CSBJ Daily

Memorial Health System’s board of directors announced today that CEO Dick Eitel will retire next year.
Vice President of Communications Rita Burns said that Eitel will leave his post as soon as a replacement is found.
The announcement came this afternoon during a regular monthly update to City Council.
“It’s just a notice of retirement,” Burns said. “So […]

The nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent during November as employers continued to hire at a moderate pace, according to a Labor Department report released late last week.
Employers added a net 94,000 jobs to their payrolls during November, down from an unexpected gain of 170,000 jobs during October.
The jobless rate has held steady […]

The National Association of Realtors’ prognosis for 2007 and 2008 home sales is a little more optimistic.
The NAR revised monthly forecast calls for existing home sales to fall 12.5 percent this year to 5.67 million. Last month, the association predicted 5.66 million existing homes would be sold this year.
Still, the revised figure would be the […]

Two-thirds of online retailers said the deadline to place orders for ground shipping with delivery by Christmas is Dec. 18, according to the Shop.org/Shopzilla 2007 eHoliday study.
The survey found that most retailers’ free ground shipping offers (76.1 percent) will expire on or before that day.
Shop.org’s CyberMonday.com, provides a list of retailers still offering free shipping […]

Don’t hate our neighbors to the north because they’re rich.
Eight Denverites made Forbes’ 2007 list of the world’s wealthiest, up from six the previous year.
EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen leads the Colorado list, with his fortune growing to $10 billion from $6.7 billion during 2005.
Qwest founder Philip Anschutz saw his wealth increase to $7.9 billion […]