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<p>After two consecutive quarters of growing optimism about the state economy, Colorado business leaders' confidence contracted going into the fourth quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>DENVER—University of Colorado campuses and undergraduate programs remain well-regarded at the regional and national levels among public and private universities, according to the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges.</p>

<p>For the first time in three years, Colorado business leaders are predicting solid growth in the state economy, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Leeds School of Business.</p>

<p>When it comes to investing money in the stock market, actively rebalancing your portfolio is so critical that it can help turn individual investment losers into winners, according to University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Professor Michael Stutzer.</p>

<p>Jeff Mitton, professor and chair of CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's ecology and evolutionary biology department, is available to talk about the repercussions of oil spills. Mitton was on sabbatical in 1979-1980 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., where he studied a 1969 oil spill that seeped into the Sippewissett Marsh. </p>

<p>The University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has received a $15 million grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to be used toward the ongoing construction of a revolutionary biotechnology and biomedical research facility where faculty and students will tackle a variety of human health challenges.</p>

<p>The University of Colorado Real Estate Center and the U.S. Green Building Council Colorado Chapter today are beginning a pilot program to prepare CU Real Estate Center students to take the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Green Associate exam.</p>

<p>Combine the youth and idealism often found on the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus with a business degree, and the ability to make a difference in the world takes on new dimensions.</p>