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Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

Zoobygamez — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:57:26 -0000

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Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

Alex — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:44:56 -0000

google is on the rise on web economy in the world.

Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

Gainesville Realtors — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:11:36 -0000

Great post sir..

Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

Liberty Auction House — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:35:30 -0000

They are swimming in the money. Who would have thought an auction system for advertising would generate so much cash

Re: March Madness: Tax tips for gamblers

tania marco — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:12:00 -0000

Albert....do you mean it makes you RICH?

Re: March Madness: Tax tips for gamblers

Albert — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:26:13 -0000

We should avoid anything illegal. Don't risk your life just for one time fun. Even though it makes you reach.

Re: Legalizing Internet gambling and sports betting

Football Betting Tips — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:37:08 -0000

Internet gambling plays a major role for the sports betting. Before online gambling ,get all the information and statistics that you need to make the right bet right in front of you.

Re: Andy Vuong previews satellite-TV story

Wtieman — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:38:31 -0000

Andy--I live in Colorado Springs and called Wild Blue today after reading your article to get details. The Wild Blue agent I spoke with said that they are not currently offering the new 12 MB speed service that you describe in your article in the December 12 Denver Post. He said they had a meeting about it this morning after your article came out and they don't know how you might have got that information because they are planning something like that for the future but don't have it available now.

Bill Tieman

Re: Dish hiring 600 for Denver area call centers

Bob4545 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:21:58 -0000

The pay bonuses can easily net you up to 50k a year, even as a frontline agent. If you stick with it for a while, you can get into higher paying departments without any extra effort, and the incentives just get better. There's up to a 35% pay modifier and other incentives which are actually pretty trivial to achieve. As with anything in life, you get what you put in - if you treat it like a shit job with no positive aspects, that's what it will be. If you put some effort into it, you get the bonuses. Making upsells is stupidly easy, some people will buy things even if you try to get them to leave, so making 30 legitimate upsells in a week is so easy a braindead monkey could pull it off. - ($440 + $210) * 1.35 = $877.50 a week - almost doubling the base pay.

It's not like this is rocket science. This is "ahh, your remote doesnt work. Press the buttons, have a nice day. By the way, we've got a special on HBO and it matches other programming you like - wanna give it a try?" Anyone who fails at that is lucky to even be able to read, let alone make $23k a year.

Re: Fortune Valley casino under new ownership

glowing skin secrets — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:13:26 -0000

Good luck to the new owners!

Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

glowing skin secrets — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:12:15 -0000

wow that's a big money!! Well i wish they would come up with more innovative ideas..

Re: Analyst: Qwest/CenturyLink merger could make sense

Northstar — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:29:40 -0000

qwest was never a great company; century link is worse by far. If your phone service goes out on a weekend and you live in a rural area, century link won't bother with your predicament until business hours on a weekday. They cut staff (bottom line, not customer service) on weekends. Never mind that our area is in a cell tower dead-zone and the need for emergency services is immaterial to this company; one must drive many miles to use a cell phone, and a home can burn, a family member die for lack of ambulance services, a crime can proceed with no intervention. Yes, by all means, utilize this company for internet and other services as they trumpet in their advertisments, just know that their business ethics are zilch, and when it's your turn to need them they'll proffer a businesslike excuse for taking your money and leaving you flat. This pervades any business, from the high-rise corporate offices and their high-powered movers and shakers, right down to the level of "service" where the rubber meets the road. If your company sells a service, what is the quality of the service at the level of the consumer? Here, it's the worst.

Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

cheap shared hosting — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:22:10 -0000

$880 million!!! I wish i could generate as money.. Anyway they are donating .. this is good.. thanks for your sharing

Re: Lawsuit alleges Qwest reneged on "Price for Life"

Jwatts33 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:53:55 -0000

True, Qwest and now CenturyLink continue the same policy; contractually promising the price-for life, then inadvertently raising the price. Call for Customer service, choose, "disconnect" and you'll be routed to the Loyalty department. They will make it right, but only for 6 months, then your bill will go up again and they hope it'll be too much trouble to complain again. Rip-off artists. Public Utilities Commission, please take notice.

Re: Legalizing Internet gambling and sports betting

onlinesportbetting — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:59:52 -0000

Although many do not accept bets betting the U.S.,
but there are a few gambling sites that still accept U.S. players. It's a
gray area that's true, but thousands of people gambling in these
gambling sites every day without any problems.

