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The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ economy continues to expand, outperforming the U.S. economy, according to a midyear economic update released July 15 by the Leeds School's Business Research Division (BRD). Employment in the state was up by 2.4 percent in May 2016. A total gain of 62,000 jobs in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ is expected for 2016, nearly reaffirming the estimate given in December at the BRD's 51st annual Business Economic Outlook Forum .

The optimism of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders remains positive entering the third quarter, but is projected to dip slightly ahead of the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder report.

The belief that online user ratings are good indicators of product quality is largely an illusion, according to a new Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder study. Yet almost all retailers provide user ratings on their websites and many consumers rely on the information when making purchase decisions.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ employment is projected to expand over the next two quarters of 2016, though at a more modest pace, according to a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder report released todayn Business formation rebounded in the first quarter of the year, reversing two consecutive quarters of decline, and the state saw 29,680 businesses come online.

Not only does the promotion of diversity in the workplace not help executives in their performance evaluations, but the behavior actually hurts women and nonwhite executives, found a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder study.

The optimism of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders remains unchanged entering the second quarter of 2016, but is projected to slightly dip ahead of the third quarter of the year, according to a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder report.

Brides and the bereaved beware: You, like many shoppers, may have a tendency to reject thriftiness when your purchase is a matter of the heart, according to a new study led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

Even with a slowdown in new business filings in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ during the fourth quarter of 2015, employment in the state is expected to expand over the first and second quarters of 2016, according to a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder report released today by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Secretary of State Wayne Williams.

After a small dip last quarter, the optimism of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ business leaders grew modestly for the start of 2016, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index released today by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. At 55.4, the overall first-quarter reading is up from 53.5 last quarter and down by 5.7 points from one year ago.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ employment will continue to expand in 2016, adding a variety of jobs in almost every business sector, but at a slower pace than in the previous two years, according to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder economist Richard Wobbekind. The announcement is part of the 51st annual Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Business Economic Outlook Forum presented by the Leeds School’s Business Research Division .