Security measures in Damascus ahead of protests
Posted: 4:50 AM Activists say Syrian military and security forces have deployed heavily in Damascus ahead of planned protests against President Bashar Assad's rule.
Posted: 4:50 AM Activists say Syrian military and security forces have deployed heavily in Damascus ahead of planned protests against President Bashar Assad's rule.
Posted: 10:21 AM Senate Republicans are showing far more flexibility than their tea party-backed House colleagues as Washington policymakers seek to steer the government away from a first-ever default on its financial obligations.
Posted: 9:44 AM Stocks are opening higher on strong second-quarter earnings from Coca-Cola, IBM and other companies.
Posted: 9:39 AM Oil is climbing more than 2 percent on a weaker dollar and an uptick in the U.S. housing market.
Posted: 3:55 PM Nelson's Texas-based company, Sprinkles Cupcakes, is so frosted that it filed a federal trademark-infringement lawsuit Friday...
Posted: 3:42 PM Europe's debt troubles and an impasse over lifting the U.S. government's borrowing limit are dragging down stocks.
Posted: 9:54 AM Stocks fell at the opening of trading as debt worries continue to hang over markets.
Posted: 11:46 AM Stocks are slightly higher in midday trading as concerns about Europe and a budget impasse in Washington kept market gains in check.
Posted: 9:41 AM Gov. Bobby Jindal says the state will seek approval for more than a half billion dollars in projects to restore coastal areas and fisheries affected by last year's huge BP oil spill.
Posted: 9:24 AM Stock markets are opening sharply lower amid fresh fears about the global economy and ahead of the start of earnings season.
Posted: 10:56 AM Stocks are trading sharply lower at midday after a dismal report on the job market stifled hopes for a quick economic rebound.
Posted: 9:16 AM Top congressional Republicans say a report that few new jobs were created last month shows this is not the time for the government to be raising taxes.
Posted: 10:12 AM The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in seven weeks, although applications remain elevated.
Updated: 10:45 AM Applications are being accepted for grants to provide economic assistance to independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives and agricultural producer groups through the Value-Added Producer Grant Program.
Posted: 10:01 AM Stocks are falling in early trading ahead of several major economic reports this week.
Posted: 1:06 PM Family doctors aren't the only ones facing the question of whether to prescribe name-brand or generic drugs for their patients.
Updated: 9:57 AM Robertson County is about to take a major step forward when it comes to health care.
Posted: 9:30 AM Stocks are opening higher on news that U.S. home prices rose for the first time in eight months.
Posted: 3:37 PM The Texas Legislature has approved a bill allowing public school districts to cut teacher pay and furlough them beginning in 2012, in an attempt to avoid mass layoffs.
Posted: 3:15 PM Texas lawmakers have passed a major budget-balancing bill that was a must-pass in the special session. The measure now goes to Gov. Rick Perry for his signature.
Posted: 3:08 PM Sales are up, new employees are being hired, and credit is available despite many local businesses feeling the nation isn’t out of the recession yet is what survey results showed from the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Day.
Posted: 1:46 PM Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A+' rating to the $3 million Bryan, TX Rural Electric System Revenue bond series 2011
Posted: 9:02 AM U.S. stocks are rising in early trading after encouraging signs about Europe's debt crisis overshadowed a dismal report about spending by American consumers.
Posted: 11:37 AM The Dow Jones industrial average is trading below 12,000 for the first time since March and the Nasdaq composite index has given up all of this year's gains.