Re: Qwest CEO Mueller paid $12.1 million in 2009

Ken Heebner — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:15:56 -0000

I met Teresa Taylor over a serious ethics issue when she was the head of HR. Well, she covered it up of course although, she shared she had concerns about the senior executive in question. She really is something!

Re: Google: $880M impact on Colorado

T.v Serials — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:19:34 -0000

Google: $880M economic impact in
Colorado
Denver Business Journal - 1 hour ago
Google Inc. issued state-by-state estimates of its economic impact
Tuesday, saying that in Colorado it generated $880.2 million in business
and nonprofit activity last year through advertising ...
Google Economic Impact In Colorado Estimated At $880 Million -
Huffington Post
Google: $509 million generated in Nevada last year - Las Vegas Sun

Re: Is Qwest a takeover target?

edwindonalld — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:30:57 -0000

The highest bids come in less than 10 billion dollars. I was told the company the lowest possible price on the web to discuss, between 3 and Time Warner Telecom.

Re: PokerStars refunding money, Full Tilt still behind

fat dog — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:52:31 -0000

It was money the players intended to gamble. Maybe they lost it. Part of gambling.

Re: Qwest offers "odd-lot" share program

Oddlot Naysayer — Sun, 01 May 2011 19:07:37 -0000

The oddlot program seems almost to be a scam from the point of view of the small shareholder. I have 19 shares of CenturyLink from some corporate spin-off a while back. When you read the Q&A of the oddlot notice, you find several questions down, towards the end of a paragraph, that you'll be charged 2.25 per share fee. Anyone who uses a discount brokerage online will save money by not participating in the oddlot program to sell the shares. The letter talks about the inconvenience to the small shareholder of owning the oddlot and how this program will help them avoid brokerage fees. Bah. This sounds like a nice way for CenturyLink to make 5% or so off all the small-lot shareholders.

Re: Difference between Qwest and CenturyLink

Gwentttt — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:17:00 -0000

This is something positive. I'm glad Qwest is gone.

Re: Comcast's iPad app could launch in November

Jesus Lopez — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:04:16 -0000

I really don't see why anyone would want to use their $500 iPad into a giant remote, when your system comes with one. I have and work at DISH Network and with the Sling adapter, I can stream live and recorded TV to my iPad everywhere I can get WiFi. I want to watch TV on my iPad, not just change the Channel.

Re: Comcast to hike fees in Colorado

Bryon — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:41:37 -0000

It's been a year and Comcast is due for another price increase as I see it. Many other cities are reporting an increase April 1st 2011, as much as 5% or more. This seems to be a popular amount of increase, but if Comcast is already higher than it’s competition 5% can be a larger increase overall. My employer DISH Network raised prices in February, but they are already lower than most cities Comcast prices, so $5 is less than what some Comcast customers will see for an increase. Honestly if qualified customers get free HD for life and more HD than any other provider the value is already there. I had Comcast a few years ago and it worked fine but I had to cancel eventually because I couldn’t afford to pay that much for TV.

Re: Greg Griffin Sunday story preview

Negrito13 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:21:49 -0000

Hello Mr. Griffin.i saw on facebook that you are looking for businesses that have made it through this recession. All you need to do to have a fine article on the subject is to go to lil Lyons,Co.15 miles east of Estes Park.The store owners were not only hit by the 'recession' but Main Street was closed down most of the winter last year(this winter) for major re-development work on the streets and sidewalks. We are slowly inching our way back to profiting, but the pickin's are sparse. Every single business in this community of about 1900 people has been doubly affected, and yet they open their doors every day hoping today will be the day we make some profit.You could get a whole series of articles from talking to the business owners here in Lyons.Just a suggestion, but i think it would make a good story for your paper.If you need more info, call me at 303-823-5114.my name is vance french and i have lived in Lyons for 6 years and it has changed immensly in those 6 years.But we still have the small-town feel about us.We are survivors, but cant hold on much longer.We hope Spring will bring us a ton of tourists and visitors from near-by cities.We never know.So i think Lyons would be a good place to write an article about surviving the down-spin of our country.i enjoy your articles.Keep up the good work!...........vance french, Lyons Colorado]

Re: Comcast launches Fancast Xfinity nationally

Joe Lopez — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:11:30 -0000

I think that Xfinity is on the right track but not all the way there yet. I work for DISH Network and the TV Everywhere product avail there is amazing. I have the ability to watch my TV from my Smartphone, pc, or, laptop. This feature has worked great I went to Mexico for vacation and was able to watch wrestling and all my other shows while I was there. Check out DISH Network for more info on the TV Everywhere solution. Outside of your home. Good product but could be better.