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Waco - Section Are Hard Times Forcing Youth to Amend the American Dream?
A nice house and occasionally a new car. A good job. Enough money to be comfortable, maybe even to travel. Millions of Americans are still weaned on the expectation that they’ll do better than their parents and get their share of the American Dream. Full Story » By Emily Grobe For Reporting Texas - Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:03 am |

 Patrick Richard Sivert of Jewett, Texas recently received U.S. Patent 8,151,787 for “Solar Device Control Apparatus With Device Interchangeability.” |
| Patent: To Follow The Sun
Texas Business Patent of the Day: You want to use solar energy, but that sun rolls across the sky. What do you do? Invent a device that keeps your energy conversion panels pointed at Sol.
That’s what a Leon County man has done. Patrick Richard Sivert of Jewett, Texas recently received U.S. Patent 8,151,787 for “Solar Device Control Apparatus With Device Interchangeability.” Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:27 am |
Jasper’s unites community over barbeque, good memories
Texas Business reports: Jasper’s Bar-B-Que sits unassumingly on the corner of Clifton and Elm Streets, rooted in the same location that once served Interurban Railway passengers stopping through Waco on their way to Dallas. The creaky screen door wavers slightly in the wind, keeping the flies out of the dining room while allowing smells of freshly smoked meat to waft out into the street. Full Story » Bonnie Berger - Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 9:20 am |

 WACO radio is one of the few, if not the only radio station in the country with call letters that spell where the station exists. |
| WACO Radio: The radio station so big, they named the town after it
Texas Business reports: Despite the rapid changes in technology and media, one Waco radio station, which it claims the city of Waco is its namesake, comes up its 90th year of broadcasts this summer. Full Story » Katie S. Compton - Posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:38 am |

 Reed's Flowers. |
| Eight Decades of Flowers
Texas Business reports: If you forget your sister on her birthday, you get a disappointed phone call. If you forget your anniversary, your spouse might send you to the couch, or the doghouse, for a night or two. If you forget your mom on Mother’s Day, well, that is just something you do not want to do. Full Story » Krista Pirtle - Posted: Monday, May 7, 2012 7:55 am |

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| A Franchise Way To Self-Sufficiency
Texas Business reports: Ten years ago, Bill Rasco of Hewitt, Texas decided to take a huge risk. He had been in education for twenty years, but was ready for a change. He withdrew his teaching retirement funds, and used them as a down payment to own and operate a Pizza Pro franchise in Mart, Texas. Full Story » Ashley Yeaman - Posted: Saturday, May 5, 2012 12:03 am |
Waco Bar-B-Que Restaurant Redefines Sell-Out Texas Business reports: The family owned Tony DeMaria’s Bar-B-Que in Waco, Texas has an out of the ordinary philosophy. Only open for lunch, frequent customers know to get there early, before Geoff places the lime green “sold out” sign in the window. Full Story » Anna Flagg - Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012 12:02 am |
Regional Economy Picks Up
Texas Business reports: Regional economic indicators point to stronger job and output growth in the first quarter of the year. Improvement has been pronounced and broad based, although growth slowed in March, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:27 pm |
The ‘D-word’ is being whispered in parts of the state, shouted in others
Texas Business reports: COLLEGE STATION – Though the overall percentage of the state is under moderate to extreme drought has continually dropped since September 2011, producers are beginning to worry that 2012 could be a repeat performance, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:41 pm |
Texas Manufacturing Growth Slows
Texas Business reports: Texas factory activity increased in April, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, fell from 11.1 to 5.6, suggesting growth continued but at a slower pace than last month. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:36 pm |

 World Cup Cafe. |
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| World Cup Café brews more than coffee by bridging economic gap
Texas Business reports: In this café, customers who count change to pay for their coffee sit with guests wearing business suits. These customers seem unequal, with their differing bank accounts and level of education. But what brings them together, equalizing a life with food stamps to one with luxury cars, is a simple cup of coffee. Full Story » Caitlin R. Giddens - Posted: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:02 am |

