Conference:
Outlook for Texas Land Markets
Nationally renowned speakers will discuss the social and economic
health of rural Texas communities and the strength of land markets
April 29–30 during the “14th Annual Outlook for Texas Land Markets.”
The day-and-a-half conference will be held at the Annenberg
Presidential Conference Center near the George Bush Presidential
Library in College Station. To register,
click here. For
more information, download the
brochure
or call 979-845-9691.
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Goodbye and good riddance to garage-door
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with the garage as the most prominent feature. My idea of curb
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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
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RECON – News Highlights
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J.C. PENNEY TO SELL
ECKERD
PLANO, Texas (Star-Telegram.com) – Plano-based J.C. Penney Co.
announced yesterday that it plans to sell its Eckerd division
because of the drugstore chain’s poor performance.
VOUGHT CREATING
NORTH TEXAS JOBS
DALLAS (Vought Aircraft Industries) – Vought Aircraft
Industries, an aerostructures manufacturing company, will
receive a $35 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund,
which is administered by Texas Gov. Rick Perry's office. In
addition to the grant, Vought will work with the governor's
office, the General Land Office and several other Texas state
agencies to facilitate the creation of 3,000 new jobs in Texas
by the end of 2009.
EXISTING HOME, NEW
HOME SALES COOL
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NAHB.org) – New-home sales dipped slightly in
January following last quarter’s hot sales pace but remained
well above last year's pace. The seasonally adjusted annual rate
of new single-family homes sales was more than 1.1 million, the
Commerce Department reported, down 1.7 percent from December's
upwardly-revised rate but 9.6 percent above the January 2003
rate.
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