Denver Chamber Sees 1.2 Percent Job Growth - 2004-01-23
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is expecting 1.2 percent job growth for the region this year. Metro Denver will add about 15,800 jobs this year after losing nearly 51,500 jobs over the past two years.

Retail activity has picked up due to increases in monthly disposable income resulting from federal tax breaks and mortgage refinance activity," the chamber said.
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Identity theft growing rapidly - 2004-01-23
When an errant item appeared on Chantal Perreault's banking statement in October, she believed it was simply a misdirected payment. But as the Las Vegas resident delved into the details of the $700 deposit, she found that she had become another casualty of identity fraud.

She suspects information used to fill out a mortgage application found its way into dishonest hands since the fraudulent activity began the day after she and her boyfriend closed on their house.
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