Top Stories San Antonio http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com What it Do San Antonio? Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:44:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 NFL talks break down as players union decertifies http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/waZil-URQ1A/nfl-talks-break-down-as-players-union.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/waZil-URQ1A/nfl-talks-break-down-as-players-union.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:44:44 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2011/03/nfl-talks-break-down-as-players-union.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search The bad news continues for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. First he had to deal with the blow back from seating issues and other problems at Cowboys Stadium during Super Bowl XLV, and now with the possibility that there will be no football at the billion-dollar venue this fall. The NFL labor talks became more contentious on Friday afternoon when the NFL Players Association decertified as a union. As a result, the labor negotiations may be replaced by litigation, which could lead to the NFL’s first work stoppage in nearly a...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/nfl-talks-break-down-as-players-union-decertifies/feed/ 0 Tesoro is San Antonio’s local stock market leader http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/m66S9cPsFKs/tesoro-is-san-antonios-local-stock.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/m66S9cPsFKs/tesoro-is-san-antonios-local-stock.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:37:22 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/03/11/tesoro-is-san-antonios-local-stock.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search Eleven stocks tracked by the San Antonio Business Journal ended Friday with a bump in value, while five local stocks ended the day with a decline. CC Media Holdings was the only stock that did not register a change in value on Friday. Tesoro Corp. had the biggest single gain among local stocks with an 8.45 percent increase over its stock’s previous close on Thursday. The stock closed at $24.51. Tesoro is a petroleum refining and marketing company. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded slightly 60 points, or...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/tesoro-is-san-antonio%e2%80%99s-local-stock-market-leader/feed/ 0 San Antonio investment advisors named to Barron’s 1000 http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/3RTzdiqGTpI/san-antonio-investment-advisors-named.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/3RTzdiqGTpI/san-antonio-investment-advisors-named.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:11:23 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/03/11/san-antonio-investment-advisors-named.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search ]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/san-antonio-investment-advisors-named-to-barron%e2%80%99s-1000/feed/ 0 San Antonio’s Toyota plant not expecting any immediate impact on production from Japanese quake http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/AzAVDXrMUvc/san-antonios-toyota-plant-not.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/AzAVDXrMUvc/san-antonios-toyota-plant-not.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:44:25 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2011/03/san-antonios-toyota-plant-not.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search A major earthquake, which occurred off of the Northeast coast of Japan on Friday, causing a killer tsunami that took the lives of hundreds of people has already affected businesses on multiple continents. The fallout from the quake and the ensuing tsunami as created concern within the auto industry, as production in and shipments from Japan have been impacted by the tragic events. Reuters, for example, reports that the natural disaster has caused Japanese officials to shutter all of that nation’s major...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/san-antonio%e2%80%99s-toyota-plant-not-expecting-any-immediate-impact-on-production-from-japanese-quake/feed/ 0 Rackspace: Not afraid of the big, bad social media wolf http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/IcWp7xFUroQ/rackspace-not-afraid-of-the-big-bad.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/IcWp7xFUroQ/rackspace-not-afraid-of-the-big-bad.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:14:15 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2011/03/rackspace-not-afraid-of-the-big-bad.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search Rob La Gesse, director of customer development for Rackspace Hosting, is the Evel Knievel of Twitter. Every day, he and his team throw themselves out in front of griping customers on social media and meet them head on. “Usually the complaints are isolated incidents — like a customer whose server is down and he or she is complaining on Twitter. Sometimes they’re extremely vocal and will drop the F-bomb,” La Gesse says. La Gesse and his partners-in-crime locate the Twitter complaint and respond within one minute by asking the customer to e-mail...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/rackspace-not-afraid-of-the-big-bad-social-media-wolf/feed/ 0 “Old Crows” lighting in San Antonio next month http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/b3P7mey6NM8/old-crows-lighting-in-san-antonio.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/b3P7mey6NM8/old-crows-lighting-in-san-antonio.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:07:40 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2011/03/old-crows-lighting-in-san-antonio.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search Practicioners of old-school electronic warfare will be congregating in San Antonio next month for the biennial FiestaCrow symposium. The event is sponsored by the Association of Old Crows - Mountain/Western Region and specifically the Billy Mitchell Chapter here in the Alamo City. The symposium will be held from April 11-14 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center downtown. Featured speakers at the event will include Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Butler, who oversees space and cyber policy at the Pentagon, as well as...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/%e2%80%9cold-crows%e2%80%9d-lighting-in-san-antonio-next-month/feed/ 0 San Antonio drivers paying more for gas http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/r47Xzn542kw/san-antonio-drivers-paying-more-for-gas.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/r47Xzn542kw/san-antonio-drivers-paying-more-for-gas.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:05:24 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/03/11/san-antonio-drivers-paying-more-for-gas.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search ]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/san-antonio-drivers-paying-more-for-gas/feed/ 0 Employment growth expected to bolster San Antonio’s retail market http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/vmBQKz-C6RM/employment-growth-expected-to-bolster.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/vmBQKz-C6RM/employment-growth-expected-to-bolster.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:07:09 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/blog/2011/03/employment-growth-expected-to-bolster.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search The 2011 forecast for San Antonio’s retail sector, according to real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap: a rise in employment, a rise in effective rents, and declines in construction and vacancy figures. It doesn’t get much better than that. Some more good news: San Antonio moved up three places on Marcus & Millichap’s National Retail Index (NRI) — which ranks the country’s largest 44 metros according to various supply and demand factors that will impact these retail markets over the coming 12...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/employment-growth-expected-to-bolster-san-antonio%e2%80%99s-retail-market/feed/ 0 Texas leads country in job creation, data shows http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/SJ39CJWTcm4/texas-leads-country-in-job-creation.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/SJ39CJWTcm4/texas-leads-country-in-job-creation.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:23:53 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/03/11/texas-leads-country-in-job-creation.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search Texas leads the country in job creation, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Texas is setting the national pace with a gain of 253,900 jobs between January 2010 and January 2011, according to the bureau. California and Pennsylvania are the runners-up with respective increases of 89,400 and 70,300 jobs. (All totals are seasonally adjusted.) Click here for a database with the latest nonfarm job figures for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. New Jersey is the state with the bleakest employment picture, losing 20,900 jobs between the first months of 2010 and...
]]> http://www.topstoriessanantonio.com/uncategorized/texas-leads-country-in-job-creation-data-shows/feed/ 0 Hispanic Affiliates General Agency seeking insurance agents in San Antonio http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/c0_GEVRrpdY/hispanic-affiliates-general-agency.html http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_sanantonio/~3/c0_GEVRrpdY/hispanic-affiliates-general-agency.html#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:53:33 +0000 San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/03/11/hispanic-affiliates-general-agency.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search Hispanic Affiliates General Agency LLC has launched a new initiative in Texas to recruit Hispanic independent agents to serve the rapidly growing Hispanic population in the state. The company is actively recruiting agents to serve the personal and commercial insurance needs of Hispanic families in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. The company’s agents serve as brokers for several insurance carriers. Each agent will open and own his or her own office. The company will provide agents with training and marketing...
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