International Business News - CO http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif North Dakota's congressional delegation says the state's electric cooperatives are in line for more than $400 million in federal loans. The total includes a $325 million loan to Bismarck-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Basin has been seeking federal help to build a coal-fired power plant in northeastern Wyoming. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/nd-delegation-says-co-ops-getting-400m-in-loans.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:54:34 EDT The software chief executive accused in the killing of 32 of his neighbor's bison is considering a plea agreement to settle the case. Jeff Hawn appeared at the Park County court house to enter a plea on Monday with his attorney Pam Mackey. Minutes before the hearing was to begin, assistant district attorney Katherine O'Brien asked Mackey to step outside. When they returned for the hearing, Mackey said Hawn needed 30 days to consider a plea agreement that had been offered and Judge Stephen A. Groome agreed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/tech-ceo-offered-plea-deal-in-bison-slaying-case.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:56:29 EDT From postponed trips to changing spending habits and new jobs, the troubled economy has changed Coloradans' lives in ways big and small. Denver Public Schools secretary Bernice Adolf, 56, and her husband once spent Friday nights eating out at the fast-casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, or at places with happy hour specials. Now they fix meals like spaghetti at home and then go for a walk. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/bailout-doesnt-stop-coloradans-from-cutting-back.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:11:19 EDT The new Best Buy store opening Saturday in suburban, southeast Denver feels just a little different from the chain's older, warehouse-like blue interiors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/new-best-buy-store-designed-with-women-in-mind.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:20:55 EDT With just about a month to go before Election Day, a group of business leaders and unions announced they will team up to fight a Colorado right-to-work ballot proposal and two others opposed by unions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/unions-business-leaders-will-fight-right-to-work.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:47:11 EDT Focus on the Family says it will lay off or reassign 46 employees next year when it changes the way it ships books, CDs and DVDs. The conservative Christian ministry said Tuesday that Christian Book Distributors of Peabody, Mass., will take over those operations, cutting distribution costs by more than half. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/focus-on-the-family-to-lay-off-or-reassign-46.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:53:13 EDT Women face serious economic challenges and will suffer more than men from the current turmoil, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said. Sebelius, a Democrat, campaigned for presidential candidate Barack Obama in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver on Tuesday. She said women are more likely than men to earn the minimum wage and go without health insurance and pension benefits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/kansas-gov-says-obama-better-for-women-than-mccain.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:47:20 EDT Gov. Bill Ritter announced his opposition to a ballot measure that would ban affirmative action in the awarding of state contracts, employment and admission to Colorado universities, calling it a California import that doesn't fit Colorado. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/colo-gov-opposes-affirmative-action-ban-proposal.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:46:35 EDT The Colorado Judicial Branch said Friday it will honor a request from Gov. Bill Ritter to freeze hiring until the state can determine the economic impact of the meltdown on Wall Street. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/judiciary-agrees-to-join-colo-govs-hiring-freeze.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:40:52 EDT Parts of Colorado have people looking for jobs and jobs looking for people, and the challenge is to find ways to connect them. A three-month study by Gov. Bill Ritter's job cabinet showed there were more workers than jobs on the eastern plains and San Luis Valley, while there were more jobs than workers in the mountain resorts and Western Slope. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/colorado-panel-seeking-to-align-jobs-job-seekers.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:24:24 EDT Gov. Bill Ritter says the Bush administration is prematurely pushing to develop oil shale in Colorado. Ritter said Wednesday the president blocked the extension of a provision that effectively banned leases on federal land for commercial oil shale development. The provision expires Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/colo-gov-bush-pushing-shale-development-too-soon.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:10:17 EDT Spice producer McCormick & Co. Inc. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 21 percent due in part to strong sales from acquisitions and higher prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/mccormick-3q-profit-rises-21-percent-on-sales-jump.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:25:34 EDT The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has tentatively approved rules to protect wildlife including mule deer, elk, pronghorn antelope and eagles from drilling operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/colo-oil-panel-tentatively-oks-wildlife-rules.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:35:11 EDT A Kansas City businessman was sentenced to 13 years in prison for a $17 million mortgage fraud scheme that included buying a home owned by former Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields and her husband. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/mortgage-fraud-ringleader-sentenced-to-13-years.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:23:23 EDT The meltdown on Wall Street trickled down to the state on Monday, forcing Colorado lawmakers to consider a hiring freeze and other budget cuts to cope with declining revenues. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/colorado-considers-cuts-after-wall-street-meltdown.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:34:15 EDT Colorado regulators are heading toward the final stretch of work on new rules for the booming oil and gas industry. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission meets Monday and Tuesday to consider ways to protect the state's wildlife and manage drilling waste pits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/colo-regulators-in-final-stretch-on-energy-rules.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:38:56 EDT Callon Petroleum Co. said Friday its facilities in the Gulf of Mexico experienced minimal or no damage from Hurricane Ike after the storm slammed into the region last weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/callon-says-gulf-facilities-ok-after-ike.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:24:22 EDT Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to extend an order staying depositions of four former Qwest executives in a civil lawsuit that alleges that actions of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio and others allowed Qwest Communications International Inc. to improperly report revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/us-prosecutors-seek-to-extend-stay-in-qwest-suit.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:08:12 EDT A Boulder laboratory has made several changes following a plutonium spill in June, including disposing leftover chemicals and closing four labs and a machine shop until their safety can be ensured. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/plutonium-spill-prompts-changes-at-nist-lab.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:49:51 EDT Farmers in 44 Colorado counties are eligible for low-interest federal loans because of drought or freeze damage. Gov. Bill Ritter said Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to provide drought loans to 40 counties. Fifteen of those counties, plus four others, are eligible for freeze loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/44-colorado-counties-okd-for-ag-disaster-loans.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:07:29 EDT