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NEW YORK — When a meeting with clients runs late, Andy Davidson doesn't have to worry that his plane will leave without him.
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Brits spend more than 1 billion a year on camping and caravanning according to research from Barclays Personal Loans
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The Financial Risks of Buying Land in Western North Carolina. A California landslide devastated a La Jolla neighborhood in early October 2007...the Peeks Creek landslide in Western North Carolina claimed lives and homes in September 2004.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If high-definition is the new front in the battle for TV viewers, it appears that DirecTV is trying to seize the high ground — at least for now.
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Ah, real estate. As we've seen over the past few years, the right investments have the power to grant us our dreams, while the wrong ones might double-cross us when the market dips. Some real estate investments seem to be ever apt, however, and one of those is a duplex.
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If you drive north from the old Jefferson Square shopping center at West 38th Street and follow Jefferson Street as it dips down along Shoal Creek, you pass a pretty little stretch of parkland along the water's edge, dotted with trees. It's a nice place to walk the dog or have a picnic.
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What: This 1946 bungalow has been stylishly updated and expanded by homeowners Marco Fiorilo and Shanna Eldridge. Fiorilo and Eldridge, who are married, also own and run Aviary, a home dйcor store with many eclectic and international items at 2110 S. Lamar Blvd.
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Thanks to hefty solar energy, medical device and semiconductor deals, venture capital investing in Austin posted its strongest quarter in six years. Nineteen companies raised a total of $219.
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Saturday, October 20, 2007 ACQUISITIONS Viewpoint buys Springbox for $5.5 million Austin-based interactive marketing agency Springbox was acquired by Viewpoint Corp. for $5.5 million. Springbox specializes in digital Web marketing. Its clients have included AMD Inc., Dell Inc.
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Saturday, October 20, 2007 LABOR Union aims again to unite Continental ground workers HOUSTON — A union that has tried unsuccessfully to organize ground workers at Continental Airlines Inc. will try again.
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Saturday, October 20, 2007 BANKING Citigroup finds buyers to cover $80 billion in short-term assets NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. confirmed Friday it has secured enough funding to cover the $80 billion in assets held in its structured investment vehicles — at least until the end of the year.
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WASHINGTON — Four states concerned about Microsoft Corp.'s market power are pressing a federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.
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ATLANTA — You might call it a fancy golf cart, but its makers call it a Smart car and want to educate you on why they think it makes sense for fuel-efficient urban transportation.
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Mirroring the national housing slump, existing home sales in Central Texas continued on a double-digit decline in September. Sales fell 22 percent from a year ago, following a 10-percent drop in August, and the number of homes on the market reached a four-year high of 9,979.
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The Central Texas unemployment rate crept up a bit last month. The five-county region saw the unemployment rate rise to 3.7 percent in September, according to figures released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.
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The long-standing Travis County Farmers' Market on Burnet Road will be closing by the end of the month, and along with it will go Brentwood Tavern, a popular restaurant and live music venue. Travis County sold the 2.3-acre property to new owner Paz Dhody for $2.25 million last month.
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FROM STAFF REPORTSFriday, October 19, 2007 Austin-based Asure Software Inc. said Thursday it's no longer at risk of being delisted by Nasdaq. The company had been threatened with possible delisting because its share price had fallen below $1, the Nasdaq minimum, for an extended period.
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AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFFFriday, October 19, 2007 Corporate site selectors in town as Silicon Valley studies playbook Talk about your sweet coincidences: The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce invited about a dozen corporate site selectors to town last week to show off the best of Austin and,...
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Two Austin real estate investors have purchased a block north of the Sixth Street entertainment district, one of the last full blocks available for development downtown. Jimmy Nassour and Stephen "Duffy" Oyster paid an undisclosed price for the land, now used as a parking lot.
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A Georgetown ranch will become a new master-planned project by a developer who is expanding his footprint in Williamson County. Bob Wunsch, who co-developed Avery Ranch near Cedar Park, plans to turn 353 acres into a mixed-used project named Three Forks Community.
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Friday, October 19, 2007 A donation of stock options from Silicon Laboratories Inc. to the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas has turned into $100,000 grants for two Austin nonprofits. The grants were presented Wednesday night at an event hosted by TexChange, a high-tech networking group.
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Friday, October 19, 2007 PETROLEUM Oil prices rise above $90 mark after settling at record high NEW YORK — Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel for the first time Thursday as the falling dollar drew new foreign investors and speculators to dollar-denominated energy futures.
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Friday, October 19, 2007 AIRLINES Southwest profit rises on stronger demand DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co., the nation's biggest discount carrier, on Thursday said its third-quarter profit rose because the airline packed planes fuller amid strong demand.
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Over 170 members of the business community to shadow principals at San Diego Unified School District to discuss strengths, challenges, reform - and how businesses can support area schools
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