MarkWest Energy Partners LP of Denver and NGP Midstream & Resources LP have announced an agreement to form a joint venture for construction and operation of natural-gas midstream services in the Marcellus Shale area of the Appalachian Basin.
Barotz Dental is offering a free online tool in the fight against oral cancer. The Barotz Oral Cancer Risk Assessment is available at .
HealthGrades, a Golden-based independent health-care-ratings organization, has released the HealthGrades Seventh Annual Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence study, identifying hospitals in the top 5 percent nationally in terms of mortality and complication rates across 26 procedures and diagnoses.
Xedar Corp. announced that subsidiary Pixxures Inc. will once again partner with DigitalGlobe to support DigitalGlobe’s aerial- imagery content collection this year.
MDC Holdings Inc. declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share on its common stock, payable Feb. 25 to shareholders of record Feb. 11.
Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, and Dish Network Corp. announced an agreement that calls for Comcast Spotlight to sell the advertising on Dish Network’s 10 regional sports-network feeds in seven U.S. markets, including Denver.
Global Med Technologies Inc. announced that its Wyndgate Technologies division has licensed its eDonor, ElDorado Donor and Donor Doc integrated donor-management systems to South Texas Blood & Tissue Center in San Antonio.
Apartment Investment and Management Co. declared a special dividend of $2.08 per share of Class A common stock, payable Jan. 29 to stockholders of record Dec. 29.
The Denver Center Theatre Co. tapped Denver-based advertising agency Cactus to promote its productions and to cultivate appreciation for theater in the region.
Metzger Associates of Boulder, one of the nation’s leading strategic-communications firms, will handle public and investor relations for Flaik, an Australian location-based services startup company.
LogRhythm, a Boulder-based company that makes log data useful, announced that it has been selected by McAfee Inc. to join its sales teaming program.



