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Utah taps its Colorado River Compact allocation for nuclear power
By Bart TaylorLast month, Utah’s State Engineer approved the transfer of an established water right on the Green River, from the San Juan County (Utah) Water Conservancy District to Blue Castle Holdings. In many cases, such a transfer wouldn’t muster a second look from observers in Utah or neighbors around the Western…
01.31.2012Outlook 2012: Part 1
By Bill GreinerThe developed world is in turmoil, and has been for the better part of 10 years. Unsettling news concerning banking, currency and political messes make daily headlines. We are seeing the unwinding of a global debt supercycle whose origins date to the early 1970s, depending on the country.
Japan’s economy…
01.19.2012The business-education connection
By Lisa GonzalesIt’s been reported for far too long that our students are lacking in math and science skills. As a result, businesses across Colorado and throughout the nation are in dire need of professionals who have the knowledge necessary to support a growing company’s modern technology needs. While it can be…
01.09.2012The last of the 28 trends for 2012 and beyond
By Thomas FreyHere are the final seven trends for 2012 and beyond:
22.) The Drone Side of Life - Sometime over the coming months you can expect to see a version of the following help wanted ad:
“Help Wanted: Full-time aerial drone pilots needed to help manager our growing fleet of surveillance,…
12.30.2011The top 28 major trends for 2012 and beyond: Part 2
By Thomas FreyHere are the next seven trends for 2012:
8.) Regionalization of the Internet - In the 1990s the Internet was greeted as the New New Thing: It would erase national borders, give rise to communal societies that invented their own rules, and undermine the power of governments. But not so…
12.30.2011And now, for some good news
By Jeff ThredgoldIt’s nice for a change to be able to talk about an American economy that is, for the moment, getting stronger. After growing at a truly pathetic real (inflation adjusted) annual rate of less than 0.9 percent during 2011’s first six months, the economy grew at a revised 2.0 percent…
12.29.2011The top 28 major trends for 2012 and beyond
By Thomas FreyWe are in for a very exciting year ahead. It’s a year where many competing trends will collide, and through those collisions we will see new pathways emerge.
At the same time, many new trends are forming, some with enough steam to form entirely new movements, others that will run…
