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Previous: September 3, 2010

Friday 09.10.2010

• Houston ranked No. 2 in population growth
• Champion scores youth soccer sponsorship
• Transocean shares rise on news of dividend appeal
• Continental, Teamsters reach tentative labor agreement
• More sales tax money headed to Houston
• Readers agree with a Texas governor term limit, survey says
• Dynegy gets federal nod for Blackstone deal
• Burleson Cooke makes Pittsburgh expansion
• Enbridge tackles second Lakehead oil leak
• Houston motorists still paying less at the pump
• CenterPoint Energy offers discounts to major retailers [Blog: Houston BizBlog]
• Sparling sets up shop in Houston
• BP delays 3Q results due to Gulf oil spill complexities [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Metro light rail lines face further delays [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Soros, other funds buy stakes in Far East Energy
• Conroe OKs hiring freeze for city positions [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Real estate agents swarm Galveston for Texas convention [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• NASA contract workers get grants to aid in job search [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP still intends to finish off Macondo relief well [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• EPA to investigate chemicals used to extract natural gas [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• HP Russia bribe probe expands [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP attorneys had input in company's oil spill investigation report [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Lesar sells $2.3M Halliburton shares [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]

Thursday 09.09.2010

• Halliburton CEO Lasar makes $2.3M stock sale
• Men's Wearhouse shares gain on 2Q results
• Houston Astros fans hope to break world harmonica-playing record [Blog: Houston BizBlog]
• Targa Resources Investments plan $300M IPO
• Another Mariner platform catches fire
• Traffic fatalities drop in Texas
• Bristow inks $1.3B of helicopter work
• Roger Clemens probe widens to Toronto [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• British MPs to put BP's Hayward on the hot seat [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Obama proposes closing energy tax loophole to boost economy [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Mall of the Mainland may have new owner [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Houston draws low ranking as tourist destination [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP report lays groundwork of liability issues in Gulf rig disaster [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Offshore drilling agency often skipped procedures, report says [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP report faults Halliburton role in Gulf rig disaster [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• U.S. refiners cut crude processing rates amid fuel glut [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Chemico moves headquarters from Corpus to Katy [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Power3 to absorb biotech firm Rozetta-Cell [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Chemico relocates from Corpus Christi to Katy

Wednesday 09.08.2010

• Power3 to acquire Rozetta-Cell
• Nabors Industries gets credit downgrades
• LINN makes $750M debt offering
• Wal-Mart to hire 450 for new North Houston store
• Oracle's Ellison blasts HP over Hurd lawsuit
• Baylor College of Medicine gets two NIH grants
• David Crowley to lead Eventure
• Oil surplus gains due to increased supply, flat demand [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP shares on rise after ratings upgrade [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Oracle could pay Hurd as much as $10M [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP spreads blame in report on Gulf oil disaster [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP continues blame game in oil spill investigation report
• Mitchell Properties negotiates deal over Galveston downtown bus station [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Traffic on rise at Houston airports [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Regulators say drilling ban likely in place until November [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP oil spill did not create Gulf 'dead zones,' study finds [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Harris County files pollution suit against Equistar [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]

Tuesday 09.07.2010

• Equistar sued by Harris County for illegal pollution
• Continental makes adjustments due to Tropical Storm Hermine
• HP sues Hurd over Oracle job
• BP ready to reveal its take on Gulf oil spill cause
• LINN makes $350M asset purchase
• Tessada to lay off 166 in Houston
• Some Texas Big Brothers Big Sisters form combined agency
• SAE Towers to change hands
• CEO Kunik to leave Sharps Compliance
• Enterprise GP inks $8B buyout with Enterprise Products Partners
• Houston ranks among most stressed cities, report says [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Moody Gardens attendance up 10 percent on Labor Day weekend [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• UTMB reports progress on Hurricane Ike repairs [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Local breweries move toward use of cans over bottles [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall near U.S.-Mexico border [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Obama to tout new business tax breaks [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Former HP CEO Hurd joins Oracle [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Houston employers tentative on hiring, manpower survey says [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Houston companies hedge on hiring, manpower survey says