 Cupp's diner |
| Cupp's: Hamburgers Sell At The Diner For 83 Years
Texas Business reports: Everyone recognizes those two golden arches during moments of hunger. With so many options for a quick burger, how does Cupp’s, a local Waco old-fashioned hamburger shop that sits tucked away behind a Burger King, beat out all the cookie-cutter, chain competition? Full Story » Bonnie J. Holman - Posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:03 am |
$2.4 Million Rome Street Redevelopment to begin in June
Texas Business reports: STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Tarleton facilities planning officials are gearing up for a $2.4 million construction project that will transform the western edge of the Stephenville campus—the Rome Street Redevelopment project. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 12:03 am |
LSAT Numbers Fall in Texas, Nationally Have bad economic times started to blunt the college grad’s time-honored enthusiasm for pursuing legal careers? A recent sharp drop in the number of people taking the Law School Admission Test suggests some kind of reassessment may be under way. Full Story » By Jordan Humphreys for Reporting Texas - Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:07 am |
Texas Employers Add Jobs for 20th Straight Month
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN— The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 7.0 percent in March, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline. March’s unemployment rate was down from 7.1 percent in February, and from 8.0 percent a year ago. Texas’ unemployment rate is significantly below the national unemployment rate of 8.2 percent. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:31 pm |
Cattle on Feed Report: After Last Year's Drought
Texas Business reports: Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in Texas feedlots with capacity of 1,000 head or more totaled 2.78 million head on April 1, up slightly from a year ago. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Friday, April 20, 2012 4:34 pm |
Home Prices Inching Upward
Texas Business reports: COLLEGE STATION--Both sellers and buyers can find good news in the most recent outlook for the Texas housing market. For sellers, the good news is that 2011 Texas home prices increased for the second consecutive year and are likely to do so again this year. For buyers, the good news is that prices went up only modestly, and the 2012 home appreciation rate is expected to be less than the historical norm. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:32 am |

 Brittney Griner Skateboards At Parade. Photo by David R. Schleicher. Copyright 2012. |
| Brittney Griner Skateboards At Parade Brittney Griner, named Outstanding Player of the Final Four, AP Player of the Year, and fresh from a 40-0 recording breaking season and NCAA Championship, skateboards down the street at a parade held in honor of the Lady Bears basketball team earlier this week in Waco. Full Story » Photo by David R. Schleicher. Copyright 2012. - Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:03 am |
Good forage grows ‘bittersweet’ situation for ranchers
Texas Business reports: COLLEGE STATION – Many livestock producers continue to make hay while the sun shines, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports.
With rains and warmer-than-average weather, cool-season grasses and small grains continued to show rapid growth, according to the reports. Producers throughout the state were taking advantage of the situation to bale as much as they could and rebuild hay supplies depleted in the 2011 drought. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com - Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3:47 pm |
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The Texas News Scrawl is a handy reference to stories Texas Business recommends from other news sources. Some of the stories that Texas Business currently suggests include: Freedom Communication sells off 6 Texas newspapers; Mexico's peso falls against US dollar; Patterson, Combs F1 spat unresolved; Colorado Community Bank sold to Texas owner; Southwest takes cautious approach, deferring plane orders; Aquarena Springs makes way for restoration of Spring Lake; Two Austin companies raise a combined $15.6 million; For Sale: Major Player in Fight Against Coal Company Bows Out; The Practice Piano That Made Van Cliburn Perfect; H-E-B shelved route as logistics costs rose; Did Amazon deal to settle dispute over taxes mess with Texas law?; Animal chiropractor stakes claim in DFW; Three Texas winemakers open 4.0 Cellars; Carroll Shelby, Car Builder Who Added Muscle to American Racing, Dies at 89; American Airlines Considers Change in Oldest Jet Livery; British rocker Phil Collins touring Texas to talk about Alamo book; All-Terrain Vehicle Company Moves To Sherman; American Airlines to overhaul premium seats; Dallas-based Hilltop to acquire PlainsCapital; The frequent fliers who flew too much; Hawker Beechcraft announces first flight of 400 XPR in Texas; Rumor: New Microsoft Xbox Console Being Manufactured in Texas; Company asks court to reinstate $459 million judgment;Company named for Green Ridge street eyes bid for Avon; Dallas Museum Simmers in a Neighbor’s Glare; Dallas pipeline company set to acquire Sunoco; Northwest Texas Suing Insurance Company for Millions Austin pair planning to offer barbecue, country music to international fans of F1; State’s largest fishery, near Wichita Falls, can’t raise fish without water; Trampoline sports park coming to Frisco; Bloomingdale’s Outlet opens at the Shops at Park Lane; Knapp Medical Center sale halted; Source: North Texas, UT-San Antonio To Conference USA; West Texas Wildfires Burn Again; Texas Business School Teaching Door-to-Door Sales; Firms at War Over $10 Million Contingent Fee in Patent Suit; Lubbock pet store set to leave mall after 40 years; owner blames animal rights intervention; Title fight fallout: El Paso's reputation sullied after boxing snub; Calpine to add 550 MW in Texas as reserve shrinks; Amazon, State Settle Sales Tax Fight by Ross Ramsey; Texas Army Bases Go Green, but Challenges Remain; Latham & Watkins to Represent UT in Racial Preference Case; Experts: State universities can do better at turning research into revenue; El Paso officials denounce Chavez-Lee fight cancellation, damage to city's reputation; Hobby lobby: Dueling airlines' political operations take off; and more. Full Story » |
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