The Western Union Co. of Douglas County announced that it has renewed its agreement with TCF Bank to offer money transfers and let customers pay their utility bills with Western Union’s Convenience Pay service.
Intermap Technologies Corp., a Denver-based digital mapping company, announced that Harris Corp. has extended its agreement to distribute Intermap’s high-resolution digital elevation and orthorectified radar images.
Qwest is offering access to a free mobile e-mail service that allows customers to receive and reply to e-mail from any text-messaging-capable wireless phone without subscribing to data plans or upgrading to smartphones.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder has launched Opticks, the company’s first open-source software project designed to enable detailed analysis of remote sensing data.
Culinaire Inc., a Denver-based custom food manufacturer, has been acquired by Wildridge Capital Management LLC, an investment firm. Culinaire is a supplier of gourmet prepared meals to the supermarket, hospitality and food-service sectors.
Air Methods Corp. of Arapahoe County will deliver an advanced EMS helicopter to the Mayo Clinic on Dec. 20. The aircraft is capable of transporting two critical- care patients more than 200 miles at speeds of up to 156 miles per hour.
ALPS Fund Services Inc., a Denver-based provider of outsourced and advisory solutions to the investment management industry, and Red Rocks Capital, a Denver-based investment adviser, announced the launch of a mutual fund that invests in the common stock of publicly traded private-equity companies. The new fund, called the Listed Private Equity Fund, is advised by ALPS Advisers and sub-advised by Red Rocks Capital.
Johnson Storage & Moving Co., a Centennial-based agent of United Van Lines, was named the winner of the Denver/Boulder BBB 2007 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.
Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC will open a new office in Avon. The Denver-based law firm already has a presence in Steamboat Springs and opened its Aspen office in 2000.
Colorado State University broke ground on a $42 million Diagnostic Medicine Center south of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The 90,000-square-foot building will house the university’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Animal Population Health Institute and the Extension veterinarian.
PassTime USA and Peak5 announced a partnership to incorporate Peak5’s loan servicing and collections services into PassTime.
Drexel, Barrell & Co., a consulting, engineering and surveying firm with headquarters in Boulder, is the recipient of an American Council of Engineering Companies Merit Award for the civil-engineering design of the new Twenty Ninth Street Lifestyle Center in Boulder.
Pak Mail Centers of America Inc. of Centennial has been named the Official Shipping Solutions Provider for the 2008 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
