International Business News - TX http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Gov. Rick Perry and the state comptroller warned Wednesday that the national economic crisis is starting to seep into state government, but they said Texas is in better position than most states to weather the storm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/texas-leaders-economic-crisis-seeping-into-govt.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:34:52 EST Washington Mutual revealed Tuesday that despite nationwide layoffs it is keeping open a regional operations center in San Antonio that employs 1,800 people and is at the core of its job creation agreement with the state of Texas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/washington-mutual-keeping-san-antonio-center-open.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:15:52 EST The Whataburger hamburger chain is moving its corporate headquarters form Corpus Christi to San Antonio. According to a company statement, the move will be made gradually as early as next year. Meanwhile, the Corpus Christi home office will continue to function during the transition. The move will affect 250 headquarters workers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/whataburger-to-move-headquarters-to-san-antonio.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:37:40 EST Last summer, visions of tax rebates danced in the heads of Republican leaders at the mere mention of an $11 billion state budget surplus. Texas, they claimed, had dodged the national meltdown. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/storm-health-care-strain-upcoming-texas-budget.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:26:44 EST A 20 percent salary cut wasn't enough to make Scott Fuchs skip his family's longtime tradition of a Thanksgiving reunion. The 49-year-old computer programmer from the Dallas suburb of Plano was at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Wednesday, preparing to board a plane for South Florida with his wife and two children. The family was having to stretch for the roughly $2,000 the trip would cost, Fuchs said, but it was worth it for an annual trek now at 20-something years and counting. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/texas-holiday-fliers-forging-ahead-despite-economy.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:28:13 EST The state's pecan crop is one of the smallest in years, but the holidays won't be ruined if you want to gobble the sweet goodness of pecan pie or give away festive tins of the salty treats. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/meager-texas-pecan-crop-saved-by-last-years-nuts.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:09:14 EST Texas manufacturers are painting a bleak picture of current and future factory activity in the nation's No. 2 state for production. A Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas survey released Monday says Texas businesses are reporting sharp drops in most indicators of current activity. And nearly two-thirds of the 101 firms responding to the November Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey said their evaluation of general business activity had worsened. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/survey-says-texas-manufacturing-outlook-is-bleak.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:02:17 EST Texas' unemployment rate increased to 5.6 percent in October, up 0.5 percent from the previous month because of Hurricane Ike and national economic trends, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/texas-jobless-rate-rises-to-5-6-percent-in-october.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:04:56 EST Lawmakers must be held accountable if they don't keep their promises of easing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/pickens-says-lawmakers-must-create-energy-plan.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:53 EST Gov. Rick Perry's office says it is closely watching Washington Mutual's compliance with its state contract to create thousands of jobs in Texas now that has been taken over by banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/wamu-unclear-about-texas-jobs-despite-contract.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:46:37 EST In a sign that the economic meltdown is seeping deeper into Texas, top state leaders portrayed a gloomy economic outlook Friday as they adopted their spending cap for the next two-year spending cycle. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/economic-meltdown-seeping-into-texas.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:36:32 EST Women who want to terminate their pregnancy in Texas would be required to listen for the heartbeat and get ultrasound images made of the fetus before undergoing the procedure, under new anti-abortion measures proposed Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/anti-abortion-business-measures-proposed-in-texas.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:02:31 EST A former El Paso Corp. energy trader has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in a fake trades case. Donald Burwell of Richardson was sentenced Monday. Burwell pleaded guilty in 2006 to one count of reporting fake trade data to an industry publication that uses the information to calculate natural gas index prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/former-el-paso-corp-trader-gets-10-months-prison.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:59:44 EST The mother of a teen killed in a crash is suing a restaurant where the other driver allegedly drank too much before the head-on collision. Ercilia Velora Norrid seeks up to $7 million and other damages in her wrongful death and negligence suit against Wingsport LP, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/texas-restaurant-sued-after-teens-killed-in-crash.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:53:35 EST Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega denounced Republican Sen. John Cornyn Thursday for saying that some concerns over the sagging economy are "Chicken Little comments" that are "overblown." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/texas-sen-cornyn-comments-on-economy-overblown.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:11:18 EDT At a time when Gov. Rick Perry is ordering state agencies to cut their budgets and brace for economic decline, the Texas House of Representatives is renovating its members lounge with new furnishings, televisions, a refrigerator and other upgrades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/tax-dollars-used-to-fix-texas-house-lounge.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:06:06 EDT While the nation focuses on the increasingly tense presidential race, Texas voters next month also will shape the way the oil and gas industry is regulated in the state and whether evolution is taught in public schools. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/texas-ed-oil-board-incumbents-fight-challengers.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:18:23 EDT A former director of Downtown Waco Inc. faces up to 10 years in prison for stealing from the economic development group. Jury selection begins Nov. 3 in the penalty phase for 67-year-old Margaret Mills of Waco. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/ex-waco-civic-leader-pleads-guilty-to-felony-theft.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:46:37 EDT Dallas Area Rapid Transit usage, including the state's largest municipal rail system, rose this year as higher fuel prices led more people to park and ride. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/dallas-area-rapid-transit-ridership-up-in-fy-08.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:15:25 EDT For years the Texas Legislature has resisted calls to publish politicians' personal financial information on the Internet. But the modern world caught up with state lawmakers Wednesday, when a fledgling watchdog group posted the disclosures online. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/texas-politicians-disclosures-finally-on-internet.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:13:51 EDT