Astros’ Lance Mccullers-backed Co. To Open Coffee Bar, Restaurant In Sawyer Yards (photos)

Walgreens will close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as the drugstore chain seeks to turnaround a struggling U. S. business that contributed to a $3 billion quarterly loss. The company said Tuesday that about 500 store closures will come in the current fiscal year and should immediately support adjusted earnings and free cash flow.

Hybrid workers are more likely to report having no breaks, skipping meals, and one and a half times more likely to frequently take meetings outside of their typical workday. Is hybrid work a cautionary tale or a model for the future? On paper, hybrid workers have the best of both worlds, enjoying the benefits of being in-person on some days and the flexibility of a remote arrangement on others.

Fight Health Insurance’s tagline: ‘Make your insurance company cry too.’ Lexi Klomhaus was in the hospital when her health insurance changed—she’d just turned 26 and had been kicked off her parents’ plan. Despite endless calls to her new insurer, it took a week to get a response about her treatment, a mental health program.

Billiards, live music and beer are on tap at Denver’s newest bar, now open at a familiar address. Velvet Banjo, which made its public debut at 741 E. Colfax Ave. over the weekend, hopes to be a hot spot for lovers of “newgrass” music by spinning tunes from a CD-powered jukebox and hosting bands on a small stage.

Two top Kroger Co. executives took the stand Monday in the Denver District Court antitrust trial seeking to block the grocer’s $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons Cos., arguing the combination is key to competing with Walmart and will not harm Colorado consumers. “We are maniacally focused on Walmart and their pricing.

Colorado residents have formed a record number of new businesses this decade, especially after the state reduced the filing fee for new limited liability companies or LLCs to $1 in the summer of 2022. The fee holiday, however, also triggered a surge in fraud, as evidenced by a lawsuit against one individual who registered more than 15,000 new businesses to a single Northglenn address. More than a year on from the fee relief, business registration delinquencies are rising sharply, indicating some filers’ level of commitment didn’t extend beyond submitting paperwork. That has raised concerns about the reliability of business registration numbers and whether the job gains and economic activity expected to follow on the heels of so many business starts will materialize.