Daily Archives: September 24, 2003

Perry promotes Texas economy

Our only Governor is up in New York talking up the Texas business climate. Perry, addressing the Governor’s Summit on Economic Development and Tourism, said the trip is part of an “aggressive” new $5 million marketing campaign called Texas One … Continue reading Continue reading

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Republican infighting

Remember Thomas Whaley, the State Republican Executive Board member who came under fire for allegations that he had secretly taped SREC meetings which contained embarrassing statements by the GOP leadership and gave the tapes to the Houston Chronicle? Well, we … Continue reading Continue reading

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Do Not Call on hold

This is annoying – a federal judge has ruled that the FTC lacks the authority to enforce the national do-not-call registry. FTC chairman Timothy Muris said the agency disputed the court decision, arguing that the do-not-call registry was created as … Continue reading Continue reading

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CDs vs. DVDs

I’ve written before about why I think the music industry is in such disarray, and yesterday I came across this Denver Post article (link via Brad deLong) which sums it up as well as anything I’ve seen, starting with the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Senate approves Staples map

I’ve been under the weather the past two days, so I don’t quite have the energy to do my usual thing on this, but late last night the Senate approved a slightly modified version of the Staples map by an … Continue reading Continue reading

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