Financial Markets

Can Uwe Boll finally get some respect?

Bill Sullivan: Judge rejects settlement in fraud case against Operation Cock Block target

It seems that Bill Sullivan, the subject of our story "Operation Cock Block," isn't out of trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission just yet. A federal judge has rejected an effort to settle the fraud case against Sullivan and another man, Michael Turnock, who are accused of carrying out ... More >>

Haystack Mountain's cheesy lovefest with Boulder County

This is the seventh in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products...and what some local restaurants do with them. As much pride as we Coloradans take in our local producers and their staggering variety of goods, how many of them can say they tangled with the heaviest of heavyweights on a ... More >>

The truth about America's biggest criminals

Bill Sullivan, Operation Cock Block target, charged in Ponzi scheme

Bill Sullivan, the subject of our story "Operation Cock Block," is in trouble again. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced fraud charges against two men, William P. Sullivan and Michael Turnock, for allegedly carrying out a $15.7 million Ponzi scheme involving a Denver-based company a ... More >>

Quiznos deal moves control of the former Colorado powerhouse to New York City

The long, strange trip of Quiznos, a homegrown chain, took another turn yesterday when Avenue Capital Group, a New York hedge fund, took controlling interest in the company. Reports the Wall Street Journal, "The deal, approved by all Quiznos creditors, keeps the chain, known for toasted subs, out of ... More >>

The Hooch Life, a new website for enthusiastic drinkers, launches today

​Happy Repeal Day, Denver. In celebration of the day in 1933 when United States citizens could finally booze legally again, you might consider raising a pre-Prohibition era cocktail -- like a dry Martini, made with equal parts gin and vermouth, or a bittered sling (the old-fashioned Old Fashio ... More >>

Occupy Trinidad has a hot idea for the cold months ahead

With temperatures predicted to plummet to just above zero later this week, Occupy Denver is looking increasingly like Occupy Iceberg. But protesters in a small Colorado city a few hours to the south -- Occupy Trinidad -- have figured out how to keep themselves occupied in the cold winter months ahea ... More >>

Jonny 5 of Flobots reflects on the Occupy Movement and talks about the act's new album

Emily Crenshaw, Mary Grace Legg, Sole

Occupy Denver considering Occupy Wall Street platform of demands: Read the rough draft

Occupy Wall Street has been taking flak for being vague about its mission and not having a concrete platform. But the growing protest in New York is currently working on a document that will outline the organization's demands. Because the movement is democratic, with no specific leader, the list is ... More >>

Photos: #OccupyWallStreet on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol

About 200 people brought their voices to the steps of the Colorado State Capitol, starting at noon on Saturday for the Denver version of the Occupy Wall Street ongoing protest that originated -- where else -- on Wall Street in New York. Photos continue below.

Denver Post in-print stock tables cut generates few complaints -- just like spiked comics

​Do most readers no longer expect to find longtime newspaper staples in print? Consider that last week, the Denver Post trimmed Doonesbury and other comic strips from the physical paper without causing an uproar. And the response has been similarly modest a day after the Post axed stock and mu ... More >>

Top five things McDonald's should apologize for

Okay, Ronald, say you're sorry. SAY IT!!​So McDonald's is issuing a "surprising, embarrassing and uncharacteristic" apology to its Australian customers because McCafé coffee sucks. "We are the largest coffee chain in Australia, but we know we are not the most loved," Helen Nash, McDonald's ... More >>

Arm and Dangerous

Qwest, CenturyLink merger on the line for Colorado Public Utilities Commission

​Colorado's Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest's merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Bell even further down the line. The PUC was initially scheduled to approve the merger last we ... More >>

Wall Street bailout: A movie for the 'NINJA' generation

Andrew Romanoff spokesman calls Michael Bennet camp's ad complaints a "red herring"

Andrew Romanoff.​Update below: At 11 a.m. today, Andrew Romanoff will be roaming the 16th Street Mall, shaking hands and explaining to pedestrians why it's important they vote for him in Tuesday's primary. And Romanoff spokesman Roy Teicher expresses confidence about victory even as he dismiss ... More >>

