Thirteen Colorado-based tech companies can take a bow after earning a spot on Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work List. Of course, the celebration might have to wait until after their employees get back from mountain biking, rock climbing, or hiking. The tech companies are among the slew of Colorado firms that earned coveted spots on the magazine’s annual list.  Read more

University of Colorado Business School welcomes developer First Gulf and national law firm Polsinelli to the area. On October 1, First Gulf broke ground at 1401 Lawrence, the Business School’s neighbor to the south. Polsinelli signed a 15-year lease to hold the top four floors of the planned 22-story building, First Gulf announced at the ceremony. When it is completed in early 2016, the building will have 400 indoor parking spaces, retail space on the ground floor, and fitness facilities.  Read more

The Forbes list of richest Americans is out and five of them live in Colorado. Read more…  Read more

DENVER—Bill Sirois describes the first four months of 2007 in his office as “chaotic.” The regional transit authority where he works as a senior manager had just learned that they were $1.5 billion over budget on a light-rail system that they had promised to deliver within a decade. Three years earlier, Colorado voters had approved a high-profile ballot measure to raise $4.7 billion through sales taxes to build the train system called FasTracks.  Read more

After returning from studying abroad in London, MBA and undergraduate students from the University of Colorado Denver Business School note a definitive change. Some found a change in character, others found a change in skillset. CU Denver Business School MBA alumnus Anthony Malandra found both. “The trip was eye opening,” Malandra reminisced. “British companies were much more progressive and advanced than what I have experienced here in the US.  Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy’s bounce-back last quarter from a dismal winter was even faster than previously thought, a sign that growth will likely remain solid for rest of the year. The economy as measured by gross domestic product grew at a 4.6 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday. It was the fastest pace in more than two years and higher than the government’s previous estimate of 4.2 percent.  Read more

DENVER – Here’s something that could make your day: Colorado is one of the happiest states in the country, according to an analysis by WalletHub.com. Researchers took a look at state-specific figures about income, health, divorce rates and other factors to come up with the list, on which Colorado ranked fourth overall. The state did even better when researchers looked at emotional and physical well-being, said Jill Gonzalez, spokeswoman for WalletHub.  Read more