Moroccan chicken and herb aioli toasted sandwiches may not sound like they belong on a McDonald's menu. However, in Australia, the chain is turning things upside down – and besting the rest of the world in sales. In June, McDonald's reported 10 consecutive months of...
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Easygoing CEO is firmly in control of Toyota North America
Laid-back Jim Lentz had 48 hours to get tough. It was the early ’80s, and the young, affable Lentz — now CEO of Toyota’s North American operations — had just begun work as a merchandising manager in Toyota’s Portland, Ore., office. Though sales in the region were...
DU helps nonprofit group ‘ignite’ a love of learning among inner city yout...
It’s not easy to get kids to like math or science. Tim Klein knows that first hand. He’s an instructor with the nonprofit group Open World Learning. Klein says he learned to program computers when he was 7-years old. Now, he’s teaching others how to do the same...
REIT performance will rise with economy, professor says
The real estate cycle has entered a strong growth phase in most U.S. markets, says Glenn Mueller, professor at the University of Denver and real estate investment strategist at Dividend Capital Group. As the economy expands and supply remains limited, REITs' net...
Best Places to Start a Business in Colorado
Colorado is scoring big with business, and it’s due to a triad of factors that lure in entrepreneurs — and that also fall trippingly from the tongue: technology, talent and tourism. A recent report ranked the state No. 1 for the number of loans given to small...
4 Reasons It Can Be Better to Rent Instead of Buy a Home
Amar Shukla, a 24-year-old engineer at online textbook company Chegg, decided that buying a home was an investment he wanted to make. With some financial help from his parents, he recently bought a 900-square foot home in San Jose, California. “As long as I’m going to...
Developers of baccarat variation see game grow to 700 tables
James Bond hasn’t left the baccarat table. But he’s got company. The dragon and the panda are in the room, too, along with the Las Vegas-based brand that’s brought them to life. That comes courtesy of co-creators Francisco “TJ” Tejeda and Robin Powell, both principals...
Former Mayor Federico Peña joins University of Denver trustees
Federico Peña just can’t get enough of his adopted Denver. He was the city’s first Hispanic mayor, who served from 1983 to 1991. He revved up the crowd at the University of Denver in January 2008 before a speech by then-candidate Barack Obama. And he took the stage...
The employee benefits that make a real difference
Calculating the exact return on investment for specific employee benefits can be tricky. After all, it’s tough to know whether that weekly yoga class had an actual impact on morale or if shifting the work day a couple of hours had a measurable impact on productivity....