Petition war update: Cash rolling in to fight tax-slashing measures

​This week's cover story, "Signed, Sealed, Rejected," explores the costs, intrigues and legal hurdles involved in getting citizen initiatives on the ballot in Colorado -- and the massive campaign underway to defeat three controversial antitax measures this fall. That effort just got more mas ... More >>

Former Boulderite A.K. Barnett-Hart's senior thesis has become a go-to guide to the financial crisis

Andrew Romanoff on staying in the Senate race: "If the fix is in, the fix should be thrown out"

Andrew Romanoff doesn't plan on going anywhere.​Earlier today, Andrew Romanoff defied the rumor mill by announcing his intention to continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate against Michael Bennet. After delivering a speech that can be read in its entirety below, Romanoff spoke to yours truly ... More >>

A rearview look at the year in food

Kenny Be's Sign Language: Hair Jihad

​ The city landscape is littered with beauty salons that use cute puns for names. The Mane Event, The Hair Porte and Loose Ends are all clever, but they don't quite raise the hackles like a salon called Curl Up & Die. That the salon pictured above is located in a strip mall of Middle Eastern m ... More >>

The House Always Wins

American Casino attempts to deconstruct the subprime-loan disaster.

SAME Cafe: The restaurant where you pay what you can

The Union

The Colorado European Festival celebrates our friends across the pond.

La Vie en Rose

Z Cuisine A Cote

A Nexus of Excess

Digitizing

National CineMedia is the future of movie-theater advertising — and probably the future of movie theaters, period.

More Messages: Spin That Wheel

Sum More, Please

Super Star Asian lives up to its name.

A Really Big Shoe

Colorado's Croc craze is conquering the world. But does it have legs?

Follow That Story

Do Not Pass Go

Check, Please!

Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

OutFoxed

If you loaned money to this former Fox News staffer -- and many did -- you may be out of luck.

Best Place to Score With a Thirty-Something Still Praying for Dot-Com Financing

Tommy Tsunami's Pacific Diner

Platinum Sol

US West's golden CEO just keeps getting richer and richer.

With God As Their Witness

The SEC is baffled by a group that claims allegiance only to the Torah and not USA INC.

MP3's Company

The hottest digital audio format -- and Web site -- on the Net is changing the way local bands view the future.

Caller Rewards Program

Now we know why US West execs thinks life's better here.

A Helping Handout

To win underwriting contracts, bond houses provide campaigns with free political pros--but taxpayers wind up carrying the load.

Just Vote on It

Jeffco's open-space advocates unveil a bond-issue plan to stop Nike.

A Dry Hole

John Gable drilled for oil and suckers--including the federal government.

Go Tell It on the Mountain

For accused con man Christian Lawless Harper, a mine is a terrible thing to waste.

I'M ED! FLY ME!

COLORADO SPRINGS BOOSTERS GO UP, UP AND AWAY WITH ED BEAUVAIS.HIGH FLYER HOW MUCH OF A FLIGHT RISK IS WESTERN PACIFIC'S ED BEAUVAIS? JUST ASK THE INVESTORS IN HIS LAST AIRLINE.

THE EX-FILES

PENA'S DIA RECORDS ARE MOVED FROM STATE ARCHIVES TO A PRIVATE LAW FIRM--AT WEBB'S REQUEST.

TAKING STOCK

SYNERGEN INC. NEVER SUCCEEDED IN MAKING ANYTHING--EXCEPT ITS FORMER EXECUTIVES VERY RICH.

BLANK YOU VERY MUCH

OFF LIMITS

GENTLEMEN PREFER BONDS

FOR THE FIRMS THAT CRANK OUT DIA'S FINANCIAL PAPERWORK, THE PROFITS ARE SKY-HIGH -- AND THE WORK IS ALL LEGAL.

IT'S A JUNGLE GYM OUT THERE