Cy-Fair tries to keep best of both worlds Houston Chronicle | Like many home buyers, Feleccia Moore-Davis wanted two things in a neighborhood: good schools and low taxes. | The mother of two chose the Cypress-Fairbanks school district, where 70 percent of the campuses boast the state's top academic ratings and where tax bills are less than in most nearby dis...
It's business as usual for Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers The Oklahoman Comments 0 | ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers team president Nolan Ryan said Friday that the club is not hamstrung by owner Tom Hicks’ financial difficulties, a day after a report that Major League Baseball loaned millions to the team owner. // | "There haven’t been any restri...
Looking for direction Asbury Park Press | The stock market's performance for the first six months of the year was a tale of two quarters. The first, apocalyptic. The second, downright bullish. | Take the Dow Jones industrial average. It fell 13.3 percent the first quarter and rose 11 perce...
Mill worker comes full circle The News & Observer | KANNAPOLIS -- For the N.C. Research Campus to reach the promise its founder had in mind, it will need more people like Randy Crowell. | He's the first former Pillowtex worker employed in a scientific capacity at the biotech complex created by billi...
Emerging market rally wakes bears Business Report | By Shiyin Chen and Michael Patterson | Stocks in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Serbia have outpaced those of the rest of the world since April, with benchmark indexes for each rising more than 32 percent. That means it's time to sell equities throughout t...
Business news digest The Times | New ad boss in frame | Ocean Outdoor, an operator of giant advertising billboards across the UK, has appointed the industry veteran Tom Goddard as chairman. | The company specialises in installing large-format adverts at high-profile locations incl...
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Nintendo, Six Flags expand Wii deal Business Journal Amazon calls 2008 holiday season ‘best ever’ Nintendo warns of countries pirating its products Six Flags to feature new Wii video game Nintendo says patent suit with Nyko is se...
All-American dogs: 10 dogs important to America The Examiner Comment RSS Email Print | American Foxhound (photo by nick4900) | American Foxhound: the state dog of Virginia | These beautiful dogs are related to the English and French Foxhound...
Safety commission recalls 400,000 Simplicity cribs Asbury Park Press | WASHINGTON - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Simplicity Inc. is recalling about 400,000 cribs that put babies at risk of death by suffocation. | Th...
Once over a barrel, brewer finds prosperity Houston Chronicle | SHINER - By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the mu...
Building supply company refocuses amid Chapter 11 Houston Chronicle | A Houston-based building supply company that during the real estate boom expanded into what are now some of the worst-hit housing markets in the country has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | Bison Building Materials, which distributes l...
Cy-Fair tries to keep best of both worlds Houston Chronicle | Like many home buyers, Feleccia Moore-Davis wanted two things in a neighborhood: good schools and low taxes. | The mother of two chose the Cypress-Fairbanks school district, where 70 percent of the campuses boast the state's top academic ratings an...
Risk Cuts at Morgan May Lead to a Loss The New York Times | Last year, after the financial crisis, Morgan Stanley made a decision that its biggest rivals avoided: burned by the crisis, it would take far fewer risks in its trading. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Graphic | Related Times Topics: Morgan Stanley | Add to Portfolio Morgan Stanley Goldman Sachs Group | Go to your Portfolio » | That decision i...
