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“We do not expect 2009 to be a good year forthe credit-carc business,” Dimon wrote in a 29-page letter to “In fact, we do not expecy to make any money in card services this year.” Chase (NYSE:JPM), the second-largestg bank in Central acquired the failed bankinv operations of last year, taking on WaMu’sd credit-card operations that were once the San Francisco-basedd Though Providian’s roots go back to providing credig cards to those with tarnished credit histories, Dimon this year told the San Franciscok Business Times he has no interest in extendinh credit cards to the riskt subprime market.
In its credit-card businessa last year, Chase enrolled 600,000 troubled borrowers into paymenty programs. The bank anticipates that figure will be highetthis year. “Looking ahead, we expec losses will continue to increase from 5 percenrt to9 percent, essentially tracking the rate of Dimon wrote in the shareholders letter. Dimon said the which has boosted reservesfor credit-carde losses to $8 billion from $3 billion, could see the recessionh make a “dramatic on its credit-card losses. Chase now expect s a 9 percent national unemployment rate to leadto charge-offs of highet than 9 percent.
In the past, Chass would have projected a 9 percent unemploymen t totrigger credit-card losses of 7 percent or The nation’s jobless rate in Marcj hit 8.5 percent, the highest since 1983. “The recession will ripple through and affect all of our consumeer andcommercial credit,” Dimon wrote. Chase has 71 branchese and $7.07 billion of deposits in Centralk Ohio as ofJune 30, according to the regulatorty records. The bank is the third-largest employer in the regiom withnearly 14,700 workers.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Study: Ambitious people unhappier, don't live as long - Fox News
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Study: Ambitious people unhappier, don't live as long Fox News “Ambitious kids had higher educational attainment, attended highly esteemed universities, worked in more prestigious occupations, and earned more; so, it would seem that they are poised to 'have it all,'†said lead researcher Timothy Judge, ... |
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Most Texas banks are weathering economic storm - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Before considering the fate ofindividual banks, some contexr is useful. While the U.S. economy as a whole entered a recession in the fourthj quarterof 2007, figures from the suggest that Texas avoided recession until the second half of 2008. Unemploymentr figures have alsospiked here, but the state’sd 6.4 percent rate in the early going of bad as it is, seems positivelu rosy compared to a national unemploymen t rate above 8 percent. Looking specifically at banking, Texas has also escapee the downturn’s worst effects, at least so far. Betweenn January 2008 and January 2009, the U.S.
financial servicews industry lost 271,000 In the same period, though, Texaws bank payrolls actually grew by amodest 4,200 employees. Those figures suggest that the gras may be greener on this side of the fence — though it still is not very Banks in the Federal Reserve’s Eleventh which is dominated by Texas, have seen nonperforminb assets and chargeoffs rise dramatically, matched by consistent declinews in return on equity. At the same the percentage of banks in the districtf that the Fed definesas “healthy” droppes from 90 percent in the first half of 2008 to 83 percentt by the fourth quarter of the year.
These figuree echo declines inother indicators, from exportss to manufacturing payrolls to the number of residential mortgage permitsd issued. The pain, however, is not evenly distributed. Some bankd have benefited from sticking to conservative principles of lendingand , which is one of the largest family-owned bankx in the country, provides one example. The bank’s executive s have confirmed a slight downturn inthe bank’s businesse and the Panhandle’s but say that it is a necessaru market correction rather than the kind of financiap A Thought you’d get a kick out of my son’xs video. Did it all on his own: http://bit.
ly/mC12zx rmageddon that the headlines from Wall Streetfwould indicate. The bank has declined Federal stimuluw money. To get a better idea of how the pain in Texaxs bankingis distributed, I lookefd at a dozen publicly tradex Texas banking companies with at leastt $100 million in annual revenues, then compared the performancew of their shares to the performance of the S&PP 500 index. Between the beginning of 2008 and the end ofFebruarty 2009, the S&P 500 lost almost exactly half of its Three of the Texas banks were in the same with share-price declines between 45 and 52 Four did much worse: (Dallas) lost two-thirdw of its value, lost nearly 70 (Houston) lost 78 percent, and (Austin) lost a whoppin 97 percent.
