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<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 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>The Leeds School of Business at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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>ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ 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 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ'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 ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ professor.</p>

<p>There was a ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumni reunion of sorts on the Feb. 1 edition of CNBC's financial show "Squawk Box."</p>

<p>David L. Ikenberry, associate dean in the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the Leeds School of Business at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ effective Feb. 14.</p>

<p>Colorado business leaders' confidence bounced back to pre-recession levels going into the first quarter of 2011, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>Colorado's economy will experience slow, steady growth in 2011, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Leeds School of Business.</p>

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