans and ye shall receive. Earlier today, we posted a blog offering alternative slogans for the fledgling Colorado Meth Project’s new ad campaign. The ads are aimed at teenagers and feature gritty images aside such slogans as, “No one thinks they’ll try to tear…
We’ve learned that Video One, long considered Denver’s most awesome independent video rental store, recently sold its building at 1301 East Colfax Avenue. Winner of numerous Best of Denver awards, the store has been the go-to spot for movie geeks of all stripes since… well, since before the Gold Rush,…
Have you worked out your supermarket strike plan? If you haven’t, now might be a good time. Although the corporate execs and lawyers at Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons are still negotiating with the familiar, name-tagged faces who ring you up at your local grocery — and their union overlords…
Here’s a funny thing I came across while researching the various juice drinks sold through a multi-level-marketing model for this week’s cover story on Bazi. Hometown hero Chauncey Billups is the top endorser for Tahitian Noni, a company that was the first to use an Amway-like system to pimp an…
Last week, Steve Sanders of the Office of Economic Development sent an e-mail informing us that a blog we did on Denver’s future bike sharing program contained a factual inaccuracy. Apparently, when the system launches next spring, the membership fee will not be $50 per month but, um, well, $50…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy In case you missed it (and if you’ve got anything resembling a life, you probably did), the Denver real-estate market got a big plug on yesterday’s edition of the Today show. Real-estate contributor Barbara Corcoran, speaking to anchor…
Local developer David Zucker is making a strong case to be crowned Denver’s earth-friendly answer to Donald Trump. In May 2008, Zucker’s company, Zocolo Development, completed RiverClay in Jefferson Park — a sixty-unit development that was the first residential condominium building in the state to get a Leadership in Energy…
It’s not often that a Denverite who most locals wouldn’t recognize is the subject of a feature obituary in the New York Times. But that was the case for Rodger McFarlane, 54, who died last Friday in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. McFarlane, who committed suicide (he suffered from a…
Yesterday, more than 300 teachers at Boulder Valley schools simultaneously developed illnesses that prevented them from showing up for work — and by coincidence, the Boulder Valley Education Association, the union that represents them, just happens to be at an impasse with the school district in negotiations for a new…
Thanks to our ongoing recession, businesses are under increasing pressure to merge with similar firms or even rivals — and it turns out that business organizations are feeling the heat, too. Note that the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Denver chapter, which has suffered of late from membership declines…
Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs was one of the finalists to become the home for the 24th Air Force, described by the service as “a new numbered Air Force headquarters focused on the cyber mission.” But it’ll have to settle for Miss Congeniality. Lackland Air Force Base in…
In a bankruptcy filing today, Chrysler reveals that it plans to close 789 of its 3,200 dealerships in the United States — and a source with access to the documents finds at least three in the immediate Denver metro area on the list. They are: • Burt Dodge Chrysler Jeep,…
There’s a new sheriff in town, one with a mean set of handlebars. We’re not talking about a mustache. We’re talking about his bicycle. The dude in question is Brad Evans, local realtor by day and two-wheeled merry prankster by night. In 2004, Evans founded Denver Cruisers, a pedal-powered party…
On May 2, 2008, Carolyn Sparks of Potter County, Texas, was visiting Landry’s Downtown Aquarium in Denver with her daughter and husband. According to documents filed in Denver District Court, the trio was approached by a greeter who attached their wristbands and asked if they would like to have their…
“Over the River,” the plan by husband-and-wife artists Christo and Jeanne Claude to stretch almost six miles of silvery fabric over the Arkansas River between Canon City and Salida at a cost of around $50 million, has plenty of supporters. Congressmen, college presidents, Chamber of Commerce types and sundry art…
The decision by employees at King Soopers and Safeway to keep working amid continuing negotiations with management through at least May 30 despite the fact that their respective contracts have expired indicates an understanding that striking amid an economic downturn is a worst-case scenario for all concerned. That doesn’t mean…
