Archives » February 25th, 2008

Colorado Supreme Court gives gift-ban law the go ahead

The Colorado Supreme Court this morning reversed a lower court order that prevented Amendment 41, the ethics law and gift ban enacted by voters in 2006, from going into effect.
Denver District Judge Christina Habas granted the preliminary injunction to suspend Amendment 41 in May.
The injunction was sought by a group of […]

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Visa plans largest public offering in history

The Associated Press
Visa might raise as much as $17 billion in what would be the biggest U.S. initial public offering as the largest credit-card network tries to replicate the success of MasterCard, which has quintupled since its initial offering two years ago.
Visa plans to sell 406 million Class A shares for […]

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SBA offers online assessment tools for entrepreneurs

The Small Business Administration’s new online assessment resources are intended to help hopeful entrepreneurs evaluate their readiness for starting a small business.
“Small Business Readiness” and the “8(a) Business Development” assessment have been used by 125,000 budding entrepreneurs during the past three months.
Based on the results, entrepreneurs are directed to the SBA training […]

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Humana makes acquisitions

Humana plans to increase its offerings as a result of two recent acquisitions: Comp Benefits and KMG America.
The two additions to the Humana portfolio increase the non-medical products the insurance provider offers.
The addition of CompBenefits expands Humana’s dental portfolio, which now includes dental HMO and dental EPO products. It […]

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