24 April 2012
I love wireless Internet access. But I’m beginning to think that WiFi speed claims are a scam. Now, don’t get me wrong; I think WiFi is a great thing. To be able to sit in a bar, coffee shop, restaurant, hotel lobby, or wherever, open up my computer, and connect to the Internet, well, that’s [...]
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24 April 2012
University of Colorado President Hank Brown is leaving the board of directors at Centennial Bank Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: CBHI). Brown, who has been on the board since July 2004, will resign effective September 1 due to "his obligations relating to his permanent appointment as president of the University of Colorado," according to a Securities and [...]
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29 October 2011
The twin arrivals of the allergy season and travel season put one in mind of food allergies and what they mean to both restaurants and diners. The American Restaurant Association has posted an extensive set of food allergy guidelines and commentary on travel on its Web site. As it notes, travel means eating at unfamiliar [...]
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28 February 2011
The passage of each day leading to February’s opening of Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland intensifies the rush to build, lease and sell medical office space in the vicinity of the new hospital. A new focal point is the high-priced, 18-acre Crossroads Plaza office development, about a straight-line mile from MCR, where a  [...]
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12 February 2011
A top-level panel of health experts, emergency-management and business officials will kick off a half-day program next week with a detailed analysis of the risks of a global flu pandemic and ways to reduce the peril should one break out. The Northern Colorado Business Report’s HealthCare Summit is set for Thursday, June 8, from 8 [...]
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17 October 2010
When I am asked, "What’s it like to be an entrepreneur?" I always reply with my favorite Chinese proverb: "He who mounts the tiger cannot dismount." Any real entrepreneur will understand exactly what this means. Once you decide to mount the tiger, the only way to keep from being devoured is to ride the big [...]
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24 June 2010
The building will be home to the allied health and sciences programs.  Plans for the $18 million building call for 65,000-square-feet of laboratories, classrooms, offices and common areas.  Completion of the project is slated for fall 2007. "Our allied health and sciences programs have nearly tripled in size and scope since 2003," said Aims President [...]
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24 May 2010
National banking giant U.S. Bancorp has purchased Vail Banks Inc., the parent company of a chain of 24 WestStar bank branches mostly located in Colorado mountain resort towns including Estes Park. U.S. Bancorp will pay $98.6 million in cash, equal to $17 per share, for the Avon-based bank chain. When the deal closes during the [...]
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24 January 2010
LOVELAND – Kroll Factual Data Inc. has added another service to its mortgage settlement suite, the company announced today. Kroll Factual Data, a Loveland-based subsidiary of Kroll Inc., will use Bluebook International Inc.’s Web-based tool for estimating the replacement costs of a residential structure. Kroll’s new service, Estimated Replacement Cost, will allow mortgage lenders to [...]
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13 August 2009
Colorado State University Professor Gary Smith speaks to audiences across the country about the meat business, often addressing small cattle ranchers, feedlot operators and meatpackers. In that setting, one of Smith’s favorite stories is about his father. Smith, who holds the Monfort Endowed Chair of Meat Science at CSU, shares the fact that his father [...]
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