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Argument leads to fatal shooting in SW Houston

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Willie B. Davis, 27, was shot to death after arguing with another man in the parking lot of a southwest Houston office building, police said.

Greenberg Traurig Expands its Houston Office With the Addition of Anthony 'Tony' Guerino

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009

HOUSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominent energy attorney and engineer Anthony M. "Tony" Guerino II, has joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Houston office as a shareholder in the Litigation practice group. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Guerino ...

Energy investment brings Reality Mobile to Houston

bizjournals (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

Herndon, Va.-based Reality Mobile has secured $6.5 million in investment capital from three companies largely rooted in the energy sector, and plans to use part of the money to open an office in Houston.

Houston Mayor: Choosing a Candidate by Style

Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Only three weeks remain until polls open in the city of Houston for voters to choose a man or woman to succeed Bill White as mayor of one of this country's largest cities. Yet, of the voters who even realize Bill White will soon vacate the office, many surely remain undecided still. Sure, many activists are aligned somewhere due to various loyalties, but the general voters have been...

Allegiance opens fifth bank office

The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

A fast-growing start-up community bank is opening its fifth Houston office in only its second year of operation.

Russian gas setups Houston operation

PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009

Houston Chronicle: Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, the U.S. arm of the world's largest natural gas producer — which is majority owned by the Russian government — is ramping up operations in Houston in a big way. The company has signed deals for more than 350 million cubic feet per day of physical supply at several locations around the U.S. and is set to import Russian...

Telerik expands into Houston

bizjournals (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

Telerik has opened a new office in Houston.

Telerik expands into Houston

The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

Telerik has opened a new office in Houston.

ATF: Effort in Houston is helping to fight gun trafficking from US to Mexico drug cartels

Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

Before the extra personnel came to the ATF's Houston office, which includes southern Texas in its jurisdiction, the field division had a backlog of more than 700 gun-trafficking leads received from firearms dealers and tracing requests from Mexico, according to Melson and Ogden. The additional help produced 400 more leads.

‘Worst is behind us,' UH economist says

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

As the U.S. economy stabilizes, most of the key sectors in Houston will show year-over-year job gains by next fall, a local economist predicts.

• Houston Chronicle: ‘Worst is behind us,' UH economist says - Economic Forecasts & Opinions

Workplace coalition helps Latino workers

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Hurricane Ike reconstruction and a slow economy kept the Justice and Equality in the Workplace coalition busy helping Latino workers in the past year. Federal labor and safety officials ordered Houston-area employers to pay more than $1 million in back wages and penalties for discrimination and safety violations based on complaints by the coalition, which comprises consulates of Latin nations,...

Drug bust nets 1,000 pounds of pot

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

FAIRFIELD - Federal drug agents have interrupted the delivery of about 1,000 pounds of marijuana - with a street value of at least $1.5 million - at a local business and believe it was a distribution point for a multistate drug trafficking operation.Last week agents at the Houston office of the Drug Enforcement Administration were searching commercial shipments when they came across crates...

HFF Closes Sale of Nine-Property Texas Self Storage Portfolio

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Houston office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today that it has closed the sale of a nine-property self storage portfolio located in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas. HFF senior managing director Aaron Swerdlin and managing director Doug McCarron led the investment sales team exclusively on behalf of the seller....

The Lanier Law Firm Announces Addition of Appellate Attorney Jack L. White

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

HOUSTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lanier Law Firm is announcing the continued expansion of the firm's Houston office with the addition of appellate practitioner and former U.S. Supreme Court Clerk Jack L. White.

Litigation Team Joins Jones Walker's Houston Office

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

HOUSTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P. announced today that Michael B. Donald, Joshua A. Norris, Amy L. Vazquez, and Nicole M. Duarte have joined the firm and will practice from the firm's Houston office. The four attorneys joined the firm from the Houston office of Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P.,...