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Expect 200,000 new Texas jobs in '12
Chron.com Chronicle
Jan 10Expect 200,000 new Texas jobs in '12 Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 05:41 p.m., Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Two percent equates t... »
Role of underdog seems to suit Texas governor
KTRK-TV Texas News
Nov 19He's gone from presidential front-runner to underdog in a flash, yet throughout he's acted as if he has nothing to lose It's the day after another presidential debate, and if the flat-screen in front of him were on, he'd hear plenty of appraisals of wh... »
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Job growth in 2012
Off The Kuff
Jan 18Depending on how you look at it, there’s good news, or fair-to-middling news for the Texas job market next year. Texas job growth in 2012 will reach about 2 percent for the third consecutive year, Federal Reserve Senior Economist Keith Phillips said Tu... »
Openings & Closings: Turning Over a New Banana Leaf
Eating Our Words
Jan 13Could a Little Woodrow's be coming to the Heights?As reported earlier this week, Gravitas closed swiftly and unexpectedly over the weekend. The restaurant had changed hands several times in the »
Liquid Gold: Gravitas Shutdown Wasn’t Our Fault
SwamplotHouston's Real Estate Landscape
Jan 13Liquid Gold Hospitality Group partner Stephen Ross tells Swamplot he and his companies have no involvement in Gravitas Restaurant’s lease of the building at 807 Taft St. or with any of the recently closed restaurant’s financing arrangements. “Until rec... »
Headlines: Water Unrestricted; Pearland Wants Your Tourist Dollars
SwamplotHouston's Real Estate Landscape
Jan 12Mayor Lifts Sprinkler Restrictions, but They Could Return This Summer [Houston Chronicle] Houston Foreclosures Continue To Decline [Houston Business Journal] Pearland Looks To Market Itself as a Tourist Destination [Pearland Journal] Separate Routes fo... »
Comment of the Day: What People Do in Houston
SwamplotHouston's Real Estate Landscape
Jan 07“The reason that the 4th Ward shotguns were ‘shit,’ in my view, is that the marketplace decreed them as such. If they were valuable and well-liked, people would’ve bid up the price and competed to live in them. If the building materials were so fantast... »