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Officer who shot chimp had been told to stay away

Jul 25, 2008 3:41 am

A police officer who shot a chimpanzee that had escaped from a Bastrop County research center in March approached the animal despite warnings from an animal capture team to stay in his vehicle, accord...

UT regents honor sailing hero who died

Jul 25, 2008 3:38 am

Roger Stone, an assistant coach and safety officer for the Texas A&M University at Galveston sailing team, saved two students but lost his own life when the Cynthia Woods capsized in the Gulf of M...

UT regents approve plan to sell oil reserves

Jul 25, 2008 2:56 am

University of Texas System regents on Thursday approved a plan to sell a portion of the oil and natural gas reserves beneath the system's vast West Texas lands for about $1 billion.

New Round Rock trustee sees challenges in passing bonds

Jul 25, 2008 2:51 am

Charles Chadwell can remember being a teenager and seeing his 37-year-old father studying at home for his doctorate. He also remembers his mother, when she was in her 50s, going back to college for he...

Higher education notes

Jul 25, 2008 2:48 am

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Long Center seeking $2 million in Austin help for upkeep

Jul 25, 2008 2:47 am

Officials for the 4-month-old Long Center for the Performing Arts have asked the city to donate $2 million worth of lawn care, security and other services to help pay for operations they would otherwi...

Venerable cleaners left hanging by SoCo rent hike

Jul 25, 2008 2:21 am

Soaring rents on trendy SoCo are pressing an ancient dry cleaners out of business like an old pair of pants. On Aug. 1, Washburn's Town & Country Cleaners at 1423 S. Congress Ave. has to move out ...

$600 million streetcar plan offered for Austin

Jul 25, 2008 2:18 am

Central Austin should have a 15.3-mile streetcar system, consultants hired by the Austin City Council told members Thursday, a slight refinement of a proposal that the ROMA Design Group unveiled in Ap...

Action taken by the Austin City Council on Thursday

Jul 25, 2008 1:45 am

At its meeting Thursday, the Austin City Council:

Judge: Blanco EMS director should lose certificate

Jul 25, 2008 1:27 am

A state administrative law judge recommended Thursday that Mark McMain, the emergency services director for portions of southern Blanco County, be stripped of his paramedic certificate.

Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

Excel Energy Technology of Tulsa now part of Site Controls

Jul 24, 2008 7:49 pm

Site Controls Inc., which manages energy for retail chains, has purchased Excel Energy Technologies Ltd. of Tulsa, Okla., for an undisclosed amount.

Fed Chairman Bernanke coming to Austin

Jul 24, 2008 7:44 pm

The Austin Chamber of Commerce is bringing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to Austin.

New leader named for 3M division in Austin

Jul 24, 2008 7:07 pm

Herve Gindre has been appointed to lead 3M's Electronic Solutions Division.

UT-affiliated energy consortium to fund creation of new subsurface mapping technology

Jul 24, 2008 7:05 pm

A research consortium managed out of the University of Texas wants to help fund development of microscale and nanoscale technology capable of mapping underground oil and gas reservoirs.

Southwest's sales up in Q2, but fuel costs cut into profits

Jul 24, 2008 4:51 pm

Southwest Airlines posted second-quarter earnings of $121 million, or 16 cents per share, on revenue of $2.9 billion. That compares with earnings of $195 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, on rev...

Vignette slides to a loss in the second quarter

Jul 24, 2008 4:40 pm

Software developer Vignette Corp.'s bottom line moved into negative territory in the second quarter.

Survey: Pay raises in 2009 to average 3.5%

Jul 24, 2008 4:26 pm

U.S. companies likely will keep pay raises steady in 2009, according to a survey by Arlington, Va. consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (WW)

ArthroCare under scrutiny from the SEC

Jul 24, 2008 3:44 pm

Just days after surgical products maker ArthroCare Corp. said it would have to restate its financial results going back to 2006, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says its looking into the m...

T. Boone Pickens' energy plan gets play in Washington

Jul 24, 2008 3:09 pm

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens told lawmakers that a switch to American-produced energy resources within the next 10 years is necessary to end the nation's crippling $700 billion dependence on ...

Profits drop to $2.1 million at Cirrus Logic

Jul 24, 2008 2:23 pm

Despite a revenue spike last quarter, profits fell 46 percent at Cirrus Logic Inc. due in part to charges related to moving and stock-based compensation for employees.

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