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The best way to go forward often starts at the end
What, you ask, does this have to do with business? Actually, a great deal. Have you ever developed a business plan? Have you prepared the financial details to flesh out…
Business
Stock sizzling in record territory
Small-business owners were slightly more optimistic in April, according to a survey released by the National Federation of Independent Business before the stock market opened. That helped push the Russell…
Business
Working with folks spurs Durango Joe’s growth
Starting with one shop, and now 92 employees, it’s the Four Corners’ micro-version of Starbucks
Business
Housing market is surging, but job growth isn’t
Richard Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, says he is having trouble hiring enough qualified people. The resurgent U.S. housing market has builders and subcontractors scrambling to fill…
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Brands risk image in response to Bangladesh
Many clothing manufacturers quickly distanced themselves from the Bangladesh building collapse that killed more than 1,000 people. Few acknowledged their links to the tragedy.David Goldman/Associated Press file photo The first…
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Manage student loans with these 6 strategies
Yet that’s the challenge many university students graduating during the next few weeks will face before too long. The clock on their student loans will begin counting down to their…
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Unexplained charges on phone bills catch the government’s attention
When a mysterious, unauthorized fee appears on your cellphone bill, it’s called “cramming,” and consumer advocates and regulators worry it’s emerging as a significant problem as people increasingly ditch their…
What's Up Downtown
Visiting Chicagoans face bald deception
We spent the first several days catching up on news and how our lives had changed in many ways. Kids are now grown up and busy building their own families…
Business
Microsoft addresses Windows 8 gripes
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks up Microsoft’s Windows 8, at its launch in New York last fall. Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address…
Business
Adobe cans box software
The company, which makes costly imaging and design programs aimed at pros, including Photoshop, Premiere and InDesign, said Monday that all new versions of its programs would be available by…
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Survey: U.S. home prices post 10.5 percent rise
A survey shows U.S. home prices rose 10.5 percent in March compared with a year ago, the biggest gain since March 2006. Core Logic, a real estate data provider, said…
Business
Crowdfunding might be more bust than windfall
President Barack Obama and members of Congress have touted a law that makes crowdfunding, a method of soliciting money over the Internet, as a way for startups and other small…
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Oil-drilling technology leaps forward
Developments improve finding and extracting hydrocarbons
Business
Could conference center be financed in euros?
Program grants green cards for investment cash
Business
Taxes not slowing down spending
Despite less pay, Americans keep spending, thanks to cheaper gas, rising stocks and low interest rates.Patrick Semansky/Associated Press Which raised a worrisome question: Would consumers stop spending and further slow…
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Copying Warren Buffett hard for mere mortals
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett makes investing sound easy, but his cash reserves mean few people actually can land the kinds of deals open to the Oracle of Omaha.Nati Harnik/Associated Press…
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15-year mortgage rate slides lower to record 2.56 percent
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 15-year fixed mortgage slipped to 2.56 percent. Thats the lowest on records dating to 1991. It fell from…
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Are you a savvy manager of your IRA?
At the end of last year, IRAs had $5.4 trillion in assets compared with $5.1 trillion in 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans. Some 40 percent of U.S. households own…
Business
Adventure, risk await area tourists
Durango Tourism Summit considers farms as well as often-popular heritage railroads
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IBM pulls stock market out of an early slump
IBM and other tech stocks led the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up. The broad-market measure ended April with a 1.8 percent gain, the sixth month in a row the…
Money Savvy
Graduating to financial independence
Today, I want to help college seniors – and any of you looking for financial stability – get started on the road toward effective money management. Here are 10 steps…
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Shoppers seeking more ‘ethical’ clothing
As Bangladesh factory disaster death toll rises, so does consciousness
Business
New Obamacare applications slightly simpler
Prepare to lay bare your finances under health-reform act
Business
Landslide at mine deals blow to Utah economy
Kennecott copper production expected to be reduced by half
Business
Tight condo lending impairs low-cost housing
Some lenders in Durango look to offer creative financing
Business
Samsung Galaxy S4 offers function, dazzle
Samsung has been able to pack in a more powerful battery into its new Galaxy S4, which, as a bragging point against the iPhone, can be replaced by the user.Associated…