Ireland going for international bailout

Ireland is asking for a multibillion-euro international bailout of its crisis-hit economy, a move the country’s finance minister said Sunday would help shore up the […]

Wall Street focuses on the ‘three Es.’

Investors are bracing for an onslaught of news this week: The earnings avalanche continues, midterm elections are approaching and economic data are due in […]

What deflation? Prices are rising!

Deflation might be the economic buzzword right now, yet prices seem to be going up on everything from a cup of coffee to Dallas […]

State reports Colorado urban foreclosure filings, sales in August

Foreclosure filings in Colorado's largest counties fell 10.1 percent in August from a year earlier, but were up 15.6 percent from the previous month, the […]

Birmingham ranks 13th for population decline

The population of the city of Birmingham shrunk by 5 percent from 2000 to 2009, a U.S. Census Bureau report said.
Birmingham ranked 13th for the […]

Lowe’s earnings rise 9.6%

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.’s earnings continued to improve in the second quarter as the home-improvement retailer managed its expenses and waited for the economy to improve.
The […]

Richardson appoints Becenti-Aguilar to PRC

Gov. Bill Richardson has appointed Theresa Becenti-Aguilar to fill the currently vacant District 4 seat on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
Ex-commissioner Carol Sloan represented […]

Harvard Pilgrim win may hit small biz

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care won its appeal against the state Division of Insurance’s rejection of premium increases that were set to take effect.
This means that […]

Judge: Cherry Creek mall taxi deal did not violate state regulations

Metro Taxi and Denver Yellow Cab did not violate state regulations by entering into a now-terminated exclusive agreement to use the taxi stand at Denver's […]

Ray Hickey, businessman, philanthropist, dies

Ray Hickey, who turned Tidewater Barge Lines Inc. into one of the nation’s largest inland marine transportation companies before becoming a renowned Vancouver, Wash., philanthropist, […]