Level 3 Communications of Broomfield announced Monday the launch of E-911 Direct service as part of its suite of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The new service includes fixed-location and nomadic E-911 capabilities.
Whiting Petroleum Corp. of Denver announced Monday it has commenced a public offering of 5.75 million shares of common stock and a private placement of up to $250 million of its senior subordinated notes due in 2014. Whiting expects to use part of the proceeds to pay for the cash portion of its North Ward Estes property acquisition.
ALPS Mutual Funds Services Inc., a Denver-based mutual- fund administrator, announced Monday that more than $425 million was raised for the initial public offering of the Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund Inc. The closed-end fund began trading Aug. 26 on the New York Stock Exchange.
New Frontier Energy Inc. of Denver announced Monday that gross production from six coal-bed methane wells in the Slater Dome project of northwest Colorado and southwest Wyoming has increased. Production had been restricted prior to adding new compression capacity last month.
The Public Relations Society of America, Colorado chapter, will give its CEO of the Year award Thursday to Steve Ells, chief executive of Chipotle Mexican Grill. The annual Gold Pick Awards ceremony begins at 6 p.m. at the Walnut Foundry, 3002 Walnut St. For information, contact the PRSA at 303-920-0176 or www.prsacolorado.org.
HealthTrans, a Greenwood Village pharmacy-benefit administrator, has signed a contract with Duane Reade Inc., a New York retail pharmacy chain, to co-market pharmacy-benefit services and to provide pharmacy-benefit services to the retailer’s employees.
Guardian Mortgage Documents of Lakewood was selected by the wholesale division of Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis to use Guardian’s Next Generation Input System to roll out home-equity products to its correspondent lenders.
StuffBak, a Boulder-based loss-protection-and-recovery company, announced Monday that Longmont-based Case Logic has begun bundling StuffBak’s service with select storage cases. This new feature offers consumers access to a StuffBak-managed recovery service that can help protect items such as cameras, video equipment and laptops.
Corporate Express Inc., a Buhr mann company, announced Friday it has launched a new name for its contract furniture segment, Corporate Express Business Interiors.
CoBiz Inc. chairman and chief executive Steve Bangert will make a presentation at the RBC Capital Markets Financial Institutions Conference on Wednesday.
ACT Teleconferencing Inc. announced Monday it received a notice from Nasdaq that its common stock is not in compliance with listing requirements and is subject to delisting.