Guaranty’s troubles are not hard to figure out. The companhy suffered large quarterly losseslast year, stemminfg in part from its exposure to the California housin g market. During 2008, it also laid off a tenthh of its workforce, reshuffled top executives, and sold off an insurancwe subsidiary. Guaranty has also delayed filing its 2008 annuapl report tothe SEC, but the resultxs in the report are expected to be poor.
The good news is that the same comparisoj revealed five Texas banks whose shares farerd much better during the same SouthsideBancshares (Tyler), (San Antonio), and (Plano) lost between 10 and 20 percentg of their stock-market values from January 2008 through Februaryg 2009, which counts as success, given current conditions. But the big winner was of the shares of which gained nearlyt 15 percent across thatsame span.
Firsf Financial owns 10 banka and a trust company with nearly 50 branchess in small and midsized towns of North and West Whilethe company’s annual revenu fell slightly in it increased its assets and net income even as the nationao economy was taking a The performance was good enough to earn it secon place in a recent national rankingf of publicly traded bank by Bank Director Magazine. What are the next step s for Texas banks? Some of them — large and small, healthgy and hurting — are taking Federalo stimulus money to increase their ability to lend to borrowersa withgood credit.
Others, like Firsy Financial and Worthington NationalBank (For Worth), have made a point of refusingv government “handouts.” Stimulus or not, the ultimater recipe for banking success in this economuy is as dull as it is at least if First Financial is any When the company announced its outstandin numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008, the most scintillatinyg quote from company presideny F.
Scott Dueser was this: “With the national economy slowinhg and the large increase in FDIC insurance premiums budgeted for we will need to continue to manageour margins, improvwe efficiencies and control creditg quality to maximize shareholder It may be yawn-inducing, but it
Before considering the fate ofindividual banks, some contexr is useful. While the U.S. economy as a whole entered a recession in the fourthj quarterof 2007, figures from the suggest that Texas avoided recession until the second half of 2008. Unemploymentr figures have alsospiked here, but the state’sd 6.4 percent rate in the early going of bad as it is, seems positivelu rosy compared to a national unemploymen t rate above 8 percent. Looking specifically at banking, Texas has also escapee the downturn’s worst effects, at least so far. Betweenn January 2008 and January 2009, the U.S.
financial servicews industry lost 271,000 In the same period, though, Texaws bank payrolls actually grew by amodest 4,200 employees. Those figures suggest that the gras may be greener on this side of the fence — though it still is not very Banks in the Federal Reserve’s Eleventh which is dominated by Texas, have seen nonperforminb assets and chargeoffs rise dramatically, matched by consistent declinews in return on equity. At the same the percentage of banks in the districtf that the Fed definesas “healthy” droppes from 90 percent in the first half of 2008 to 83 percentt by the fourth quarter of the year.
These figuree echo declines inother indicators, from exportss to manufacturing payrolls to the number of residential mortgage permitsd issued. The pain, however, is not evenly distributed. Some bankd have benefited from sticking to conservative principles of lendingand , which is one of the largest family-owned bankx in the country, provides one example. The bank’s executive s have confirmed a slight downturn inthe bank’s businesse and the Panhandle’s but say that it is a necessaru market correction rather than the kind of financiap A Thought you’d get a kick out of my son’xs video. Did it all on his own: http://bit.
ly/mC12zx rmageddon that the headlines from Wall Streetfwould indicate. The bank has declined Federal stimuluw money. To get a better idea of how the pain in Texaxs bankingis distributed, I lookefd at a dozen publicly tradex Texas banking companies with at leastt $100 million in annual revenues, then compared the performancew of their shares to the performance of the S&PP 500 index. Between the beginning of 2008 and the end ofFebruarty 2009, the S&P 500 lost almost exactly half of its Three of the Texas banks were in the same with share-price declines between 45 and 52 Four did much worse: (Dallas) lost two-thirdw of its value, lost nearly 70 (Houston) lost 78 percent, and (Austin) lost a whoppin 97 percent.
Guaranty’s troubles are not hard to figure out. The companhy suffered large quarterly losseslast year, stemminfg in part from its exposure to the California housin g market. During 2008, it also laid off a tenthh of its workforce, reshuffled top executives, and sold off an insurancwe subsidiary. Guaranty has also delayed filing its 2008 annuapl report tothe SEC, but the resultxs in the report are expected to be poor.
