Updated: 5:40 PM A second day on Capitol Hill for the local Chamber of Commerce delegation gave leaders another chance to hit on the issues that matter most to the region. That includes transportation, and with roads congested and gasoline costly, there may be an option down the line, one you've probably heard before.
Updated: 3:01 PM Whole Foods stock gets battered after weak earnings report
Updated: 2:19 PM Clear Channel has settled a legal dispute with the lenders funding its private equity buyout.
Updated: 5:39 PM What do a center of a downtown rennaissance, low income housing, and sidewalk and lighting improvements have in common? They're all local projects that have received special federal funding, but those grants are on the president's budget cutting board.
Posted: 11:34 AM Hewlett-Packard has agreed to buy Plano-based Electronic Data Systems for nearly 12.6 billion dollars.
Posted: 11:27 AM Three men were charged today with hacking into a national restaurant chain's computerized cash registers and stealing credit card information from customers.
Posted: 10:49 AM Envision08 helped the 425 participants do just that – envision what is next for each of their ventures.
Posted: 5:16 PM Court proceedings in New York and Texas were delayed while Clear Channel Communications, its buyers and banks try to settle the feud over whether the banks must fund promised loans for the $19.5 billion deal.
Posted: 5:01 PM A consumer group says a California farm that supplies organic milk to Dean Foods is breaking federal rules on organic production by keeping cows penned instead of letting them roam over pastures.
Updated: 3:58 PM Potential buyers lined up Thursday to bid on a high-profile piece of property that was once home to a dubious College Station landmark.
Posted: 11:25 AM Some companies have disclosed pending layoffs in Texas -- including several involving more than 100 workers.
Posted: 11:04 AM A new company that makes Dr Pepper and Snapple made its Wall Street debut today.
Posted: 11:01 AM More bad news for an airline industry plagued with safety concerns and buckling under record fuel costs.
Posted: 1:13 PM Gates, on a brief trip to South Korea, was asked about the software maker's plans after the Yahoo bid fell apart, including whether Microsoft would pursue another deal of the same size elsewhere.
Posted: 1:09 PM Swiss bank UBS, hit hard by the U.S. subprime crisis, reports a net loss of nearly 11 billion dollars.
Posted: 12:59 PM The nation's largest buyer of home loans says it will cut its dividend and raise 6 billion dollars in new capital, amid expectations the housing slump continues into next year.
Posted: 12:57 PM D.R. Horton says it swung to a loss in the second quarter.
Posted: 12:52 PM Oil futures today rose to a trading record of $122 a barrel.
Updated: 8:37 PM President Bush says he's troubled by rising gas prices and will take a look at proposals to relieve the crisis -- but warns there's no quick fix.
Posted: 12:51 PM Comptroller Susan Combs has appointed Kevin Dieters to head the new Educational Opportunities and Investment Division at the Comptroller’s office.
Posted: 11:50 AM The Federal Reserve is expected to vote this afternoon on proposed rules designed to stop credit card companies from unfairly raising interest rates and to make sure they give people enough time to pay their bills.
Posted: 11:46 AM President Bush has sent lawmakers a $70 billion request to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring.
Posted: 10:45 PM Congressman Chet Edwards says the time has come for the country to tap into its petroleum reserves.
Posted: 5:13 PM If airline flights seem to be taking a little longer these days, it may be because the pilot is flying slower.
Posted: 5:00 PM Big Wall Street investment companies are pulling back on their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program.
