Category: Business

Classic cars and young drivers get a lesson in manual transmissions

GOLDEN — How do you teach teenagers to drive a stick shift? Take them to a secluded 1.4 mile training track in Golden on an idle Saturday where no one else is around. Teach them about the clutch, gears and emergency brake. And then hand over the keys. And for kicks, convince a handful of vintage car owners to loan

Classic cars and young drivers get a lesson in manual transmissions

GOLDEN — How do you teach teenagers to drive a stick shift? Take them to a secluded 1.4 mile training track in Golden on an idle Saturday where no one else is around. Teach them about the clutch, gears and emergency brake. And then hand over the keys. And for kicks, convince a handful of vintage car owners to loan

Bennet, Western senators ask Sec. Zinke to reverse suspension of BLM resource council meetings

Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday joined a group of Western senators in asking the Department of Interior to lift its sudden suspension of advisory committees and local boards that deliver public input on the Bureau of Land Management’s policy decisions. “These meetings are an invaluable way to ensure rural and local voices in Colorado are heard and considered in conversations

Bennet, Western senators ask Sec. Zinke to reverse suspension of BLM resource council meetings

Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday joined a group of Western senators in asking the Department of Interior to lift its sudden suspension of advisory committees and local boards that deliver public input on the Bureau of Land Management’s policy decisions. “These meetings are an invaluable way to ensure rural and local voices in Colorado are heard and considered in conversations

Google tools generated $2.9B in economic activity in Colorado last year, tech giant says

Cliff Grassmick, Daily CameraWork continues on Google’s 330,000-square-foot Boulder campus, as seen on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Some 40,000 Colorado businesses and nonprofits that use Google’s online advertising tools helped generate economic activity worth $2.88 billion in 2016, according to the tech giant’s latest economic impact report released Wednesday. Colorado’s Google activity dwarfs that of most its neighbors, with New

Swansong for Misbah

The meticulous master of the misfit madmen will marshal them only once more. Misbahul Haq will be calling it quits after the upcoming series with the West Indies. The oldest player on the team, yet the most physically fit, becoming a permanent fixture in the national side at the age of 33 when most cricketers retire, the captain of the

Pentagon presenting Syria military options to White House

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is presenting a range of possible military options the United States could take in response to the suspected chemical attack in Syria, a US official said on Thursday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said options include strikes to ground the Syrian air force. Syria chemical attack Pentagon chief Jim Mattis is presenting the options to

How to Ensure Your Charitable Donations Make a Difference

Looking to donate to charity in 2017? You’re not alone. Americans gave a whopping $373 billion to charity in 2015. And while millennials so far have a mixed record in this category—they donate and volunteer with less frequency than any other age group—they’ve also redefined the terms of charitable giving through such innovations as crowdfunding. Sadly, some charitable efforts fall

Ways to Increase Employee Engagement Through Company Culture

Now more than ever, it is important for employees to feel connected to their work. Recent Gallup research shows that 87 percent of employees worldwide are disengaged or indifferent toward their jobs. Not only does this affect how employees view their own value within the company, it affects their motivation to put forth their best effort at work. One of

3 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Luck in Business

Time catches up with us faster than we think. As an entrepreneur, too much opportunity is squandered while waiting for the metaphorical four-leaf clover of luck to appear. Meanwhile, your prospects dwindle on the vine as you ineffectively struggle to reach your goals by merely hoping for them. In reality, if you want luck, you have to be in action.

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