CSBJ Daily

Consultant and nonprofit executive Greg Lopez is the new U.S. Small Business Administration director for Colorado.
He succeeds Patricia Barela Rivera who retired after almost 11 years. Lopez will start the job in mid April.
Lopez has served as president and CEO of The Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, as a board member […]

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is investigating a possible link between Merck’s allergy drug Singulair and suicide.
FDA said it is reviewing reports of mood changes, suicidal behavior and suicide in patients who have taken the drug, which was Merck’s best-selling product last year.
In […]

The Internal Revenue Service will allow military personnel serving in combat zones to include nontaxable combat pay on 2007 or 2008 income tax returns if it helps eligibility for economic stimulus payments.
Combat zone personnel or spouses must file a 2007 income tax return by Oct. 15 in order to receive […]

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Monday proposed more than $1 million in penalties against the two companies involved in a fatal tunnel fire last year in Colorado.
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $845,100 in penalties against RPI Coating Inc. and $189,900 against Xcel Energy “for […]