Business https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/business/ 2026-08-03 03:12:25 -0700 en-us https://www.the-journal.com/articles/small-businesses-file-lawsuits-against-trumps-new-sweeping-tariffs-2/ NEW YORK – Trump's tariffs are headed to court – again. Two lawsuits filed by small businesses are challenging Trump's sweeping tariffs announced Thursday that impose double-digit levies on 60 trading... 2026-07-29 01:18:39 -0700 cb2c58b9-f74e-46a2-825a-2e2b57078470 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/u-s-bans-foreign-made-humanoid-robots-targeting-china-over-national-security/ HONG KONG – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing... 2026-07-29 01:07:00 -0700 c4f1216c-db61-43e3-b40c-3aed998cb84c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/new-report-shows-tourism-continues-to-lag-in-colorado/ Colorado’s tourism growth is falling behind the national average. Challenging weather patterns, from drought to wildfires, aren’t helping. Travel spending rose 2% to $29.2 billion in Colorado in 2025 ... 2026-07-29 11:27:43 -0700 f4036c63-1032-4b3e-bc31-f00328ca8760 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/americans-rewire-grocery-shopping-routines-while-digesting-biggest-price-jump-in-50-years/ What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale. Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks ... 2026-07-27 12:43:23 -0700 54a759da-cc7b-49cd-8bcd-f08327b6a0cd https://www.the-journal.com/articles/a-wave-of-student-loan-borrowers-have-entered-default-since-pandemic-era-protections-lapsed-2/ Defaults on student loans have surged across the United States, reaching record levels as borrowers struggle to keep up with payments. The numbers have spiked since payments came due again following a... 2026-07-22 02:50:10 -0700 65ee3e9a-c464-4d9e-acb8-4a45b8370b7d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/openai-blamed-a-hacking-event-on-its-ai-models-going-rogue/ ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI compa... 2026-07-22 01:44:01 -0700 d5e100bf-9c1e-4981-a548-5ed4b8256624 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition/ NEW YORK – Twelve states sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, arguing that the $81 billion merger would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choic... 2026-07-15 03:03:45 -0700 1a5dbefc-fb8f-4b97-b013-f0bff486f47e https://www.the-journal.com/articles/investigations-find-no-evidence-of-government-conspiracy-in-offer-to-buy-telluride-ski-area/ Investigators hired by the towns of Mountain Village and Telluride have found that elected officials did not coordinate with other leaders when they offered to buy the Telluride ski area. Controversy ... 2026-07-13 02:15:46 -0700 915c5fdc-933f-4ac5-9640-f70584e26d2b https://www.the-journal.com/articles/the-u-s-lags-other-countries-in-social-media-restrictions-for-kids-but-a-reform-push-is-growing/ Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond – June 23, 2020 – was the worst of each of their lives. Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day. ... 2026-07-01 01:25:38 -0700 a743d4ff-c2a0-420f-8b89-a3a4d5a298ac https://www.the-journal.com/articles/fenceline-cider-announces-change-of-ownership-charting-new-growth-in-mancos/ Fenceline Cider, known for creating high-quality craft beverages for locals and visitors in this corner of Colorado, has entered a new chapter. The cidery announced in a news release that a “well-reno... 2026-06-23 02:39:03 -0700 43f11d05-2775-45ec-9d32-eb7c6eeab79f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/federal-reserve-keeps-rate-unchanged-but-nearly-half-of-policymakers-would-support-hike-this-year/ WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet almost half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive o... 2026-06-17 12:47:05 -0700 f6032c6a-19d6-46f1-98ad-dc8243e8eadd https://www.the-journal.com/articles/oil-and-gas-supplies-could-take-months-to-return-to-normal-after-iran-deal-energy-experts-say-2/ NEW YORK – High oil and gasoline prices and energy supply problems won't be solved overnight, despite an agreement to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz announced Sunday. It will likely ta... 2026-06-15 11:57:07 -0700 6c9568f5-b64c-453c-8264-e7c0a7131e99 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/visa-plugs-its-payment-network-into-chatgpt-letting-ai-agents-shop-and-pay-for-users-2/ SAN FRANCISCO – Payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its u... 2026-06-10 04:24:28 -0700 2cc7e6c7-20a3-4969-971e-283e058f8f2a https://www.the-journal.com/articles/visits-to-colorado-ski-resorts-collapsed-in-2025-26-with-the-steepest-annual-decline-in-decades/ The streak is over. Colorado ski areas saw a 24% collapse in visitation in 2025-26, marking the sharpest downturn for the state’s signature resort industry in more than 40 years. After four years of r... 2026-06-08 12:27:10 -0700 de4d8f47-b4cf-43d6-abca-135a8c448a8d https://www.the-journal.com/articles/from-unfilled-gas-tanks-to-fewer-frills-retailers-see-u-s-consumers-rethink-their-spending/ NEW YORK – U.S. consumers haven’t stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and where, according to company executives and retail ... 2026-06-08 12:03:27 -0700 8dfed9fc-83fb-4d9c-befd-b6576af966f1 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/its-not-all-about-pay-retaining-southwest-colorados-workforce-may-mean-adjusting-to-employee-need/ What if raising pay wasn’t the only way to keep employees around? Southwest Colorado small businesses often struggle to pay their employees competitive – or at times even livable – wages. Audre... 