| Commercial real estate in Colo. is 10.5% of economy, study says
The commercial real-estate sector had a $23.4 billion economic impact on the state in 2006, according to a study released Monday. That represents 10.5 percent of Colorado's economy, according to the study commissioned by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, known as NAIOP. "The number is impressive, but that's not why we did the study," said Marshall Burton, vice president of real-estate development for Opus. "It's looking at our industry, understanding who we are and taking that, and being a leader in job growth, responsible development and quality of life." The three major metropolitan areas — Denver, the northern Front Range and Colorado Springs — contained 83.5 percent of the state's existing commercial and multifamily properties, with nearly 1.13 billion square feet of income-producing property.
Colorado Springs fights to keep USOC
COLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. 16 The U.S. Olympic Committee wants the city of Colorado Springs to provide 90,000 square feet of office space and 200 new residences for it to stay put.
City officials Monday told developers the national Olympics movement organization required a mix of apartments, townhouses and dormitory-style accommodations for married and single athletes in addition to 90,000 square feet of new downtown administrative office space, the Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette reported Tuesday.
Two of four local real-estate firms have submitted proposals to provide new USOC facilities in town in a bid to keep the organizing committee from moving its headquarters, with 240 employees, and Olympic Training Center away.
The USOC moved to Colorado Springs from New York City in 1978.
Day 2: In others' hands
Every year, more elderly move into nursing homes and other long-term care facilities -- dependent on the skill and dedication of nurses, aides and others. Now the aging baby boom generation is poised to further stretch a system that becomes dangerous when homes don't have enough staff, don't train workers well and suffer from high turnover, experts said. Although much is done to try to protect residents in long-term care, the regulatory safety net has holes, the Wisconsin State Journal found in an eight-month investigation of elder abuse in the state. The newspaper's findings, culled from interviews with dozens of experts and a review of hundreds of pages of government reports and databases, show: .
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady speaks at team rally without walking ...
He had no overcoat but kept his hands in his pockets in the subfreezing temperatures while others spoke. Then he made some brief remarks.
Were going down there for one reason, he said. Thats to bring a title back to Foxborough.
After the rally that lasted about an hour, players boarded the yellow buses lined up outside the stadium with a sign on each: GOOD LUCK PATRIOTS.
Brady waved to the crowd with his left hand and carried a travel bag in his right as he walked beside backup quarterback Matt Cassel. They went about 30 yards from the last bus in line before they boarded the second as fans cheered. .
Asian shares close mostly down but Taiwan surges again
Such optimism contributed to a near two percent rally in Taiwan on Monday. TOKYO: Japanese share prices closed down 0.98 percent, slipping below the symbolic 14,000-point level for the first time since November 2005 on concern over the strong yen, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark Nikkei-225 index fell 138.16 points to close at 13,972.63, the lowest close since November 2, 2005. The market was reopening after a three-day weekend. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares fell 27.38 points or 1.99 percent to finish at 1,350.20. Declining shares far outnumbered gainers 1,561 to 134, with 29 issues unchanged. Volume traded increased to 2.476 billion shares from 2.471 billion on Friday. Investors were waiting for US earnings from Intel and Citigroup.
South African miners resume production
But after talks overnight near Johannesburg between industry leaders, Eskom and government, the leading gold producers AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields as well as the diamond firm De Beers said they would now be able to send miners underground. Alan Fine, a spokesman for AngloGold, said production had already resumed at Mponeng mine, near Carletonville, and the majority would be up and running by the end of the week when it should have 90 per cent of normal power supplies. "The rate at which we are going to ramp up production is very difficult to predict but we hope to be up to about 60 per cent by the end of the week," Mr Fine said. Gold Fields also said it had been informed by Eskom that it would have 80 per cent of its normal power by midnight Tuesday local time and 90 per cent by Thursday.
Mystery of Giants hard one to solve
Nobody expected us to be in the playoffs," linebacker Antonio Pierce said Monday. "That's fine. It's like I said after the Green Bay game: Don't become a believer yet. Wait another six days." By halftime of Week 3, it had gotten worse. The Giants were losing 17-3 to the Redskins and appeared 30 minutes away from utter chaos. Yet the Giants discovered something that afternoon. They learned, or maybe remembered, something about themselves. New York took a 24-17 lead in the fourth quarter then stopped the Redskins on four consecutive plays at the goal line to win a game - and possibly save a season. "That was a strong part of getting us going. We won six straight games following that," coach Tom Coughlin said. "The boost it provided our players was very evident.
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