KB Home announced Thursday it will open Cross Creek, its new single-family-home community in Aurora, during a grand opening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m on Jan. 14-15.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. of Durango announced Thursday it will repurchase up to $2 million of the company’s common stock on the open market or in private transactions.
Rocky Mountain Clothing Co., a division of Miller International Inc., will be a major sponsor of the 2006 and 2007 National Western Stock Show. Rocky Mountain Clothing Co. is providing funding and advertising and marketing support for the Stock Show as well as outfitting Stock Show employees for the events.
Ramtron International Corp., a Colorado Springs- based developer and supplier of semiconductor products, on Thursday announced that, effective Dec. 30, the board of directors accelerated unvested nonqualified stock options with an exercise price greater than $2.75. As a result, stock options that have been granted for the purchase of 849,397 shares of stock have been vested.
Royal Gold Inc. announced Thursday it has closed an agreement with Kennecott Minerals Co. to acquire two royalties for $25 million. The royalties consist of a 3 percent net smelter return royalty on the Robinson mine in eastern Nevada and a sliding-scale royalty on the Mulatos mine in Sonora, Mexico.
McData Corp., a Broomfield-based provider of storage-networking solutions, announced Thursday that its chief financial officer, Scott Berman, will make a presentation at the Eighth Annual Needham & Co. Growth Conference on Tuesday in New York. The presentation will be webcast at 9:30 a.m. on McData’s website, www.mcdata.com.
Wild Blue Yonder Network of Denver will add an automotive-enthusiasts show called “DriveWays” to Frontier Airlines’ in-flight entertainment package. The show debuts in March.
Archstone-Smith Trust, a Denver-based real-estate trust, announced Wednesday that it boosted its quarterly dividend to 43.5 cents from 43.25 cents, its 15th consecutive annual increase.
Qwest announced Thursday that Richard Notebaert, chairman and chief executive, will speak at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Citigroup 16th Annual Global Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Phoenix. Notebaert’s remarks will be webcast at www.qwest.com/ about/investor/events/.
Today Accounting Systems Inc. of Fort Collins on Thursday announced a partnership with Mike Loughrin, a partner with Transformance Advisors Inc., to offer operations-management seminars in Fort Collins.
Archon Group LP, a real-estate and loan asset management organization, honored Jonathan Jones of Transwestern Commercial Services with the 2005 Archon Achievement Award.



