DENVER — Included here is a look at Denver's newest CEOs and company leaders, a recap of Bay Area tech companies migrating to the Mile High City, a data-dive into how much Colorado MBA graduates earn and the scoop on Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory's latest partnership.
See this week's top stories below.
Denver news
The Mile High City saw a new appointments of CEOs and local market leaders across a number of companies in 2019, including at big-name companies like DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), Molson Coors Brewing Co. (NYSE: TAP), Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).
Companies in Dallas and Miami are giving year-end bonuses at a higher rate than other major metros in the country. Both cities lead the nation with 87% of companies reporting they will offer their employees a year-end bonus this year, according to a new survey from Robert Half International Inc.
Technology
3) Bay Area tech companies continue wave of migration to Denver (DBJ subscriber content)
In 2018, companies like Strava, Facebook and Slack opened significant offices in Colorado. That didn’t stop in 2019, as companies looked for high-quality tech talent in a city that was more affordable for running a business than Silicon Valley or San Francisco.
Denver is among the top cities where companies are planning to expand their technology teams, according to a recent report from human resources consulting firm Robert Half.
S4 Inc., a Massachusetts-based provider of IT services and cybersecurity for the U.S. Government and Department of Defense, is laying off workers in Colorado Springs.
Facebook Inc. on Tuesday secured a patent to track what users watch on TV and streaming services and correlate it with the rest of their user data, in some cases using a device’s microphone, camera or GPS to capture audio, images, video or location data that reveals what the user is watching.
Education
7) How much MBA grads from Colorado schools earn — and how much debt they need to pay off (DBJ subscriber content)
If there's any group of students that should be well-equipped to understand a return on investment, it's MBA students. New data from the U.S. departments of Education and Treasury should make it easier for future classes of students pursing a Master of Business Administration degree to consider the ROI of their own post-grad educations.
Real estate
The properties featured here are among the multimillion-dollar and historic real estate sites that drew the attention of The Business Journals (and our readers) over the past 12 months.
Retailing
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. (Nasdaq: RMCF), a Durango, Colorado-based franchiser of gourmet chocolate, confection and self-serve frozen yogurt stores and a manufacturer of a line of premium chocolates, said Monday it has formed a long-term strategic alliance with Edible Arrangements.
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