Archives » November 1st, 2007

Downtown shuttle stays, bus fares to increase

City Council decided last night to forego a proposal to cut 14,000 hours of municipal bus service, which means, among other things, that the free downtown shuttle will remain in operation.
Officials had planned to cut $1.3 million of expenses from the city’s bus service budget to cover a revenue shortfall. The downtown shuttle service would […]

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Mountain states economy growing slowly

Inflationary pressures remained elevated while the overall index for the Mountain States region slipped.
The overall Business Conditions Index dipped to 63.3 from September’s 64.8 and August’s 77.7, according to the October Business Conditions survey of supply managers and business leaders in the three-state region.
The employment index for the region plummeted to a still healthy 60.6 […]

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Green gas plant plans on hold

Xcel Energy Inc. will delay the construction of a Colorado state-of-the-art power plant that uses environmentally-friendly coal converted to gas technology to generate power.
Xcel is the state’s largest utility provider, delivering electricity and natural gas to more than two-thirds of Colorado’s residents.
Construction of a new “integrated gasification combined cycle,” power plant was anticipated to […]

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CEO shopping tips

CEO-to-CEO gift giving, a $17 billion industry, can be tricky business; here’s what one gift-giving consultant has to say about the matter.
“Gift giving is an important element of an executive’s skill set, particularly on a CEO-to-CEO basis, but most business leaders don’t have the time to learn the intricacies of high-level corporate gift giving – […]

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Police to swarm Broadmooor

More than 1,000 law enforcement professionals will descend on The Broadmoor Nov. 14-17 for the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ fall conference.
Representatives from agencies throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Barbados, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda are expected to attend.
The Commission was established as an independent accrediting authority in 1979 by the […]

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