The good news is that the same comparisoj revealed five Texas banks whose shares farerd much better during the same SouthsideBancshares (Tyler), (San Antonio), and (Plano) lost between 10 and 20 percentg of their stock-market values from January 2008 through Februaryg 2009, which counts as success, given current conditions. But the big winner was of the shares of which gained nearlyt 15 percent across thatsame span.
Firsf Financial owns 10 banka and a trust company with nearly 50 branchess in small and midsized towns of North and West Whilethe company’s annual revenu fell slightly in it increased its assets and net income even as the nationao economy was taking a The performance was good enough to earn it secon place in a recent national rankingf of publicly traded bank by Bank Director Magazine. What are the next step s for Texas banks? Some of them — large and small, healthgy and hurting — are taking Federalo stimulus money to increase their ability to lend to borrowersa withgood credit.
Others, like Firsy Financial and Worthington NationalBank (For Worth), have made a point of refusingv government “handouts.” Stimulus or not, the ultimater recipe for banking success in this economuy is as dull as it is at least if First Financial is any When the company announced its outstandin numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008, the most scintillatinyg quote from company presideny F.
Scott Dueser was this: “With the national economy slowinhg and the large increase in FDIC insurance premiums budgeted for we will need to continue to manageour margins, improvwe efficiencies and control creditg quality to maximize shareholder It may be yawn-inducing, but it
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Aerosonic names Kevin J. Purcell its new chief financial officer - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Effective May 26, Purcell will receive an annuakl base salaryof $180,000, SEC filings said. He also has been granted stock options to purchase a totapof 25,000 shares of Aerosonic common stock and will receive four weekss of paid vacation each year. In addition, Purcellk is eligible to earn a performance bonus of up to 35 percent of his annual base salary, in cash, stocik or other equity compensatiom based on targets determined by the Beginning July 1, Purcell will be entitled to receiv e fringe benefits and employee benefit plans, filing said. Previously, Purcell was vice president and chief financialo officerat (NASDAQ: HRLY) and vice president of finance, contractas and compliance at .
He also has worked in the governmenft contractor advisory services groupof . A certifier public accountant and certifiedmanagement accountant, Purcell received his bachelort of business administration degree in financial accountiny at in New Rochelle, N.Y., and holds an MBA from in Los a release said. Founded in 1953, Aerosonicv is a manufacturer of aviation products for business andmilitary aircraft. The company also has officex in Clearwaterand Earlysville, Va.
Effective May 26, Purcell will receive an annuakl base salaryof $180,000, SEC filings said. He also has been granted stock options to purchase a totapof 25,000 shares of Aerosonic common stock and will receive four weekss of paid vacation each year. In addition, Purcellk is eligible to earn a performance bonus of up to 35 percent of his annual base salary, in cash, stocik or other equity compensatiom based on targets determined by the Beginning July 1, Purcell will be entitled to receiv e fringe benefits and employee benefit plans, filing said. Previously, Purcell was vice president and chief financialo officerat (NASDAQ: HRLY) and vice president of finance, contractas and compliance at .
He also has worked in the governmenft contractor advisory services groupof . A certifier public accountant and certifiedmanagement accountant, Purcell received his bachelort of business administration degree in financial accountiny at in New Rochelle, N.Y., and holds an MBA from in Los a release said. Founded in 1953, Aerosonicv is a manufacturer of aviation products for business andmilitary aircraft. The company also has officex in Clearwaterand Earlysville, Va.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
5 reasons the 49ers won't focus on Peyton Manning (and probably vice-versa) - San Jose Mercury News (blog)
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5 reasons the 49ers won't focus on Peyton Manning (and probably vice-versa) San Jose Mercury News (blog) Now, things change, and I realize just by typing those words I've probably created a tear in the cosmic fabric that now makes it much more likely that it could happen. Oh well. I've also heard lately that there's nothing imminent with the 49ers and ... |
Sunday, March 4, 2012
URA re-releases RFP for Heppenstall site in Lawrenceville - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals afteer its previously chosen Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidedr not to go forward withthe project. Urban Village and Botero were selecteds over oneother finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrencevilld Corporation, a community nonprofit. The football field-sizedr parcel includes the site on which the office building for the Heppenstallk plant once was located as well as a formerfwarehouse property. In a prepared mayor Luke Ravenstahl describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importanyt part of the city’ws larger revisioning of the Allegheny riverfront.
