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Lockheed team a key player in tests for Orion

Lockheed team a key player in tests for Orion

When John Stevens drives his white Camry to work here, he mulls over how to send astronauts to the moon in the safest, least costly way. Heady stuff. It represents just one piece of the work 600 Lockheed Martin engineers and others in the Denver area are performing on NASA's next-generation Orion spacecraft. Under NASA's timetable - which could change - Orion is scheduled to take astronauts to the International Space Station by 2015.

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2008 seen as peak for Colorado foreclosures

Experts are cautiously optimistic that the foreclosure crisis in Colorado may hit its apex this year.

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Money & Markets »

Market gains as oil drops, Cisco rises

Wall Street logged another winning day Wednesday as a drop in oil prices and a better-than-expected profit report from technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. helped corral the market's worries about the financial sector.

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Retail »

Store closings likely to spike

At the Linens 'n Things store at Belmar, bright yellow and red signs blanketing the windows proclaim "Store Closing Sale, "Everything 40 to 70 percent off" and "Store Fixtures for Sale." The scene is an increasingly familiar sight at shopping centers around the country, as a parade of retailers declare bankruptcy or shutter underperforming stores.

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Lockheed team a key player in tests for Orion

When John Stevens drives his white Camry to work here, he mulls over how to send astronauts to the moon in the safest, least costly way. Heady stuff. It represents just one piece of the work 600 Lockheed Martin engineers and others in the Denver area are performing on NASA's next-generation Orion spacecraft.
Under NASA's timetable - which could change - Orion is scheduled to take astronauts to the International Space Station by 2015.

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Energy »

Utah mine was 'destined to fail'

The collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine one year ago was so extensive, federal officials found no other mining disaster in the past 50 years to compare to it.

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Health Care »

Insurer settles with Colo. for $20 million

Texas-based health insurer HealthMarkets Inc. has agreed to pay $20 million to Colorado and 28 other states to settle allegations that it misled consumers and mishandled claims.
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Sen. Salazar calls for release of reserve oil

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., on Wednesday urged President Bush to release 70 million barrels of oil from stockpiles to rein in galloping pump prices, echoing calls made Monday by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Skiing & Tourism »

Aspen ski pass prices going up

Skiers and riders will pay $25 to $70 more for the most popular season ski passes at the Aspen Skiing Co. resorts next winter, the company announced Thursday.
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Tech & Telecom »

Land-line losses, competition hurt Qwest's bottom line

Qwest Communications revenues declined by 2.3 percent in the second quarter to $3.38 billion, and the Denver telco lowered its financial forecast for the year. The company on Wednesday said it now expects total revenues to decline as much as 2.5 percent this year, from $13.8 billion in 2007. Operating earnings are projected to drop 1 to 2 percent.

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MILSTEAD: On second thought, ConocoPhillips' deal at Louisville is 'big'

I have been wrong before.The best example, still, is my June 2001 article "Is Joe Nacchio underpaid?" which I restated in August 2002.I will not take as long to publish second thoughts about another piece, "A big deal, I guess, but not that big," written the afternoon we learned about ConocoPhillips' new Louisville operation.

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