Anyone who wonders how schools can prepare the next generation for tomorrow’s jobs in technology should consider Google’s Rajen Sheth. The 36-year-old Denver native helped create Google’s Apps products for business, which has 40 million customers, and today he’s product manager for its Chromebook and Chrome browser for businesses and schools. Before Google, Sheth had Stanford University degrees, an internship at Microsoft during the dot-com boom, and Silicon Valley startup experience. But Sheth traces his career success to Cherry Creek High School...

Federal regulators have ordered Longmont-based Mile High Banks to boost its capital levels, categorizing the bank as “significantly undercapitalized,” according to an FDIC enforcement action made public on Friday. Mile High Banks has 13 branch locations, including in LoDo, Cherry Creek, 17th Avenue near Pennsylvania Street near downtown and the Denver Tech Center, according to its website. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a “supervisory prompt corrective action directive” to Mile High Banks on Dec...

Stocks finished the week mixed, with the Dow slipping as the Nasdaq gained. In Colorado, Golden Star Resources and ADA-ES led actively traded gainers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at 12,660.46, down 74.17 points (0.58 percent). The S&P 500 closed at 1,316.33, down 2.1 points (0.16 percent). The Nasdaq Composite finished at 2,816.55, up 11.27 points (0.4 percent). Among actively traded Colorado-based stocks, Golden Star Resources Ltd. (GSS) led the day’s gainers percentagewise, up 7...

Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of today's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, ZeaChem, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Motorola Mobility, Juniper Networks and more. Facebook to file for IPO next week USDA gives ZeaChem a $232.5M loan guarantee Gessler launches password protection for Colorado business information Microsoft spending ‘billions’ on Nokia WP7 project Cook says Apple will address supply-chain issues Apple retook smartphone lead from Samsung in Q4 Samsung loses to Apple in German patent dispute Former Palm chief Rubinstein leaving HP Ex-Lala CEO, Yahoo product chief joins Y Combinator as partner Yahoo CEO keeps lines open to TPG, Silver Lake Juniper Networks is S&P biggest loser Judge lets hiring suit against Google, Apple, others proceed Motorola Mobility reports loss, ahead of acquisition by Google More Tech Watch DBJ Tech Watch for Thursday 1/26: News of Yahoo, Apple, Lockheed, Google and more DBJ Tech Watch for Wednesday 1/25: News of Apple, Yahoo, Facebook, Google and more DBJ Tech Watch for Tuesday 1/24: News of Apple, Google, Amazon, Ciber and more DBJ Tech Watch is a compilation of the day's top tech news from around the nation as reported by the Denver Business Journal and its sister newspapers and websites.

Taco Bell is getting into the breakfast market in Colorado and nine other western states, partnering with such brands as Johnsonville Sausage, Cinnabon, Tropicana and Seattle's Best Coffee. Irvine, Calif.-based Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., (NYSE: YUM), said Thursday it plans to offer breakfast in about 750 stores in 10 states, also including California and Arizona. Taco Bell tested its breakfast “FirstMeal” menu, which includes breakfast burritos, in more than 150 stores in four markets in Arizona, California, Ohio and Oklahoma...