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<p>Consumers should take the time to prepare themselves by researching prices and quality before they hit the stores or Internet this holiday shopping season, according to Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Professor Donald Lichtenstein.</p>

<p>Colorado business leaders' outlook on the economy has turned negative heading into the fourth quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>Just as codes once were developed for public safety communication via citizens band radios, a common language now is being formulated for disaster communication via Twitter -- posing a challenge for people who haven't yet learned or can't recall it.</p>

<p>The Leeds School of Business at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ is a local and national leader in preparing MBA students for social and environmental stewardship, according to the just released ranking by Beyond Grey Pinstripes.</p>

<p>The Colorado economy will grow at a modest pace throughout the second half of 2011 with slow but positive job growth, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ's Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>The Leeds School of Business at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ announced today that alumnus Richard "Dick" M. Burridge Sr. ('51 finance) has made a $2.5 million gift that, combined with other commitments, will establish a new chair, the Burridge Chair in Finance, the first to be established within the school.</p>

<p>Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ Provost Russell L. Moore today announced the formation of a five-member steering committee and eight campus discussion groups that will take the next key steps toward creating a school or college in the area of information, communication, journalism, media and technology, or ICJMT.</p>

<p>Colorado business leaders' confidence is at its highest level since the second quarter of 2006, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ's Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>Ignoring the stresses of an unemployed spouse's job search does not bode well for the employed spouse's job productivity or home life, says a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ professor.</p>

<p>There was a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ alumni reunion of sorts on the Feb. 1 edition of CNBC's financial show "Squawk Box."</p>