The sales tax slump appears to be easing for Central Texas cities and the state. In Central Texas, Austin and Round Rock both will receive higher allocations from the state this month for sales that occurred in January, the Texas comptroller's office reported Wednesday.

U.S. ECONOMY Wholesale inventories shrink again as businesses hedge bets Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month.

DIGITAL MEDIA Austin's LibreDigital to provide news content for Sony e-reader Austin-based LibreDigital Inc.

The unemployment rate decreased in nine states in January and climbed in 30, a sign that the thawing of the labor market is not being felt nationwide.

U.S. consumers are starting to look like a frugal, debt-fearing lot as they pay down billions of dollars in credit card obligations.

DavidMatathia MarianneMalina ScottMoore JohnMcGrath GSD&M Idea City, a marketing communications and advertising company, promoted David Matathia, Marianne Malina, Scott Moore and John McGrath to senior vice president positions. Matathia also was

Capt. Theresa Nix, program manager for Signals Intelligence programs at Overwatch in Austin, was selected by the U.S. Air Force as the recipient of its Outstanding Individual Reservist of the Year Award in the Company Grade Officer category.

Today UT announced its latest effort to connect students and faculty with Austin’s tech community. The program, called Texas Venture Labs, also aims to help students and faculty entrepreneurs speed up the process of starting businesses. You can

The sales tax slump appears to be easing for the state and Central Texas cities. Statewide, collections were down 8.8 percent in February, breaking an eight-month string of double-digit percentage drops, the Comptrollers Office reported Wednesday.

Pictures of what purport to be Dell Inc.’s long-rumored tablet computer are starting to show up on more Web sites. Engadget.com is showing what it says is a company promotional flyer for a hand-held wireless device with a 5-inch

Austin-based LibreDigital said it would provide digital newspapers and magazines for Sony’s electronic book reading device. The company’s Reader Daily Edition allows consumers to purchase a single paper or subscribe to a publication and have

U.S. ECONOMY Job openings increase by 7.6% in January over prior month Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly increasing hiring as the economy improves.

Advertising GSD&M Idea City, a marketing communications and advertising company, promoted David Matathia, Marianne Malina, Scott Moore and John McGrath to senior vice president positions.

VENTURE CAPITAL HomeAway No. 3 on list
of promising startups Austin-based HomeAway Inc.

The University of Texas is starting a program called Texas Venture Labs to help students and faculty entrepreneurs speed up the process of starting businesses.

Standing on the Houston courthouse steps last week, lawyer Mark Lanier called a news conference largely to mark his legal turf and to try for a stake in what's expected to be multibillion-dollar litigation against Toyota Motor Corp.

Amplify Federal Credit Union is in expansion mode, with plans to open a downtown branch in July as well as add 32 employees this year, the biggest jobs expansion in its 42-year history, a senior executive said.

The City of Austin formally enlisted the public’s support Tuesdaqy in its bid to land Google Inc.’s proposed ultra-high-speed broadband network project. Council Member Laura Morrison and Chip Rosenthal, chair of the city’s Community

Austin-based HomeAway snagged the No. 3 spot on a new list of the 50 most promising venture capital-backed companies in the country, which was published in the Wall Street Journal today. Research firm VentureSource conducted the survey, which looked

Whole Foods Market Inc. investors passed a proposal to make it easier for shareholders to oust a director for inappropriate conduct, Reuters reported. More from the Reuters story: If adopted, the proposal would roll back a bylaw change that

City of Austin leaders will detail their efforts to become a Google ultra-fast broadband site at a press event this afternoon. Google has said it will create super-fast broadband site at an undetermined number of locations. The service will

AIRLINES JetBlue and Delta seek to avoid new federal tarmac time limits NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp.

Austin-based WhiteGlove House Call Health Inc. has raised $7.7 million in venture capital to expand outside of Texas.

A year after the stock market hit bottom and began a spectacular comeback, it's getting harder to dazzle investors.

Dozens of former federal officials are playing leading roles in helping carmakers handle federal investigations of auto defects, including those for Toyota Motor Corp.'s runaway acceleration problems.