http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Austin Business Journal : breaking news from Austin http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily55.html?ana=from_rss Texas billionaire and energy efficiency advocate T. Boone Pickens called President-Elect Barack Obama’s speech on the economy a step in the right direction on Thursday. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:46:06 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily54.html?ana=from_rss Austin’s share of sales tax allocations for January dropped 7.2 percent from January 2007, data from the Texas Comptroller’s office shows. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:48:20 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily53.html?ana=from_rss Circuit City Stores Inc. said it is in talks with two parties that could buy the bankrupt consumer electronics chain. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:20:44 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily52.html?ana=from_rss Francisco Cigarroa was named chancellor of The University of Texas System, becoming the first Hispanic to head a major public university system in the country. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:17:09 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily51.html?ana=from_rss Lennar Corp. shares took a beating Friday morning after self-proclaimed fraud buster Barry Minkow criticized the financial structure of some of its deals. (LEN) Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:19:18 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily50.html?ana=from_rss Dell Inc. has acquired the Microsoft IT consulting and solutions segments of a Pittsburgh company for $12 million in stock. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:15:29 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily49.html?ana=from_rss The nation lost more than half a million jobs last month, while the unemployment rate soared to 7.2 percent, it was announced Friday morning. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:10:37 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily48.html?ana=from_rss Two departing senior executives of Dell Inc. are getting a combined $11.3 million in severance pay, according to a federal filing. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:21:11 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily46.html?ana=from_rss About two-thirds of U.S. non-residential construction companies plan to lay off workers in 2009 in response to the slumping economy and a slowdown in the number of active projects, according to a survey released Thursday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:25:32 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/01/05/daily45.html?ana=from_rss Three private Texas universities made Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s 100 Best Values in Private Colleges list for 2008-09. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:43:59 GMT