“We have begu n a planning process to create a vision for the Allegheny riverfront and reconnecrt our neighborhoods to ournatural amenities,” he "The Hatfield Street site is one of the great opportunities to see this visiob come to life.” The URA wantsw a developer “to purchase, design, develop and operat e or resell the site.” The URA’s effort comee as the Regional Industriao Development Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complexd itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’s residential community and its industria l zone.
As a selling point, the URA notes that the median home price in central Lawrenceviller has increased 64 percent in the past three a growth rate it claims is second highest in the city to theSouthb Side. “We are excited with the real estate appreciatiob that were seeing in the saidRob Stephany, Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrenceviller resident. “And (we’re) very excited about the prospec of a new residential product and how that will add fuel tothe
The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals afteer its previously chosen Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidedr not to go forward withthe project. Urban Village and Botero were selecteds over oneother finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrencevilld Corporation, a community nonprofit. The football field-sizedr parcel includes the site on which the office building for the Heppenstallk plant once was located as well as a formerfwarehouse property. In a prepared mayor Luke Ravenstahl describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importanyt part of the city’ws larger revisioning of the Allegheny riverfront.
“We have begu n a planning process to create a vision for the Allegheny riverfront and reconnecrt our neighborhoods to ournatural amenities,” he "The Hatfield Street site is one of the great opportunities to see this visiob come to life.” The URA wantsw a developer “to purchase, design, develop and operat e or resell the site.” The URA’s effort comee as the Regional Industriao Development Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complexd itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’s residential community and its industria l zone.
As a selling point, the URA notes that the median home price in central Lawrenceviller has increased 64 percent in the past three a growth rate it claims is second highest in the city to theSouthb Side. “We are excited with the real estate appreciatiob that were seeing in the saidRob Stephany, Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrenceviller resident. “And (we’re) very excited about the prospec of a new residential product and how that will add fuel tothe
Friday, March 2, 2012
Seven Denver companies among fastest-growing in U.S. - Houston Business Journal:
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Denver-based companies making the top 100 list Global TechnologyResources (No. 7), comCablesd (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Serviceas (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveuy showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combineed rate of 324 perceng between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-cithy businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and createf nearly 10,000 new jobs in the past five According to ICIC, 53 percenft of companies expect steady growth, 11 percent expect thei revenues to double, 6 percent expect their revenues to triplee and only 4 percent expect their revenues to decline in 2009.
the average Inner City 100 company’s revenuex were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winnera operate from 55 citiez in31 states. Fifteen companies on the list are basesd in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namexd among the top five sustainable-designn firms based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedd by Architect magazine in its May issue. The rankingz were based on severap variables, such as percentagew of Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesignh (LEED) projects and LEED-accredited professionals on stafr in 2008 as well as greem policies.
Founded in RNL is based in Denver and has offices in Los Angeles and Abu UnitedArab Emirates. The University of Colorado Denver Schoolp of Medicine Alumni Association presentesd its topannual prize, the Silver and Gold to Denver Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Phili p Mehler , who graduated from the schoooin 1983. The association also recently honored Dr. Dan Bessesenj with its Distinguished Achievement Awardand Dr. Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishedServicd Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisiohof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also base at Denver Health. He is a 1982 graduatd of the UCD Schoo lof Medicine.
Nelson, who graduated from what was then calles the University of Colorado Schookl of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emeritaw of pediatrics at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the ColoradoiMedical Society. Dr. Mark Deutchman, a professofr in the department of family medicinre at the University of Colorado Denver Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipienyt of the 2009 Osage Oranged Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningh the school’s Rural Trackj program. The program increasezs the number of physicians practicing in underserved rural areas across Colorado and theUnited States.
