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Local receives award for volunteering Adrian Wade, past president of the Durango AARP Chapter No. 1243, was honored as Volunteer of the Year at the annual Colorado ARRP Thanksgiving Volunteer...
DATE: Dec. 7, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
NEW YORK Stocks spent most of Monday in a funk brought on by cautious comments about the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Hopes for a compromise on extending Bush-era tax cuts...
DATE: Dec. 6, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
Shawn Slonskys children know by now not to give him Christmas lists filled with the latest gizmos. The 44-year-old union electrician is one of nearly 2 million Americans whose extended...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
As U.S. markets continue their slow crawl toward recovery, local businesses looking to expand sales should consider setting their sights overseas.Business experts from the government and private...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
Local accountant receives recognition FredrickZink & Associates, CPAs, announce that Sherin Clarke was recognized at the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants CPAs Make a Difference...
DATE: Dec. 4, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
NEW YORK Stocks staged a late afternoon rally after spending most of the day weighed down by an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate. Indexes wound up closing higher for the third consecutive...
DATE: Dec. 3, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
NEW YORK Stocks started December with a jump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 249 points Wednesday, its biggest one-day gain since Sept. 1 and the sixth largest this year.An encouraging...
DATE: Dec. 1, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
City and county officials were banking on a 1.5 percent increase in sales-tax revenue when they made initial 2011 budget plans. Now, they aren’t sure their predictions will hold.The potential...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
NEW YORK Millions of foreclosures and weak demand from buyers are forcing home prices down in most major U.S. cities.Prices are falling even in places like San Francisco and San Diego, which had...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
NEW YORK Stocks ended November on a down note Tuesday, notching their first monthly losses since August.The Dow Jones industrial average lost 46 points. It had been down as many as 110 points...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
WASHINGTON The Obama administration may require companies drilling for natural gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals being used in a technique called hydraulic fracturing.Officials are...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
First National Bank announces changes First National Bank of Durango announces that Steve Short has been elected by the board of directors to serve as chairman of the board, effective today.Short...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2010 | CATEGORY: Business
