The Cardinal Health Co. of Aurora gave the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment five stainless- steel laboratory-type glove boxes, valued at more than $100,000. The glove boxes permit scientists to work on potentially dangerous specimens and materials within a closed environment.
Jerri’s Tobacco Shop & Fine Wines has opened in the Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall. Jerri’s, Colorado’s oldest tobacconist, plans to add wines and spirits in February, when it receives a liquor license.
Celestial Seasonings, a Boulder provider of specialty teas, has introduced a cookbook to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease. In collaboration with 10 female chefs, the company produced “From Teapot to Table Top,” which can be obtained by calling 866-211- 0374.
Rock Bottom Restaurants Inc. of Louisville announced Tuesday it will donate $106,000, or 10 percent, of its gift-card sales to local charities working toward ending hunger and homelessness in its operating markets across the country.
Thanasi Foods, a Boulder specialty-foods company, has added three new flavors and a number of packaging and merchandising options to its lineup of Jim Beam snack foods. The lineup includes Jim Beam Peppered Beef Jerky, Jim Beam Barbecue Beef Jerky and Jim Beam Jalapeño Sunflower Seeds.
Good Times Restaurants Inc. of Denver announced Wednesday the opening of its newest location at Interstate 25 and Colorado 7 in the Larkridge Shopping Center in Thornton.
Verus Partners, an executive-search firm, was launched by Chet Marino this month in Broomfield.
WildBlue Communications announced Wednesday it has five new value-added resellers for its enterprise class of high- speed Internet products and services. The new resellers include Hs3 Technologies Inc. in Denver and M2M Data Corp. in Douglas County.
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Lakewood has been designated a UnitedHealth PremiumSM cardiac-specialty center.
MX Logic Inc., a Douglas County-based provider of e-mail defense solutions for businesses, announced Wednesday its Email Defense Service has received a 2005 product-of-the-year award from TechTarget’s SearchExchange.com.
Exempla Good Samaritan Health and Healing Center has opened in the Community Physicians Pavilion at 300 Exempla Circle in Lafayette. The center focuses on bridging conventional medical treatments with a variety of healing traditions.
IronStone Bank on Monday will open its second Colorado location at 10005 Commons St., Lone Tree.
Pearson Knowledge Technologies of Boulder on Wednesday announced the launch of WriteToLearn, a Web-based learning tool that helps students develop writing and reading-comprehension skills.
