Posts tagged Business News

• Colorado Ballot Initiative Would Require Companies to Provide Health Insurance

  Linda Snyder | January 28, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Tuesday, January 29th, there will be a public hearing on a proposed ballot initiative at the State Capital in Denver."The Fair Share Health Care Initiative" would make an amendment in the Colorado Constitution requiring companies that employ 20 or more to offer health insurance coverage to employees and their dependents.A Colorado Springs postal worker, Chuck Bader, initially wrote the...

• Two Companies to pay $407 million for Mistakes in Big Dig Project

  Linda Snyder | January 24, 2008 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Wednesday, January 23rd, two companies that managed and designed the Big Dig project in Boston, MA, will have to pay $407 million to the state and federal governments due to leaky tunnels and a fatal ceiling collapse which killed a woman who was driving through a tunnel to Logan International Airport.The two companies, Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff acknowledged...

• Plane Diverts Landing in Denver due to Severe Turbulence

  Linda Snyder | January 21, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Monday morning, a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, had to land in Denver due to severe turbulence.As soon as the plane landed, paramedics came on scene to take two flight attendants and eight passengers that were injured on board to a nearby hospital.The plane landed at 3:00am according to the Denver International Airport and the plane checked out ok for...

• F.D.A. says Food from Cloned Animals is Safe

  Linda Snyder | January 16, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Tuesday, January 15th, the Food and Drug Administration stated that food from cloned animals is safe to eat. This makes it possible for milk and meat from cloned cows to be sold in grocery stores.Numerous farmers and cloning companies have been pushing the government to approve products from cloned animals for some time. However, animal breeding takes time so it may be many years before we...

• It Pays to be Healthy

  April Armani | July 12, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  New health plan pays for healthy choices.UnitedHealthcare unveiled a new program this month which will allow Coloradoans to save as much as $4000.00 in their insurance deductibles if insureds maintain low blood pressure and smoke free, among other things. The plan, called "Vital Measures" will be tested in Colorado, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plan is only available to those...

• Two People Pleaded Guilty to Federal Arson For Their Role in the 1998 Vail Ski Resort Fire

  Staff Writer | December 17, 2006 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Thursday, December 14th, two people pleaded guilty to federal arson charges for their role in the 1998 Vail ski resort fire. The blaze did $12 million worth of damage and gained national attention to the activities of radical environmentalists. The Two Elk Lodge, a restaurant, ski patrol office, and operators' shack of four ski lifts were all burned in the fire. Chelsea Gerlach and Stanislas...

• 261 workers seized in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raid

  Staff Writer | December 17, 2006 10:56 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Tuesday, December 12th, Authorities began deporting workers rounded up in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. The raids took place at meatpacking plants in Colorado and 5 other states, Texas, Utah, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. At the Greeley plant Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized 261 workers. About a month...

• Temporary Injunction Granted Against "Two Document Rule"

  Staff Writer | December 15, 2006 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In early November, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a plaintiff class and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless alleging that the "two document rule" was both illegal and unconstitutional. The "two document rule" states that a passport must be accompanied by another identification document in order to acquire a license or ID card. The law is intended to stop illegal immigrants...

• Residents Opposed to "Super Slab" Transportation Corridor

  Staff Writer | December 15, 2006 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Coloradans from Fort Collins to Pueblo are voicing strong objections to the "Super Slab" transportation corridor that has been proposed to be constructed through that area. Many residents along the proposed Prairie Falcon Parkway are opposed to its construction, citing many reasons including, a negative environmental, financial, and quality of life impact from the project. The Prairie Falcon...

• Local broadcasters try to block EchoStar

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsGrand Junction, CO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An article from today's Denver Post reports that local broadcasters in Colorado filed a motion to block EchoStar Communications' last-minute effort to circumvent a court ruling and continue to provide more than 900,000 DISH network customers with its distant-network signals. This is part of a seven-year legal battle in this copyright law case, the story says.Apparently today is the deadline for...