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Sugar Land Named Best Small City In Texas To Start A Business
Business Week Magazine recently conducted a study to determine the best small cities in each State to start a business.
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Unemployment Rises in 99.7% of Metro Areas, But Not Here
The Labor Department announced that unemployment rose earlier this year in all but one of 372 metro areas it tracks. The only large areas experiencing over-the-year percentage gains in employment were Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+0.9 percent), Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+0.7 percent), and San
Noble Moving Corporate Headquarters, Will Leave Operational Headquarters in Sugar Land
Noble Corp., which is presently headquartered in Sugar Land, has announced that it will be moving its corporate headquarters to Switzerland. Noble said that it was attracted to Switzerland’s stable commercial and financial environment and its tax system The company will be removed from the S&P
Sugar Land Personal Bankruptcies Down 14% in 2008, Chapter 11 Bankruptcies Up 300%
Bucking a trend in the national economy, the number of personal bankruptcies filed by Sugar Land residents decreased 14% in 2008, as compared to 2007. 132 people with Sugar Land addresses filed Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2008. 154 filed in 2007 (as reported in the the WestLaw database). Circuit
Office Vacancy Rate In Sugar Land Area Approaching 18%
Although the Houston-area economy has escaped much of the devastation occurring in California, Michigan, Florida and other troubled regions, things are starting to get a bit worse. Until recently, the national commercial real estate market (CRE) has largely avoided the effects of economic turmoil, but
Noble Q4 Profit Rises As Revenues Grow
Wednesday, Noble Corp. (NE), an oil and gas industry service provider, reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit from the year-ago period, primarily due to higher contract drilling services revenue and lower operating expenses. The Sugar Land, Texas-based company reported a rise in fourth quarter net
What Recession? - Plans for new commercial development at 59 and University Boulevard move ahead
Despite widespread national news reports of an impending decline in commercial real estate values, business in Sugar Land is charging ahead in the form of a recently-approved new commercial development at U.S. 59 and University Boulevard Commercial Development - 59/University Means Knaus Partners