Is a T-shirt from China still a T-shirt from China if it costs almost triple to ship it here?  From the NY Times,The cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Shanghai to the United States has risen to $8,000, compared with $3,000 early in the decade, according to a recent study of transportation costs. Big […]

“Just how far are you willing to drive this summer to get to your vacation spot? It’s a question on a lot of minds of people who run many of Colorado’s favorite tourist attractions. With gas prices close to the $4 a gallon mark, many are worried your answer won’t be the one they’re anxious […]

YB writes:
While it seems that some low cost airlines including Denver based Frontier Airlines were working some very thin margins, this article from the economist hints that fear and hope may be the primary drivers behind major airlines merger talks. From the article,
“Alitalia may experience a similar fate unless a takeover by Air France-KLM, […]