Texas Economy Cooling, But Still Creating Jobs

According to the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M, Texas gained 154,600 jobs from December 2007 to December 2008, while the U. S. economy lost more than 2.8 million jobs over the same period.  Also during the same period, the state’s unemployment rate rose from 4.2% to 6%, and the U.S. rate went up to [...]

Let’s Start 2009 with some Good News

According to an article in US News & World Report by Matthew Bandyk, Texas is one of the top or best states for starting up a business.  One important reason is that Texas companies are able to do a large amount of business in a global way.  Texas has the most globe-focused manufacturing sector in [...]