Perhaps that famous photo illustration should read, "Everything's bigger--and better!--in Texas." Lone Star cities, led by Austin (#1) and Ft. Hood (#2), lassoed nine of the top 16 spots on this year's Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate
Partners Best-Performing Cities Index, which ranks U.S. metros based on their ability to create and sustain jobs.
It's not a done deal yet, but GM is reportedly considering a change from its traditional blue logo to a green one that shows consumers it is lean, green, quick-thinking and focused on fuel efficiency. A word of advice for GM: this is a bad idea.
VC powerhouse Kleiner Perkins and Texas oilman T. Boon Pickens, two outspoken advocates of green transit technology, have teamed up to provide V-Vehicle Company $100 million to bring a “high quality, environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient car” to market in the U.S. Though details on the product itself are vague, the company’s choice of the descriptor “fuel-efficient” suggest it will be a highly-economical internal-combustion automobile. Read More »
The Chevy Volt was supposed to be GM's golden ticket, the thing that could save the ailing car company from becoming a relic in the automotive world. But according to the U.S. government's automotive task force, the all-electric Volt isn't enough to save GM.
With so many jobs in the balance and their fingers in so many pies I don't want any of the top three automakers, Chrysler, GM, or Ford, to fold up their tents. One way or another I want them get their acts together and turn themselves into viable businesses, contributing to America's economic engine. Read More »
Perhaps that famous photo illustration should read, "Everything's bigger--and better!--in Texas." Lone Star cities, led by Austin (#1) and Ft. Hood (#2), lassoed nine of the top 16 spots on this year's Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate
Partners Best-Performing Cities Index, which ranks U.S. metros based on their ability to create and sustain jobs.
It's not a done deal yet, but GM is reportedly considering a change from its traditional blue logo to a green one that shows consumers it is lean, green, quick-thinking and focused on fuel efficiency. A word of advice for GM: this is a bad idea.
The Chevy Volt was supposed to be GM's golden ticket, the thing that could save the ailing car company from becoming a relic in the automotive world. But according to the U.S. government's automotive task force, the all-electric Volt isn't enough to save GM.
