Austin Business Journal staff - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/austin-business-journal-staff/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:35:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Austin Business Journal staff - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/austin-business-journal-staff/ 32 32 103504436 Amazon testing drone delivery in Texas, California https://houstonnewmedia.org/amazon-testing-drone-delivery-in-texas-california/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amazon-testing-drone-delivery-in-texas-california Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:35:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=60ecc9e96097cad52b9c5b527851dd8e Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is testing drone deliveries in California and Texas, according to an executive.

After the company earlier this year teased upcoming air drone delivery service in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas — two re...

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]]> 505561 Report: Elon Musk plans to move to Texas https://houstonnewmedia.org/report-elon-musk-plans-to-move-to-texas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-elon-musk-plans-to-move-to-texas Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:40:08 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6b95a065371293cf0056decd54840c10 Tesla CEO Elon Musk may personally trade Silicon Valley for Austin.

CNBC, working off anonymous sources, reported Dec. 4 that the billionaire who also runs SpaceX and The Boring Co. has put his California houses on the market this year and he has told...

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]]> 94056 Tesla confirms it will build $1.1B factory in Austin https://houstonnewmedia.org/tesla-confirms-it-will-build-1-1b-factory-in-austin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tesla-confirms-it-will-build-1-1b-factory-in-austin Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:35:19 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5f4be0b500518e9cef06f484f960bbbd Tesla intends to build a 4 million- to 5 million-square-foot manufacturing facility on a site off the State Highway 130 toll road near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The $1.1 billion project could employ about 5,000 workers with an average ann...

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]]> 61398 It’s official: US is in a recession https://houstonnewmedia.org/its-official-us-is-in-a-recession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-official-us-is-in-a-recession Tue, 09 Jun 2020 13:46:55 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7879b210ed046d3a13ad124b453f0aae America's longest economic expansion is officially done.

The National Bureau of Economic Research declared June 8 that a recession began in February — roughly a month before cities started taking drastic action to shield themselves from the Covid-19 p...

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]]> 50899 BBVA to open more Texas branches, including in Houston area https://houstonnewmedia.org/bbva-to-open-more-texas-branches-including-in-houston-area/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbva-to-open-more-texas-branches-including-in-houston-area Fri, 15 May 2020 18:49:53 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d8e12e308e229a6b2d8030ae6b786dfd BBVA USA plans to open 15 new branches in Texas, including several in the Houston area.

The Birmingham Business Journal reported May 13 that the Alabama State Banking Department has approved the de novo branches for the bank, which has its headquarter...

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