Thanks Largely To Oil Prices, Houston Sees Economy Growing
Posted: 6:35 PM Filling up in the nation's energy capital -- Houston -- is as painful as anywhere these days.
Posted: 6:35 PM Filling up in the nation's energy capital -- Houston -- is as painful as anywhere these days.
Posted: 11:49 AM Mrs Baird's Bakeries has voluntarily recalled some packages of its 4-inch buns after an employee noticed that the package label did not list milk as one of the ingredients.
Posted: 6:25 PM Attorneys for former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling today will appeal his 2006 convictions over his role in the Houston-based energy giant's 2001 collapse.
Updated: 9:35 AM Stan Wade works hard for his money, so when somebody called him recently asking him about an old bank account he almost bit, if only for a second.
Posted: 3:11 PM The union says if Fort Worth-based American's five senior executives don't agree by April 15th to defer their next bonuses -- attendants will flip the tags and demand their resignations.
Posted: 3:01 PM Some truckers have been pulling off the highway. Others are slowing down to a crawl, with some getting tickets for holding up traffic. It's all to protest high fuel prices.
Posted: 10:51 AM Dell says it will save as much as $3 billion over the next three years as it cuts costs and lays off more workers.
Posted: 10:48 AM Sony Pictures Television says it will become the first Hollywood studio to offer full-length movies by cellphone.
Posted: 10:42 AM Executives from the big five oil companies will appear before Congress today to answer questions about howthey're raking in big profits while consumers are being hammered at the pump.
Posted: 10:33 AM Deutsche Post is selling part of its real estate portfolio to Dallas-based buyout firm Lone Star Funds for 1.57 billion dollars.
Posted: 10:08 AM The Senate today takes up a housing bill that aims to ease the nation's foreclosure crisis.
Posted: 9:48 AM Those banks are asking a New York state court to dismiss the suit and to ignore requests for an expedited hearing.
Posted: 11:56 AM The MBA program at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University is tied at 11th in the nation among public schools in the recently released 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings for graduate programs.
Updated: 9:58 AM Across the country, gas prices have affected consumer spending. At a time when many retailers nationwide aren't faring well, at least one type of store is selling a whole lot more than last year. Even though shoppers may not go as often.
Posted: 11:46 AM Daniel Stark Injury Lawyers recently relocated to the heart of downtown Bryan to be part of the continuing revitalization of the city's history and to enjoy the benefits of the ever-growing fiber optic technology that has become an integral part of the city's future.
Updated: 10:55 AM Proposal from local senator could mean state pentions would be used to build new toll roads.
Posted: 4:08 PM Texas A&M University and other members of The Texas A&M University System based in Brazos County accounted for a record economic impact on the local area of almost $3 billion during 2007, according to an in-house study.
Updated: 4:19 PM Chairman Steve Ogden said using pension funds to invest in Texas roads a win-win but other Senators sound cautionary notes.
Posted: 11:31 AM Citing the crash of Bear Stearns, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the government needs to bring investment houses under the kind of federal oversight that has long been given to commercial banks.
Posted: 11:25 AM California firm Xcor Aerospace today will unveil its design of a two-seat rocket ship that can carry tourists on suborbital flights.
Posted: 11:19 AM Ford stands to come away with 1.7 billion dollars when it's all over, by selling its Jaguar and Land Rover brands to India's Tata Motors.
Posted: 10:22 AM COLLEGE STATION, March 24, 2008 - Payless ShoeSource CEO and President Matt Rubel will receive the 2008 M.B. Zale Visionary Merchant Award, announced officials of the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School. The award, which recognizes vision and outstanding achievements in retailing, will be presented at 10:15 a.m. April 2 in Ray Auditorium as part of the center's 25th anniversary celebration.
Posted: 11:25 AM Chick-fil-A®, the nation’s second-largest chicken restaurant chain, will award those willing to wait in line for the March 27th opening of the new stand-alone Chick-fil-A restaurant at 1719 Texas Ave. S. in College Station by giving away $26,000 in free Chick-fil-A food to the first 100 adults in line that morning.
Updated: 11:57 PM Police have arrested the woman they say robbed a Bryan bank at gunpoint. Leola Maxey, 35, was taken into custody just after 5 p.m Thursday in the 2200 block of Briarcrest Drive.
Posted: 3:46 PM Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced Friday state sales tax revenue in February totaled $1.79 billion, up 8.8 percent compared to February 2007.