AdvisorOne 5 friendliest states for small business KPRC Houston Small businesses ranked Idaho as the friendliest state to set up shop, according to a survey released Tuesday. Other states in the top five were Texas, Oklahoma and Utah -- all of...
AdvisorOne Thumbtack.com gives Hawaii failing grade for business friendliness Pacific Business News Hawaii was one of four states to receive a failing grade on a new survey released by Thumbtack.com, which questioned company owners about their...
AdvisorOne 5 friendliest states for small business KSAT San Antonio Small businesses ranked Idaho as the friendliest state to set up shop, according to a survey released Tuesday. Other states in the top five were Texas, Oklahoma and Utah -- all...
AdvisorOne 5 friendliest states for small business CNNMoney By Parija Kavilanz @CNNMoney May 8, 2012: 11:25 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Small businesses ranked Idaho as the friendliest state to set up shop, according to a survey released...
AdvisorOne Survey: Oklahoma City Tops for Small Business Wall Street Journal By ANGUS LOTEN Small businesses in Oklahoma City may be less frustrated with local regulations than small businesses elsewhere. Local business owners gave Oklahoma City...
Modesto Bee Elmira-area letter carriers to collect donations for food pantries Elmira Star-Gazette Residents in the Twin Tiers will have a chance to help out area food pantries this weekend, courtesy of their letter carriers. Local carriers, in...
Morristown Green Stamp Out Hunger set Brazil Times Postal carriers across the nation will take part in the annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger food drive Saturday, May 12. In Clay County, those interested in...
New York Daily News Spirit Airlines caves, agrees to refund dying veteran s ticket New York Daily News Spirit Airlines caved to public backlash Friday, agreeing to break its policy and refund the ticket of a terminally ill 76-year-old veteran...
msnbc.com Chesapeake CEO Apologizes for Distractions Wall Street Journal By BEN LEFEBVRE HOUSTON—Chesapeake Energy Corp. Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon Wednesday apologized to investors for what he called distractions in the wake of news...
CNBC.com Fed Hawk and Dove Agree: No More Easing CNBC.com Two top Federal Reserve officials — one with a dovish, employment-focused bent, and the other a self-avowed inflation hawk — on Monday both said they see no need for the US central bank to...
Globe and Mail Energy Transfer Partners to buy Sunoco for $5.3B BusinessWeek Natural gas company Energy Transfer Partners is buying Sunoco in a deal valued at about $5.3 billion. The acquisition would expand the footprint of the Dallas company in...
MiamiHerald.com Exxon Mobil 1Q Profit Falls 11%; Misses Views Wall Street Journal (Updates share price in fourth paragraph and adds information about project start-up dates in 13th paragraph.) By Isabel Ordonez HOUSTON (Dow Jones) Exxon Mobil...
Bloomberg TI reports financial results for 1Q12 Sacramento Bee By Texas Instruments Incorporated DALLAS, April 23, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced first-quarter revenue of $3.12 billion,...
Fort Worth Star Telegram Lockheed Martin s Texas machinists vote to strike Houston Chronicle FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Workers who make aircraft at Lockheed Martin have rejected the company s final contract offer and voted to go on strike....
Fort Worth Star Telegram Lockheed Martin Machinists On Strike 33 KDAF-TV Lockheed Martin s largest union is hitting the picket lines at 12:01am Monday. The machinists local 776 voted overwhelmingly to strike. Sunday afternoon, 96% of IAM 776 voted...
USA TODAY US Airways prepares for takeover of American Airlines Las Vegas Review - Journal By MARY SCHLANGENSTEIN DALLAS - US Airways Group moved closer to making a takeover offer for AMR s American Airlines in bankruptcy, saying it reached...
Globe and Mail US Airways takes a step toward merging with American Airlines Philadelphia Inquirer By Paul Nussbaum American Airlines employees help passengers check in at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Dallas. US Airways has struck deals with...
Financial Times Chesapeake Falls After Reuters Reports CEO Loans: Dallas Mover Bloomberg Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK), the second-largest US natural-gas producer, fell after a news report that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aubrey...
Bloomberg Citigroup loses advisory vote on exec compensation Reuters * Only 45 pct of shareholders for compensation plan * Chairman Parsons calls outcome serious matter * Say on Pay referendum required by SEC Dodd-Frank rule (Adds lawyers...
USA TODAY Twinkies maker Hostess gives unions final offer Boston.com By David Koenig AP Business Writer / April 14, 2012 DALLAS—The company that makes Twinkies, Wonder bread and Ding Dongs says it s making a final offer to workers to accept...