Results tagged “economydeathwatch”

"Participating in drive by's during this financial pinch, there may not be any local businesses left when this recession ends and life resumes" says Torchy, Shuggie's cousin. "It's a shame to see a good business die like this, it sucks. Shuggie was a good person and I'll miss him... or her, we were never really sure."

Discount airliner VivaAerobus, which launched last year amidst a splashy ad campaign touting flights to Cancun for less than ten bucks, announced today that it is axing all flights to and from Austin at the end of the month and abandoning the city altogether.

• Seeking an "unfiltered forum", Palin signs book deal to write her memoirs
• Americans not concerned with diversity on Supreme Court, poll shows
• Records show billions withdrawn before Madoff arrest: Why this may be good news

Low turnout for early voting so far. Firefighters talk about yesterday's apartment fire. DPS director resigns amid allegations of touching women in his office inappropriately and other unprofessional behavior. Bill up before state legislature would require sex offenders to register online. Hill Country Galleria files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. UT student may have swine flu. Do you know how much your school district superintendent makes?

• First US swine flu death was a Mexican toddler being treated in a Houston hospital
• Specter's switch likely to have limited impact on energy, climate bills
• Time magazine offers a day-by-day look at Obama's first 100 days in office

• Mexican swine flu spreads to U.S., Europe
• ZOMG, we're doomed part 2: Swine flu dampens hopes for economy
• Obama health team hampered as flu hits

As part of its bankruptcy reorganization, national specialty camera retailer Ritz Camera is closing nearly over 300 of its stores, leaving just over half of its current outlets open.

• The UAW. Definitely the root of the problem.
• Stimulus money: England may be fresh out.
• Hundreds of people leaving Libya in boats to try to migrate to Europe may have been killed.

• Governor Perry looks stimulus gift horse in mouth, sends it trotting back to Washington.
• Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cattle rustlers…because they’ll get caught!
• If this bill passes the Lege, UT could change motto to, “Come Early, Be Loud, Pack Heat.”

• We only thought the hail was gone: on the surprise showers and hail this morning.
• Round Rock cutting down on school bus routes.
• Veteran political reporter part of the cuts at the ; today was Clay Robison's last day.

• Credit card numbers stolen from Magnolia Cafe on S. Congress (and CT Nail Salon on N. Lamar).
• Counterfeit $50 bills used in Giddings.
• Cop pulls gun on Texans player (and his wife) as the player was stopped on the way to visit his mother-in-law in a Plano hospital.

• The State Senate has passed the needle exchange bill.
• Texas Lege moving slower than usual than session.
• State audit: funds meant for border security were spent elsewhere.

• Treasury secretary says AIG executives must pay back bonus money
• Austrian man pleads guilty to imprisoning his daughter and fathering seven children with her
• Madagascar military hands power to opposition leader

• An enemy combatant rose by any other name...
• Red Cross: Detainees at "black sites" tortured
• Obama to appear on "Tonight Show", discuss economy, possibly marmosets.

• German teen warned of school attack.
• Madoff actually shows up for his hearing.
• Forbes billionaire list is not recession proof.

• Dell to lay off hundreds of employees.
• New Austin superintendent hasn't stuck with a position for longer than 3 years since the mid-90's.
• When you went to bed last night, the State Senate was still working on the Voter ID bill.

Employment services company Manpower Inc.'s latest report, derived from data gathered from over 30,000 companies around the country, finds that 17% of local businesses are looking to add staff "in coming months," while 10% believe they'll be laying off additional workers from April through June. Most of the remainder of those polled believe they'll keep their existing headcounts.

• IMF says world economy will shrink this year.
• Obama to speak on education; won't touch No Child Left Behind.
• Merck to get bigger.

• Man tries to hide his baggie where the sun don't shine during strip search at Travis County Jail, police make him take a laxative.
• Taylor man arrested for housing 277 pot plants (as well as illegal firearms) on his property.
• Manor High School student tries to sell pot in class.

• Prop. 8 supporters have the backlash blues.
• CNBC's Rick Santelli shouldn't have stood up the yesterday...
• Venezuela's Prez Chavez wants to nationalize Cargill.

• Nearly 700,000 private-sector jobs were lost in February
• 1 in 5 U.S. homeowners owe more than their property is worth
• War crimes warrant issued for the president of Sudan

• Unseasonably warm weather today, but a cold front is coming!
• Soft toilet paper makes polar bears cry.
• City of Austin to take, dole out fed funding.

• Obama delivering a sort of state of the union speech tonight to Congress and America.
• Obama administration may set national policy for automobile emissions standards.
• Rupert Murdoch himself personally apologizes for last week's controversial cartoon in the New York Post.

Making bomb jokes at the security checkpoint at ABIA is not a bright idea. 50-year-old woman charged with impersonating an officer to steal a stereo. Federal judge in Houston pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, retires from bench; now he doesn't have to face trial over sexual abuse accusations. Car accident this morning on E. 51st Street leaves one driver dead and another injured. Gov. Perry picky about which parts of the stimulus package he plans to accept. Spansion announces layoffs. Two State Reps propose changes for state schools.

You may be SOL if you had paid Image Tile for work yet to be done. Three men put out a truck fire in South Austin yesterday, saving the life of the passenger. Austin man steals $178,000 worth of NASCAR tickets and tries to sell them on Craigslist. Body found 26 years ago finally identified. Austin marathon will have many streets closed on Sunday. City Council postpones public hearing and vote on Wildflower Commons. How the recession will affect Texas social services programs.

• Pres gets sorta apocalyptic with it.
• GM cuts 10,000 jobs - of the management variety.
• Good to see the energy efficiency question is still out there, despite cheap gas.

• NPR: "More Americans lost jobs in January than in any month in the past 34 years."
• Austin a location contender for possible car battery manufacturing plant.
• ACC breaks ground on Round Rock campus.

Obama apologizes for not scrutinizing some of his Cabinet picks close enough. Immigrant raid program that was supposed to focus on criminals and terrorism suspects ended up going after those with no criminal record and no deportation orders, because they were easier to find. Government to set cap on executive pay for companies receiving bailout funds. JPMorgan Chase CEO says general criticism of executive pay is not fair. Google Earth now includes the oceans. Shocker: Nadya Suleman (the woman who just had octuplets) shopping around for a media deal. Eminem: The fall and rise of a superstar

This can only benefit KBH: Sarah Palin endorses Gov. Rick Perry for re-election. State lawmakers heart green/solar energy? More on last night's explosion in Hyde Park: high gas costs for the month before led the family to call in a plumber yesterday to check for a leak. APD looking for four men who attacked a couple near Fourth and Colorado on a late Saturday night in January. Austin man turns himself in for charges of making child pornography. How the recession is hurting local nonprofits. Butterfly tagged in Virginia has made its way to Austin.