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Texas is a state located in the southern and southwestern regions of the United States of America. With an area of 261,797 square miles (678,051 km˜) and a population of 23.5 million in 254 counties, the state is second-largest in both area, behind Alaska, and population, behind California. About half the state's population resides in either the Dallas–Fort Worth or Houston metropolitan areas. Texas is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for the ship channel at the Port of Houston—the largest in the U.S. in international commerce and the sixth-largest port in the world. The state is home to the most Fortune 500 companies in the United States and has the second-largest economy in the United States. The Texas Medical Center contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions.

 

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Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

 

Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

Excel Energy Technology of Tulsa now part of Site Controls

Jul 24, 2008 7:49 pm

Site Controls Inc., which manages energy for retail chains, has purchased Excel Energy Technologies Ltd. of Tulsa, Okla., for an undisclosed amount.

 

Fed Chairman Bernanke coming to Austin

Jul 24, 2008 7:44 pm

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is bringing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to Austin.

 

New leader named for 3M division in Austin

Jul 24, 2008 7:07 pm

Herve Gindre has been appointed to lead 3M's Electronic Solutions Division.

 

UT-affiliated energy consortium to fund creation of new subsurface mapping technology

Jul 24, 2008 7:05 pm

A research consortium managed out of the University of Texas wants to help fund development of microscale and nanoscale technology capable of mapping underground oil and gas reservoirs.

 

Southwest's sales up in Q2, but fuel costs cut into profits

Jul 24, 2008 4:51 pm

Southwest Airlines posted second-quarter earnings of $121 million, or 16 cents per share, on revenue of $2.9 billion. That compares with earnings of $195 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, on rev...

 

Vignette slides to a loss in the second quarter

Jul 24, 2008 4:40 pm

Software developer Vignette Corp.'s bottom line moved into negative territory in the second quarter.

 

Survey: Pay raises in 2009 to average 3.5%

Jul 24, 2008 4:26 pm

U.S. companies likely will keep pay raises steady in 2009, according to a survey by Arlington, Va. consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (WW)

 

ArthroCare under scrutiny from the SEC

Jul 24, 2008 3:44 pm

Just days after surgical products maker ArthroCare Corp. said it would have to restate its financial results going back to 2006, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says its looking into the m...

 

T. Boone Pickens' energy plan gets play in Washington

Jul 24, 2008 3:09 pm

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens told lawmakers that a switch to American-produced energy resources within the next 10 years is necessary to end the nation's crippling $700 billion dependence on ...

 

Profits drop to $2.1 million at Cirrus Logic

Jul 24, 2008 2:23 pm

Despite a revenue spike last quarter, profits fell 46 percent at Cirrus Logic Inc. due in part to charges related to moving and stock-based compensation for employees.

 
 

Texas Headlines from Statesman.com

Lawmakers move to fight suspected crimes by sect members

Jul 25, 2008 3:21 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants the federal government to use more muscle to fight possible organized crime among polygamists, such as those living at the Yearning For Zion ranch in West Texas...

 

Baylor president fired

Jul 25, 2008 2:54 am

Baylor University's Board of Regents fired President John Lilley on Thursday, making him the second president to leave the university in three years.

 

Divorced Waco woman allegedly shot at ex-husband

Jul 25, 2008 2:49 am

Waco police say a woman tried to kill her ex-husband just hours after their divorce was final.

 

South Texas digs out from Dolly's damage

Jul 25, 2008 2:39 am

Residents across South Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop th...

 

UT president urges Texas to invest in more top-tier universities

Jul 24, 2008 4:45 am

The president of the University of Texas delivered an impassioned plea to state legislators Wednesday to provide the financial and political support for lifting one or two public universities to top-t...

 

Dolly pounds South Texas; levees hold

Jul 24, 2008 4:41 am

Hurricane Dolly slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 100 mph, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands before weakening after ...

 

Fiorina rises as key player for McCain

Jul 24, 2008 1:46 am

As Texan Phil Gramm was talking his way out of a high-profile role in Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, another economic adviser with Lone Star ties was talking her way into the spotlight.

 

Dolly becomes a hurricane; South Texas, Mexico brace for floods

Jul 23, 2008 6:45 am

Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday, heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley, where officials feared heavy rains could cause levee breaks and severe flooding....

 

Six sect members, including leader Warren Jeffs, indicted

Jul 23, 2008 5:11 am

A grand jury in West Texas indicted polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs and four of his followers Tuesday on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted on charges of failing to ...

 

Noriega details energy proposal

Jul 23, 2008 4:14 am

Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega provided details Tuesday of his energy proposal, saying America needs to use renewable energy and find new sources of oil, in part through offshore drilling.

 
 

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