Archives » February 5th, 2008

Colorado Springs Airport sees price decrease

The Colorado Springs Airport saw a 0.4 percent decrease in the cost of average domestic airfare between third quarter 2006 and third quarter 2007.
The Pikes Peak region’s average fares, based on the latest statistics released this week by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, decreased slightly to $390.25, down […]

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County economic development initiatives pass

The El Paso County Board of Commissioners has approved two economic development measures.
The first was a contract between the state of Colorado’s Economic Development Commission and El Paso County, granting $12,500 to market and promote its enterprise zone, one of 16 in the state.
The zone covers parts […]

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Junior Achievement Biz Kid$ initiative

Biz Kid$, an initiative launched by Junior Achievement, is aimed at educating young people about finances and entrepreneurship.
The multi-media initiative includes classroom curricula, a companion public TV series, a Web site and online newsletter.
Junior Achievement created the classroom curricula for the initiative and, through its volunteer network, will offer it […]

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Mash still trumps Super Bowl

The Associated Press
NEW YORK _ The 97.5 million viewers who saw the New York Giants’ last-minute win over the New England Patriots made it the most-watched Super Bowl ever and second biggest event in American television history.
Only the “MASH” series finale in 1983, with 106 million viewers, was seen by […]

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The Year of the Rat could mean trouble for investors

Chinese astrologer Tony Tan made money a healthy amount of money for his clients by predicting that Asian stock markets would rise last year – during the Year of the Pig.
But watch out for the Year of the Rat, Tan says, which starts this week.
“Just like a rat, investors will have to […]

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