CSBJ Daily

Staffing industry employment fell 1.7 percent in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year, according to the American Staffing Association.
Based on its latest quarterly survey, the ASA showed the country’s staffing companies employed an average of 2.8 million temporary and contract workers per day from January […]

The law firm of Holland & Hart has acquired the Nevada law firm of Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison and Howard.
The combination will result in a total of 63 attorneys in Nevada, and the firm will use the name Holland & Hart LLP and have offices in Reno, Carson City and […]

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of national home prices recorded its steepest quarterly decline since the index’s inception in 1987 as home prices fell 14.1 percent nationally compared to the first quarter of 2007.
“The nation appears to remain on a downward path,” said David Blitzer of Standard & Poor, “19 […]

The Associated Press
The steepest run-ups in food prices since 1990 are hurting grocery shoppers, restaurants and school cafeterias, but they’re making others rich.
The winners in the new food economy include crop farmers selling corn and wheat for near-record highs after years of crushingly low prices. Ingredient makers like Cargill and […]

John McCain spoke in Denver this morning and outlined a series of steps he would take as president to end nuclear proliferation and create a more secure world.
The Republican presidential candidate said he would establish a long-term commitment to reduce danger from weapons, while “deploying a safe and reliable nuclear deterrent, […]

The El Paso County Board of Commissioners has awarded a $4.3 million construction contract to Lawrence Construction for phase three of the South Academy Boulevard Improvements Project.
The project will provide improvements between B-Street and Interstate 25. Phase three specifically includes the construction of a continuous flow intersection with new ramp connections […]

As workers across the nation are easing into a three-day weekend of time spent with family, barbecues and quiet introspection about those who have passed on, cemetery workers are kicking it into high gear.
Memorial Day is their busiest day of the year.
“Memorial Day is like Christmas in the cemetery business,” said Will […]

The state’s airports pump about $32 billion into Colorado’s economy every year.
That’s the finding from the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics economic impact study for commercial and general aviation airports.
The money is generated by on-airport businesses, aviation services and spending by visitors who arrive in Colorado by air.
The latest […]

Dow Jones Financial Investment Services has launched Private Equity Source – a database that tracks all buyout and growth transactions in the United States and Europe.
The database contains three years of deal data, which covers 7,700 private equity-backed companies and 1,800 investment firms managing more than $1.56 trillion in assets.
Search queries […]

There will be no limits to rulemaking that will balance energy development with protections for wildlife.
That’s the decision from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
“The commission decided that at this time limiting the scope and postponing portions of the rulemaking would not be in the public interest, given the current […]