Topic – Economy

US research labs collaborate to develop low-impact drilling

HARC will lead the alliance

Wendy Natt, Feb 19, 09.

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are leading…

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LaHood issues statement supporting transit, sustainability

T4America releases summary

Steve Hawley, Feb 18, 09.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood released a statement yesterday supporting transit, high-speed rail, and sustainable development in response to the…

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Emma Rothschild

A post-auto society?

Director of the Joint Centre for History and Economics, King's College, Cambridge and Harvard, Feb 17, 09.

An enduring bailout based on public infrastructure

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Top innovative cities will be most resilient to crash

Interactive map of patent data

Wendy Natt, Feb 16, 09.

Austin far exceeds Houston, Dallas-Ft Worth, San Antonio, and College Station in the number of patents issued for every 100,000…

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Recovery plan passes House and Senate, Obama to sign on Tuesday

Final numbers available

Steve Hawley, Feb 16, 09.

UPDATE (2/17/09, 3:40 pm): President Obama has signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Denver, ABC News reports.————— The…

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Houston #1 in job growth

Four Texas cities at top

Wendy Natt, Feb 12, 09.

Houston ranks highest nationally for job growth in 2008, when it added over 57,000 new jobs, according to a new…

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High-speed rail gets big boost in compromise bill

Obama hopes to invest in HSR

Steve Hawley, Feb 12, 09.

UPDATE (2/17/09, 2:27 pm): President Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel hope to make a large investment in high-speed…

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Senate passes recovery bill

House, Senate must compromise

Steve Hawley, Feb 10, 09.

The Senate passed its version of the recovery bill 61-37 earlier today, and the House and Senate must now work…

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Light rail may get $180 million from recovery package

Galveston also asks for funds

Steve Hawley, Feb 09, 09.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County may receive $180 million for the light rail extension over the next year…

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Bond, Boxer/Inhofe amendments dead?

Would redirect money to roads

Steve Hawley, Feb 06, 09.

The Boxer/Inhofe and Bond amendments, which would provide billions for highways but little if anything for transit, may be dead,…

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