The state collected $1.52 billion in October, or 12.8 percent less than the same month a year ago.
Prestige Ameritech has been growing to meet demand for surgical masks.
The rising unemployment rate could threaten the recovery if it saps consumer confidence.
The $24 billion stimulus bill extends unemployment assistance by 14 weeks.
They're competing for choice parcels even in foreclosure-riddled markets such as Las Vegas.
BNSF is doing fine, so why does it want Buffett?
The railroad doesn’t need a suitor or white knight. But if Warren Buffett calls, how do you say no?
Camp Bowie District Inc. gets new leadership
Lisa Powers takes over from Brandy O’Quinn, president for nine years.
Retailers serving up holiday deals online
Ghosts and goblins may be gone for now, but that doesn't mean some favorite retailers aren't returning from the dead ahead of this holiday shopping season.
Real estate: QuikTrip follows through on deal to buy land, replace adult businesses
But work can't begin until 2012, when the second of the two businesses is to close.
Ice Sculptors at Gaylord Texan Hotel.
Chinese sculptors carve "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas in ice.
Day in Pictures Nov. 7, 2009
Unique photos from around the world.
A day at the races
Three NASCAR events at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday made for a full day of revving and racing
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Former Cliburn head to play role in reviving once-prestigious Tchaikovsky competition
Just a few days before the April telephone call, Richard Rodzinski had read a lengthy profile of famed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
