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Analysts: Denver metro area is ideal for Amazon’s second headquarters

Analysts: Denver metro area is ideal for Amazon’s second headquarters

DENVER -- Could 50,000 high-paying jobs be heading to the Denver metro area? Analysts said it’s a strong possibility. Amazon is eyeing cities across North America to build a second headquarters -- one that could forever change northern Colorado in a big way, according...

Operating and Financial Leverage in Gen Y Households

Operating and Financial Leverage in Gen Y Households

Gen Y is the largest, most educated and ethnically diverse demographic group in U.S. history, projected to make up 75% of the world’s workforce by 2050. Summary Members of Gen Y (also called millennials, born between 1980 and 2000) tend to be financially fragile. This...

Economic impact of marijuana stores in Colorado Springs

Economic impact of marijuana stores in Colorado Springs

New research from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business finds that Colorado Springs would generate $25.4 million in tax revenue and permit fees if they allowed retail marijuana establishments. The Miller Chair of Applied Economics Jack Strauss...

Rizzuto: Municipal broadband? Buyer beware

Rizzuto: Municipal broadband? Buyer beware

Greeley officials are studying the possibility of a municipally owned broadband network. If pursued, the proposal would have to go before voters in a ballot initiative. Buyer beware. In building its "gigabit city," Longmont is amassing up to $67 million in debt. Its...

8 Questions to Ask on a Business School Visit

8 Questions to Ask on a Business School Visit

The best way to predict what an experience will be like is to ask people who have been through that experience to describe it. That's why experts say it's critical for prospective MBA students to visit business schools while classes are in session so they can speak...

What You Should Know About Three U.S. Indexes

What You Should Know About Three U.S. Indexes

U.S. News and World Report:  How does the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite differ from each other and the Dow Jones Industrial Average? Dr. Chris Hughen:  The DJIA is the Kim Kardashian of financial metrics. It is ever popular and educated people just wonder why. It...

Disruption Finally Arriving in the Textbook Market!

Disruption Finally Arriving in the Textbook Market!

With their massive student debt loads, millennials are no fans of high textbook prices. I agree that this market seems irrational. Of course, this is the outcome when one person (professors) picks the product and another person (students) pays the cost. The list price...

Finance alumni honored

Finance alumni honored

The Reiman School of Finance at the Daniels College of Business honored two alumni Feb. 13 during its 2017 Distinguished Alumni dinner. Randy Engel (MS Finance 2001), executive vice president of Strategic Development at Newmont Mining, and Reinhardt Olsen (BSBA 2986),...