Denver Post: Business

SAN FRANCISCO — When Apple held a corporate retreat in California’s Carmel Valley about five years ago to discuss its next major product, Jony Ive, its longtime design chief, captivated a room of the company’s 100 top executives with a concept video as polished as an Apple commercial.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Denver’s years-long building permit delay is scaring off homeowners who might want to build and homebuilders who must navigate the Kafka-esque system.
Chris Withers, the owner of Old Greenwich Builders, said he knows one property owner who sold her property in Southern Hills after waiting more than eight months for a permit.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

If there was one person who was the voice of Colorado’s automobile industry, it was Tim Jackson, CEO for the past 18 years of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.
On Friday morning, CADA announced that it was “parting ways” with Jackson and that it had appointed Matthew Groves, vice president of legal, regulatory & compliance, as interim CEO effective immediately.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

The owner of a parking lot next to Coors Field says economic conditions have pushed back plans to build on it, so he hopes to use shipping containers to turn the lot into an “outdoor gathering space” for now.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Estes Park Town Trustee and Mayor Pro Tem John Scott Webermeier died suddenly Sunday in Estes Park, Colo. He was 68.
Webermeier was born October 14, 1954, in San Diego, Calif., and is survived by his wife Katie, and his children Laura Kate (Bill) Bishop, John (Kaley), Whitney, and Peter (fiancé Natalia), five grandchildren, and three sisters, Debbie Schifferns of Longmont, Sandy (Ed) Schell of Centennial, CO and Kasey (Dennis) Schultz of Hawaii, his niece Ellie Schell, and nephews Pierce and Riley Schell and Anton Schultz.

If you’ve ever scrolled through social media posts only to be gripped with envy when you see a friend posing in front of their beautiful house or enjoying themselves at a luxurious resort, then you understand how easy it is to want what other people have.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Glenwood Springs is a destination for those looking to soak in the natural hot springs, and soon, there will be even more ways to do so at its most well-known resort.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Megabus, which offers city-to-city express bus service across the country, is partnering with Burlington Trailways to start offering trips between Denver and 22 cities.
The new service started Monday and is part of the company’s expanded options for 48 cities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

SAN FRANCISCO — For more than three months, Google executives have watched as projects at Microsoft and a San Francisco startup called OpenAI have stoked the public’s imagination with the potential for artificial intelligence.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

After a weak start to the year, hiring rebounded strongly in Colorado in February. But the number of people joining the labor force outpaced the number of jobs added, resulting in a slightly higher unemployment rate, according to a monthly update from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.