Forbes Ranks Austin Among Best Places for Business and Careers
In a recent March story, Forbes.com ranked Austin No. 8 on the list of Best Places for Business and Careers. This year Austin jumped 39 spots compared to last year’s rank of No.47. The study explored 200 metropolitan cities and examined each on 11 different criteria. […]
Archive for March, 2009
Central Texas Economy In Perspective
by Beverly Kerr, Chamber Vice President of Research
The March 26 release of February 2009 workforce numbers showed that the Austin metro, on a year-over-year basis, has once again dodged the prevailing trend of net job loss. Texas has 73,000 fewer jobs (-0.7%) than one year ago and 4,257,000 jobs (-3.1%) […]
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For people like Carter Hendricks, the housing market turning around couldn’t come at a better time.
That’s because Hendricks is selling his north Austin home, but he’s sweetening the deal for potential homebuyers.
“We’re offering them a $10,000 renovation clause,” he said.
According to the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR), the Austin area real estate volume is down […]
Unemployment rate jumps
This week, concerns about prolonged weakness in the economy caused investors to sell stocks and buy relatively safer investments, including mortgage-backed securities (MBS). This, plus the fact that the Fed purchased more MBS than in any prior week, resulted in mortgage rates falling a little during the week.
For months, leading economists have […]
Here is the information for functions and events around Texas in March.
MARCH
01 ABILENE Silver Spur Gun & Blade Show, (806) 253-1322
01 AUSTIN Zilker Park Kite Festival, (512) 448-5483, www.zilkerkitefestival.com
01 ODESSA Camp Marfa: Big Painters, (432) 552-3288
01 WINDTHORST Homemade German Sausage Meal, (940) 423-6444
02 DRIFTWOOD An Evening in the Vineyard, (512) 858-1506, www.theburkecenter.org
02 HUNTSVILLE […]
