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Institutional investors buying homes in Denver at increasing rate

Institutional investors — non-lender buyers who have purchased 10 or more homes over the past 12 months — have hit the Denver real estate market in a big way during the past year, according to RealtyTrac. In a report released Thursday, RealtyTrac said institutional...

New ATMs Get a High-Tech Makeover

New ATMs Get a High-Tech Makeover

Cash can come your way with just a few clicks on your smartphone, and tellers are just a video screen away. A new breed of smarter ATMs is letting you move beyond plain-vanilla transactions that were once just done by tellers. Now you can increasingly talk to a teller...

Early Numbers Show Legal Pot Really is Big Biz

Early Numbers Show Legal Pot Really is Big Biz

Some unprecedented and historic financial data has finally come to light from the nation's massive and previously underground cannabis industry. Thursday is the tax deadline for Colorado's new recreational marijuana businesses to report to the state's Department of...

Inside the Canna-business

Inside the Canna-business

A problem: You want to get into the marijuana business, an industry that, since the passage of Amendment 64 in 2012, has drawn thousands of people to Colorado and millions of dollars in investment. The solution: Good luck. What’s that? You grew some in college and...

Real estate investment trusts had both a good and bad year

By one measure, 2013 was a good year for real estate investment trusts: A record number of REITs filed initial public offerings and a record amount of capital was raised. By another measure, 2013 was lackluster for REITs. While most stocks in other sectors rallied...

Super Bowl Ticket Can Punch up Economy

Super Bowl Ticket Can Punch up Economy

Even though economic development and tourism officials agree that having the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl is a good thing, measuring the economic impact when your city isn’t actually hosting the event is almost impossible. Denver did get a boost from hosting two...

Early Numbers Show Legal Pot Really is Big Biz

Will Banking Industry Allow Marijuana Transactions?

The financial and marijuana industries appear to still be digesting comments made last week by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who said that legal marijuana businesses should have access to the banking system. Speaking during an event at the University of Virginia,...

Marijuana IPOs Risk Class-Action Lawsuits

Colorado Green Tours is currently a private company in Denver with possible designs for an IPO. "Going public is not at the forefront of our mind, but it's a possibility," said Peter Johnson, founder of the travel agency. "There's so much stuff going on right...

Goldman Sachs’ On-campus Recruiting Events

Goldman Sachs’ On-campus Recruiting Events

The multinational investment company is coming to campus in January and February -- so mark your calendars now! Goldman Sachs was very impressed by the candidates its recruiters met in Denver last fall. The Salt Lake City office hired three Daniels students following...