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Colorado apartments cost more in quarter

The state’s average apartment vacancy rate decreased to 6.2 percent from 9.1 in the second period of 2009. It was basically flat from 6.6 percent in this year’s first quarter.

Statewide apartment rents averaged $862.24 per month last quarter, up from $837.32 for the prior-year period and $840.44 in the first quarter.  Read full article

Denver Business Journal

Colorado No. 3 on CNBC’s 2010 list of ‘top states for business’

For the second year in a row, Colorado ranks No. 3 on CNBC’s latest list of “America’s Top States for Business.”  Read full article

Denver Business Journal

Five Colorado cities on Money’s ‘best places to live’ list

Five Colorado small cities are on Money magazine’s latest list of America’s 100 “best places to live,” with Fort Collins at No. 6, Highlands Ranch at No. 12 and Broomfield at No. 19.  Read full article

Denver Business Journal

Goss business index for Colorado jumps in June

"While there remains weakness in the consumer sector, our survey of manufacturers and value-added service companies over the past several months signals very positive growth for the regional economy into the fourth quarter of this year," Goss said.  Read full article

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Apartment vacancies, rents fall in Colorado

The statewide apartment-vacancy rate dropped to 6.6 percent during the first quarter, compared with 8.5 percent in the same period a year earlier, according to a survey released Thursday.  Read more

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Colorado has 2nd-best economic outlook says free-markets group

Colorado is said to have the nation's second-best economic outlook in an annual report by an advocacy group representing conservative state legislators.  Read more

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Colorado rated 8th best state for business by Chief Executive magazine

Colorado is ranked as the nation's eighth-best state for business in a new report by Chief Executive magazine.  Read more

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Fed's Beige Book: Colorado region's economy improved in March

http://denver.bizjournals.com - The Federal Reserve's regional Beige Book provides another indication that the economy warmed along with the weather in March.  Read more

Colorado is a magnet for movers, says Allied Van Lines

http://denver.bizjournals.com - Colorado ranked fourth among the states in 2009 as a "magnet" for people moving from one state to another, according to an annual report Monday from Allied Van Lines Inc.  Read more

Colorado, Denver among nation's best places to find a job

http://denver.bizjournals.com - Denver is America's eighth-best city for job seekers, and Colorado ranks No. 8 among the states, according to job search engine Juju.com.  Read more