Drew Hansen - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/drew-hansen/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:40:24 +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 Drew Hansen - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/drew-hansen/ 32 32 103504436 White House offers buyouts to federal workers. Here’s how many are in Houston. https://houstonnewmedia.org/white-house-offers-buyouts-to-federal-workers-heres-how-many-are-in-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-house-offers-buyouts-to-federal-workers-heres-how-many-are-in-houston Wed, 29 Jan 2025 23:40:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b4037fc77747166176d83b04019ca88f The White House is offering buyouts and several months of pay to federal civilian employees. Here's how many federal employees work in the Houston area.

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]]> 891608 Federal government shutdown could prove quite costly https://houstonnewmedia.org/federal-government-shutdown-could-prove-quite-costly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federal-government-shutdown-could-prove-quite-costly Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:50:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b9f09aeec08ef16ba5aca97f7a37eee9 The White House has told agencies to prepare for a shutdown — and this one would be different than the last.

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]]> 665593 American Airlines fined $4.1M for tarmac delays, including incidents at Bush Intercontinental https://houstonnewmedia.org/american-airlines-fined-4-1m-for-tarmac-delays-including-incidents-at-bush-intercontinental/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-airlines-fined-4-1m-for-tarmac-delays-including-incidents-at-bush-intercontinental Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:00:58 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fa6b2b9bfaefd7f6567c5e448bcbf4b3 The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier was fined for more than 40 incidents between 2018 and 2021.

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]]> 652313 CoStar in talks to buy operator of Realtor.com from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp https://houstonnewmedia.org/costar-in-talks-to-buy-operator-of-realtor-com-from-rupert-murdochs-news-corp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=costar-in-talks-to-buy-operator-of-realtor-com-from-rupert-murdochs-news-corp Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:07:31 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=0f87295695dc0cd5e74eeb1a5b5feadc The D.C. commercial real estate data company wants to grow in the residential space.

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]]> 531491 Can Fuddruckers make a comeback? This D.C. business owner is going to give it a try. https://houstonnewmedia.org/can-fuddruckers-make-a-comeback-this-d-c-business-owner-is-going-to-give-it-a-try/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-fuddruckers-make-a-comeback-this-d-c-business-owner-is-going-to-give-it-a-try Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:55:15 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=2eaf0c8741de5166155ca4cdd2026efa The burger chain once had more than 500 locations. Today, it is down to just 92.

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]]> 141107 Newly signed Houston Texans player buys small stake in D.C. United https://houstonnewmedia.org/newly-signed-houston-texans-player-buys-small-stake-in-d-c-united/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=newly-signed-houston-texans-player-buys-small-stake-in-d-c-united Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:45:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=9f98de06ac00cf0f737d33ae1cf79fc9 The deal reportedly values the Major League Soccer franchise at $710 million.

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]]> 132464 Regal Cinemas to temporarily close all U.S. theaters https://houstonnewmedia.org/regal-cinemas-to-temporarily-close-all-u-s-theaters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regal-cinemas-to-temporarily-close-all-u-s-theaters Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:29:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=96a3cffada69ae3569c07520a875df32 The parent company of Regal Cinemas, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is suspending operations at all of its locations in the U.S. starting Thursday, Oct. 8.

The chain counts 27 theaters across Texas, including five in the Houston a...

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]]> 79272 3 local Microsoft stores won’t reopen as tech giant moves away from brick-and-mortar retail https://houstonnewmedia.org/3-local-microsoft-stores-wont-reopen-as-tech-giant-moves-away-from-brick-and-mortar-retail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-local-microsoft-stores-wont-reopen-as-tech-giant-moves-away-from-brick-and-mortar-retail Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:10:59 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=63d19d02bb1d0643434765d88d57cec1 Microsoft Corp. is closing its physical retail stores around the world.

The Redmond, Washington-based technology giant announced June 26 it will permanently close all of its Microsoft Store locations, with the exception of locations in New York City,...

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]]> 55468 CoStar is banking on distressed property market with $190M deal https://houstonnewmedia.org/costar-is-banking-on-distressed-property-market-with-190m-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=costar-is-banking-on-distressed-property-market-with-190m-deal Thu, 14 May 2020 19:38:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=daa7335757db59c7fbc3e6f29afdaff3 Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate data firm CoStar Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGP) is acquiring divisions of Ten-X LLC for $190 million in cash.

CoStar is picking up the information, analytics and online marketplace divisions related to commerc...

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