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Thursday, February 25, 2010, 9:58am CST Facebook opening 200-person Austin office Austin Business Journal - by Jacob Dirr Staff Writer Facebook is creating 200 jobs in Austin, thanks to a $1.4 million incentive from the state of Texas. The move will be the first major U.S. expansion outside of Palo Alto, Calif., where the company is headquartered, ...

Best and Worst Bang for the Buck Citiesby Abha Bhattarai Wednesday, October 15, 2008 provided by © ShutterstockYour money will go farthest in Austin.The economic storm sweeping the country has left Americans with few places to hide.But those looking to hunker down might want to head to Texas, where they can get the best value for their ...

Austin gives preliminary OK to new zoning near rail stopsAustin Business Journal The Austin City Council on April 10 gave preliminary approval for new zoning plans at future stops on the commuter rail, due to begin service this fall. The plans, which must be voted on a second time before they are final, are for half-mile radius areas around ...

    Austin Business Journal 3/27/2008   Employment in the Austin area increased by 3.2 percent in the last year, according to the latest labor market figures.   The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area had about 767,600 jobs as of February, that's 6,400 more than January and 24,100 more than in February 2007. ...

Take Control: Where are the hot jobs? Once again Austin, Texas proves to be untouchable compared to the rest of the nation! ABC NEWS March 12, 2008 Top 5 Cities to Find a Job:   1. Salt Lake City, Utah, tops the list in job growth with opportunities in nursing, education and banking. 2. Witchita, Kan., where aircraft and petroleum ...

Austin economy spanks the competition Austin Business Journal Thursday, January 31, 2008   High-tech, a booming film industry and the University of Texas all helped propel Austin to the top of Forbes' 2008 list of America's Fastest Growing Metros.   The magazine ranked Austin No. 1 among the nation's 100 largest ...

For the record, the top 10 green cities listed by MSN City Guides are: Austin Berkeley Boston Chicago Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Portland San Francisco SeattleAustin leads the pack and is the home base of Whole Foods markets and Lance Armstrong. Austin Energy offers Green Power, the greenest power grid in the country. Near the middle ...