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Colorado business leaders are feeling more optimistic amid trade deals and federal economic policy

Faced with the fresh start of a new year, Colorado’s business community is feeling a bit rosier about the state’s economic prospects, according to a new survey from the Leeds School of Busin...

DATE: Jan 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Stocks close out best year since 2013

Wall Street closed the books Tuesday on a blockbuster 2019 for stock investors, with the broader market delivering its best returns in six years. The S&P 500 finished with a gain ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

2020 brings higher labor costs for small businesses

IRS has issued new W-4 forms

DATE: Jan 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Car dealership could be first business at Three Springs center

New development set for 22-acre parcel near Three Springs

DATE: Jan 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Local vape shops to diversify after national news of hospitalizations, deaths

Some lung injuries tied to black market products

DATE: Jan 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

America’s marijuana growers are the best in the world, but federal laws are keeping them out of global markets

DENVER – In a large warehouse, LivWell Enlightened Health feeds its cloned cannabis plants a custom blend of nutrients, sprays them with filtered water and pumps extra carbon dioxide into th...

DATE: Jan 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

California takes lead on laws affecting gig economy, privacy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig economy, boosting online privacy and discou...

DATE: Dec 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

San Juan College to host Northwest Regional Economic Outlook Forum

Herald Staff Report Learn about current and future economic opportunities and challenges at the Northwest Regional Economic Outlook Forum from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 8 at San Juan Colle...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Legal marijuana sales may spark Midwest interstate tension

CHICAGO – Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois ...

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Fort Lewis College student wins chocolate shop

Aaron Stone will run Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in Illinois

DATE: Dec 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

’Tis the season for the Be Local Coupon Book

You’ve seen it around town – the bright teal book with the close-up of a Local First board member donning cool shades with a reflective Local First logo encouraging us to hone our 20/20 visi...

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local First

Kansas city’s move against paper strikes some as retaliation

TOPEKA, Kan. – A growing community near Kansas City has decided to stop publishing its legal notices in its hometown newspaper, describing the move as cost-cutting but doing it after several...

DATE: Dec 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business