http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A proposal from the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs calls for the creation of medical and surgical centers in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction in addition to upgrades at Fitzsimmons medical complex in Aurora. The proposal strays from a plan to centralize all V.A. medical services at the Fitzsimmons facility. Secretary of ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/22/va-medical-center-for-springs-proposed/ The Social Security Administration launched an online calculator this week atwww.socialsecurity.gov/estimatorThe calculator provides personalized retirement benefit estimates that are tied to a person’s Social Security earnings record, thus eliminating the need to manually enter years of earnings’ information.The estimation is interactive and allows users to compare ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/22/social-security-calculator-on-the-web/ It appears that people are wondering what kind of clown is making the espresso at McDonald’s.Clusterstock.com is reporting that McDonald’s espresso sales have fallen sharply, and that investors are questioning the logic of entering the espresso business when Starbucks announced the closing of 600 stores across ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/22/mcdonalds-espresso-sales-plunge/ Colorado Springs firefighters say the lives of three dogs trapped in house fires were saved last week because of special oxygen masks designed for animals.The dogs were treated on-scene during two house fires. Three rabbits were also rescued from one of the fires but did not require ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/22/oxygen-masks-save-dogs-lives/ The U.S. Census Bureau’s Denver Regional Census Center is making preparations to open a census office in Colorado Springs, and they’re looking for managers to run it. The office will be the hub of local census activity for southern Colorado and the western slope for early operations in 2009 that support ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/21/census-bureau-readying-to-open-springs-office/ Holland & Hart LLP has formed a new Subprime Mortgage Practice Group.The Subprime Mortgage Group consists of an interdisciplinary team of attorneys with experience counseling clients about business disputes, litigation and government investigations relating to the subprime mortgage crisis.“Stories continue to develop daily covering the threatened ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/21/holland-and-hart-launch-subprime-mortgage-practice/ Democratic and Republican audio sample ballots for the August 12 primary election are available on the El Paso County Clerk & Recorder’s Web site.The audio sample ballot is for visually impaired voters, who can listen to the ballot information being read so they can prepare in advance ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/21/audio-sample-ballots-introduced-by-el-paso-county/ Starbucks officials released a list yesterday of 600 underperforming U.S. stores the company planned to close in order to save money, and it appears that all Colorado Springs locations will remain open. However, nine stores in Colorado will close – three in Denver, two in Loveland and single stores in Longmont, ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/18/springs-starbucks-to-remain-open/ While increased job cuts often lead to a rise in start-up activity, the high cost of credit and other inflationary pressures appears to be discouraging would-be entrepreneurs The latest reading on job-market conditions reveals that the percentage of jobless managers and executives starting their own businesses fell to its lowest level since ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/18/entrepreneurial-endeavors-slow-despite-jobless-rate/ With the total number of highway and bridge construction workers nationwide down 2.4 percent during May compared to a year ago, industry officials expect project activity and employment in related fields to show similar decreases.The American Road & Transpiration Builders Association reported this month that 357,400 ... http://blogs.csbj.com/csbjdaily/2008/07/18/transportation-construction-work-workers-down/