Month: May 2025
The AI Driven Leader: How to Think Strategically and Make Smarter Decisions with AI
The AI Driven Leader: How to Think Strategically and Make Smarter Decisions with AI written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Listen to the full episode: Episode Summary In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, host John Jantsch welcomes Geoff Woods, founder of AI Leadership and author of the international…
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What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose massive taxes on imports from almost every country in the world. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump overstepped…
Read MoreHit by Trump trade wars, U.S. economy falls 0.2% in first quarter, an upgrade from initial estimate
By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.2% annual pace from January through March, the first drop in three years, as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its initial estimate. First-quarter growth was brought down by…
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A woman died after temperature soared inside her Denver Housing Authority apartment. Four years later, it happened again.
Shawn Pope says he was almost too close to his mother, Shirlyne Johnson. He called every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Shirlyne Johnson. (Photo courtesy of Latrisse Johnson) Occasionally, she grew tired of talking to him so often, Pope said, “but she always overlooked it ’cause I’m her son.” Johnson cared for him when…
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Downtown Denver at a crossroads as offices sit empty, buildings go into default and safety concerns persist
The COVID-19 pandemic turned Downtown Denver from the place to be to a place to flee, derailing two decades of momentum overnight. Five years later, downtown’s recovery continues to lag behind most other cities, and the delay is costing Denver and the region. “We can wait 10 or 15 years and the market will correct.…
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16th Street safety is the key to downtown Denver’s rebound
In the battle for Downtown Denver’s future, victory or defeat could hinge on convincing people it is safe to visit, work and live in the area, and key to that will be restoring the vibrancy of 16th Street (“mall” was recently dropped from its name), which is wrapping up a three-year renovation. Surveys of why…
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Can downtown get its swagger back? Denver leaders agree it’s both possible and vital
In a post-pandemic world, is it still important or necessary for major metro areas to have a vibrant downtown at their core? If restaurants, retail outlets and housing are growing in Cherry Creek and other neighborhoods, does it matter if they’re on the wane or not as plentiful in downtown Denver? Should efforts be made…
Read MoreAt a crossroads: Downtown Denver is waiting for its rebound
The Denver Post’s business team has spent the past three months talking to city officials — present and past — Chamber and tourism executives, business owners, CEOs, analysts, bankers and economists, all to get a big-picture perspective on Denver’s Downtown. Reporter Aldo Svaldi did an indepth analysis on downtown’s office towers, and a reckoning is…
Read MoreHow vacant are downtown Denver’s office buildings?
Downtown’s most distressed office buildings are also some of the region’s largest. Built during an oil and gas boom in the 1970s and 1980s, most are located in the Upper Downtown and Skyline Park areas, which had multiple blocks scraped to make room for taller buildings. READ THE FULL PROJECT: At a crossroads: Downtown Denver…
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Time of reckoning has arrived for Denver’s troubled office towers
Several of Downtown Denver’s largest towers sit half empty as the clock ticks on unsustainable debts that must be refinanced, repaid or renounced. Unable to find enough tenants to support debt payments, about three in 10 commercial mortgages tied to office buildings in metro Denver are delinquent, the third-worst showing in the country out of…
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