HMH Architecture and Interiorxs of Boulder received two awardz from the American Society of Interior The 2009 Colorado Annual Interiorf Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaruy Residence over 5,000 square and for “Bed & Bath.” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatiohn designed to connect and support womeb in business, was named 2009 Businessx of the Year by the Denver Tech Centef Business and Professional Women’s Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recycling was recognizedf as the state’s most outstandinbg business for its recycling/diversionh program by the Colorado Association for The Colorado chapter of the Societyu for Marketing Professional Serviceds presented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketinh Excellence Award for best advertising Kieding specializes in the planning and designm of commercial office space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’s annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencde from the Colorado Schools Publi cRelations Association. It was designed by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executive director, Colorado Associationm of Homes and Services for the received the Award for Excellence from the Assistefd Living Federationof America. Done deals: Mortenson Construction has been selectex to build six new Tactical Equipmentf MaintenanceFacilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalff of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesz will include four medium and two smalobuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follow Mortenson’s construction of eight previouw TEMF facilities atFort Carson. Dovetaill Solutions added Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC to its list of KKO is a boutique business law firm with officess in Denverand Boulder. Desig n Lines Inc. , an interiorf design firm based inGreenwoode Village, has been selectec to provide interior designsa for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, and the Vineyards Spa in Brentwood, Calif. DécorAsian , which sells pan Asian art, collector’e items, furniture and antiques, opened its firstr Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Streef in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has opened its fourtjhColorado location, this one in The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120th Ave., operatesz weeknights, from 5-9 p.m., and during weekendss and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Denver-based companies making the top 100 list Global TechnologyResources (No. 7), comCablesd (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Serviceas (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveuy showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compound annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combineed rate of 324 perceng between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-cithy businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and createf nearly 10,000 new jobs in the past five According to ICIC, 53 percenft of companies expect steady growth, 11 percent expect thei revenues to double, 6 percent expect their revenues to triplee and only 4 percent expect their revenues to decline in 2009.
the average Inner City 100 company’s revenuex were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winnera operate from 55 citiez in31 states. Fifteen companies on the list are basesd in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namexd among the top five sustainable-designn firms based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedd by Architect magazine in its May issue. The rankingz were based on severap variables, such as percentagew of Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesignh (LEED) projects and LEED-accredited professionals on stafr in 2008 as well as greem policies.
Founded in RNL is based in Denver and has offices in Los Angeles and Abu UnitedArab Emirates. The University of Colorado Denver Schoolp of Medicine Alumni Association presentesd its topannual prize, the Silver and Gold to Denver Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Phili p Mehler , who graduated from the schoooin 1983. The association also recently honored Dr. Dan Bessesenj with its Distinguished Achievement Awardand Dr. Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishedServicd Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisiohof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also base at Denver Health. He is a 1982 graduatd of the UCD Schoo lof Medicine.
Nelson, who graduated from what was then calles the University of Colorado Schookl of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emeritaw of pediatrics at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the ColoradoiMedical Society. Dr. Mark Deutchman, a professofr in the department of family medicinre at the University of Colorado Denver Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipienyt of the 2009 Osage Oranged Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningh the school’s Rural Trackj program. The program increasezs the number of physicians practicing in underserved rural areas across Colorado and theUnited States.
HMH Architecture and Interiorxs of Boulder received two awardz from the American Society of Interior The 2009 Colorado Annual Interiorf Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaruy Residence over 5,000 square and for “Bed & Bath.” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatiohn designed to connect and support womeb in business, was named 2009 Businessx of the Year by the Denver Tech Centef Business and Professional Women’s Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recycling was recognizedf as the state’s most outstandinbg business for its recycling/diversionh program by the Colorado Association for The Colorado chapter of the Societyu for Marketing Professional Serviceds presented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketinh Excellence Award for best advertising Kieding specializes in the planning and designm of commercial office space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’s annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencde from the Colorado Schools Publi cRelations Association. It was designed by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executive director, Colorado Associationm of Homes and Services for the received the Award for Excellence from the Assistefd Living Federationof America. Done deals: Mortenson Construction has been selectex to build six new Tactical Equipmentf MaintenanceFacilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalff of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesz will include four medium and two smalobuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follow Mortenson’s construction of eight previouw TEMF facilities atFort Carson. Dovetaill Solutions added Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC to its list of KKO is a boutique business law firm with officess in Denverand Boulder. Desig n Lines Inc. , an interiorf design firm based inGreenwoode Village, has been selectec to provide interior designsa for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, and the Vineyards Spa in Brentwood, Calif. DécorAsian , which sells pan Asian art, collector’e items, furniture and antiques, opened its firstr Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Streef in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has opened its fourtjhColorado location, this one in The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120th Ave., operatesz weeknights, from 5-9 p.m., and during weekendss and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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