Topic – Economy
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Houston poised to be best housing market for 2009
Texas cities fill top five
In the midst of a very weak national housing market and plans for its recovery, Builder magazine, in conjunction with…
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Houston No. 1 metro for corporations
Boost from energy/chem sector
Houston is the top metropolitan area in the US for corporate facility projects, according to Site Selection magazine. The region…
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10 major newspapers most likely to fold
New period of decline
As many as eight of the fifty largest daily newspapers in the US could either fold or begin to publish…
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Phoenix business owners want more light rail
Businesses see great potential
An influential group of Phoenix business owners is pushing for the local transit agency to build light rail near their…
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Houston to receive $124 million for highways under stimulus
State total tops $2.25 billion
Houston will receive just under $124 million for highways, to be allocated by the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), while the…
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US research labs collaborate to develop low-impact drilling
HARC will lead the alliance
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
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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Top innovative cities will be most resilient to crash
Interactive map of patent data
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
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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