2026-06-03 12:49:33 -0700 3b7d330c-03ee-4d24-ab43-857445a7c9c2 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/florida-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-claiming-company-concealed-serious-risks-of-chatgpt-2/ MIAMI – The state of Florida filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, claiming the company knowingly released and aggressively marketed ChatGPT to the public while concealing serio... 2026-06-01 05:00:42 -0700 551827e6-3b04-48be-882b-8a1a279d44fd https://www.the-journal.com/articles/young-and-unemployed-remote-work-not-ai-may-be-the-problem-study-finds-2/ WASHINGTON – The rise of remote work since the pandemic has made businesses more reluctant to hire young, inexperienced workers and is the key driver of higher unemployment rates for recent college gr... 2026-06-01 04:24:13 -0700 3c447ae3-6844-48bb-afef-f7c5b5e86639 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/startup-colorado-holds-contest-for-business-plans-that-center-on-belonging/ A dozen hopeful Colorado founders logged on to Zoom earlier this month to pitch their early stage business ideas to a panel of judges. It was a little different than most pitch contests. The assignmen... 2026-05-27 01:39:34 -0700 18d01e2c-63cf-456f-a7f1-09b973b1570f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/gun-sales-in-colorado-fall-to-lowest-level-since-2014/ It’s been more than a decade since gun sellers in Colorado have seen demand this low, as the pandemic-era buying frenzy fully winds down. Last year, there were 314,904 approved background checks for f... 2026-05-27 01:08:59 -0700 f5f8cdf0-d7e9-4c78-8d4f-2b174f64fc02 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-mountain-town-real-estate-slowing-down-after-post-pandemic-surge/ The mountain real estate frothiness from pandemic pandemonium is settling. Across the high country, the overall number of deals is dropping compared with last year. Total dollars trading hands is plat... 2026-05-27 12:36:19 -0700 e6f6b550-060b-4f37-943d-f7cd9d8c5536 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/single-gen-z-women-outpace-gen-z-men-to-homeownership-despite-overall-decline-in-first-time-buyers-2/ LOS ANGELES – Single Gen Z women are outpacing their male counterparts when it comes to buying a home. They accounted for 35% of all homebuyers in their generation, while single Gen Z men represented ... 2026-05-20 02:56:43 -0700 92a2fae7-8cc1-46f9-8be7-ada273e97bec https://www.the-journal.com/articles/first-of-its-kind-law-to-create-artist-corporations-is-headed-to-the-governors-desk/ Colorado is set to become the first state to create a new kind of corporation option just for artists. An Artist Corporation, or A-Corp, is a type of limited liability company. It started as just an i... 2026-05-20 12:53:56 -0700 e810607a-4ba2-422b-a32e-7ce9fe058373 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/u-s-grocery-prices-rose-in-april-but-gas-spikes-werent-the-only-reason/ Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why. Prices for food eaten at home rose 2.9% in April compared to ... 2026-05-14 11:02:05 -0700 096ed8c1-0a87-46b2-8b1c-a7b4670faf68 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/a-bill-to-stop-credit-card-companies-from-profiting-off-local-taxes-passes-the-state-legislature/ A proposal to reduce credit card swipe fees has whipped up a frothy, multi-million-dollar lobbying fight at the State Capitol this year, pitting the banking industry against retailers, restaurants and... 2026-05-11 12:54:04 -0700 181901f1-4e67-4889-94e2-982b974f3456 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/states-across-the-wildfire-prone-western-u-s-are-using-ai-for-early-detection/ On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn't a cloud or dust, then aler... 2026-05-04 01:49:49 -0700 5e036b83-bdc3-4871-8b91-976705db1182 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/hardware-showroom-and-coffee-shop-hybrid-opens-in-durango/ Sometimes, unusual pairings work out. In a unique move, Nathaniel Winkler, owner of Element Hardware, has shifted his previously fully online hardware business into a hybrid brick-and-mortar coffee s... 2026-04-11 05:00:00 -0700 5d5a6fc3-20ff-404e-902f-584476ec5f19 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-lawmakers-will-try-again-to-lower-homeowners-insurance-rates/ After a failed effort last session, Colorado lawmakers are making another attempt at bringing down the cost of homeowners insurance. In the last five years the average premium in the state has gone up... 2026-04-08 01:24:10 -0700 c781275a-0b99-4d15-b8a0-e5957ca96266 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/rivalry-between-two-agricultural-overtime-bills-settled-at-colorado-capitol/ What began as a showdown between two competing agricultural overtime pay bills at the Colorado Capitol may end with a simple tweak to current law after an amended bipartisan bill narrowly passed in th... 2026-03-30 01:23:40 -0700 96031123-0946-46d5-8536-95ab112be0d3 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/jurors-wade-through-daunting-evidence-in-high-stakes-meta-trial-about-risks-to-children/ Santa Fe, N.M. – A steady stream of testimony and evidence has been presented in a New Mexico case that explores what social media conglomerate Meta knew about the effects of its platforms on children... 2026-03-20 02:08:33 -0700 08339f55-1f01-43c7-bc0f-d3bab1e68306