Friday 09.03.2010

• NASA sends team to help trapped miners
• Feds investigating Mariner platform fire
• You say you want a revolution? The Spindletop is back [Blog: Houston BizBlog]
• Continental to recall pilots, union says
• Houston’s economy headed ‘nowhere,’ readers say
• Houston motorists get treat at pump for Labor Day
• BP Gulf oil spill costs reach $8B
• Buyers get stamp of approval for post office building [Blog: Houston BizBlog]
• World Cup officials to inspect Houston sites
• Records show this wasn't Mariner's first accident [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• HP out in front for 3Par after Dell drops back [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BHP Billiton sets sights on Anadarko - report [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• A timeline of U.S. energy disasters so far in 2010 [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Drilling ban may hurt BP's chances of repaying all damages [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• TapcoEnpro breaks ground in Baytown [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• It's more like an un-happy Labor Day, U.S. Chamber says [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Coast Guard to fly over Mariner platform

Thursday 09.02.2010

• TapcoEnpro breaks ground on Baytown facility
• HP in front in bidding war for 3Par after Dell drops back
• Enterprise to service EOG shale production
• Houston drivers may be accident prone
• George R. Brown Convention Center Web site goes mobile
• MEI Technologies opens San Antonio office
• Reliant to light up Rockets, Toyota Center
• Mariner Energy platform catches fire in Gulf of Mexico
• Cal Dive awarded $56M Bahamas contract
• Chesmar Homes sets new Woodlands project
• Texas cracking down on tinted window rule [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Pressure is on for Gulf well cap removal [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Clean energy technology could be the new oil [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Goodman Manufacturing faces OSHA fine [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Southern Star to look for gas under Houston parks [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Traffic really is that bad in Harris County - TxDOT [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP set to remove failed blowout preventer [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Transocean relocates first Gulf oil rig [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Orion unit earns Naval facility contract

Wednesday 09.01.2010

• Harris County tops list of bad Texas traffic spots [Blog: Houston BizBlog]
• Waste Management buys stake in Garick
• Smashburger sets sights on Cypress
• BBVA, Amegy parent make list of top banks
• BAE receives $629M vehicle order
• Champion inks Illinois electricity deal
• BP to sell certain Malaysia assets to Petronas
• Halliburton grabs another Iraq contract
• 10 mistakes small business start-ups make [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• United Space Alliance contract extended [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP to release 'lessons learned' Gulf oil spill report [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• U.S. Concrete emerges from bankruptcy [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Cities protest CenterPoint rate hike [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Casinos would help Galveston businesses, chamber members say [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• First humanlike robot to go into space [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]

Tuesday 08.31.2010

• Westlake set to build $300M Louisiana vinyl plant
• Olive Garden opens Baytown ‘Tuscan’ eatery
• AmREIT to rebuild Randalls at Woodlake Square
• Endeavour finds U.K. buyer for Cygnus asset
• KBR wins stimulus contract from Rockwood
• NASA Johnson Space Center earns more gold for going ‘green’
• Clearwire brings Rover to Houston
• HBJ crowns top woman-owned businesses [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Could 2010 be the year to make U.S. power deals? [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Angelika Film Center looks for a new home [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Gov't considers grading cars on fuel efficiency [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Houston Chrysler dealer wants to sell Fiat [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Pattern Energy picking up T. Boone Pickens' steam [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]

Monday 08.30.2010

• Jefferson ramps up Firethorne homes
• Noble shares rise on analyst report
• Pogge Marketing becomes Strike Marketing
• Reliant Energy to donate $10M to schools
• KiOR to build Mississippi renewable crude oil plants
• American Petroleum Institute hosts job rally
• Angelika theater shuts down
• HCC Insurance unit opens Arizona office
• Continental sets frequent flyer deal with Aeromar
• ConocoPhillips, OU in biocorrosion center deal
• Vivante acquired by Swiss pharma company
• Smith Intl. is now a Schlumberger company [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Roger Clemens to be arraigned [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Lease termination shuts down Angelika Film Center [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Gulf oil spill companies play dueling banjos [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Continental-United merger approved by U.S. regulators [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Liberty Property signs first tenant for Round Up Business Park

Friday 08.27.2010

• Continental, United to lease flights to Southwest
• BP moves forward with blowout preventer removal
• Rick's Cabaret NY named 'Best Gentleman's Club' of Northeast
• Men's Wearhouse gets stock boost from upgrade
• Spirit of Texas Bank opens new branch
• 12% of Houston homes underwater
• Houston home to cheapest gas in Texas
• Hurd filed to sell $30M in stock after HP exit
• M-I SWACO gets hit with lawsuit by Florida developer [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• EPA takes over cleanup of abandoned NW Houston plant [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• YMCA Houston defends CEO's $661K salary [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Hand doc barred from seeing family after assault [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• BP narrowly missed another Gulf disaster - witness [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]
• Witness: Stanford financial data was bogus [Blog: HBJ Morning Call]