Houston

For the past few months, reports have repeatedly affirmed that the economy is slowly improving. However, as one recent study highlights, some areas are recovering much faster than others.

The ranks of those who can call themselves rich city slickers have grown a bit thicker. Reflecting the global surge of millionaires, the United States' 10 wealthiest urban areas produced 7.3% more high net worth individuals in 2010, Capgemini announced Tuesday in its U.S. Metro Wealth Index.

The college-age son of former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling has been found dead in the California apartment where the student lived. John Taylor Skilling, 20, was found dead Thursday laying near bottles of medication, police said, according to news reports. Authorities are awaiting results from an...

The Coast Guard estimates that a barge crash that took out power lines and halted shipping traffic across the Houston Ship Channel may end up costing as much as $1 billion in economic loss.

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, an estimated 100,000 displaced New Orleans residents have yet to return home. What impact have these evacuees had on the local economies of their new homes?

Cities in Texas took three of the top-10 spots for U-Haul destinations in 2009, according to the latest migration report by the moving van rental company and, while Bronx, NY was the top growth city, two Texas towns also made the top 10 for growth in do-it-yourself moves. Houston was the most...

Conventional wisdom has it that as the economy sours, crime picks up. Faced with job losses and few other opportunities, it might be expected that an increasing number of people would turn to illegal acts, such as burglary, to make a living. Except that it's not happening -- not in this recession,...

The time of year has come when shoppers spend as much time hunting for parking places as they do for presents. Unfortunately criminals see these packed parking lots as an excellent opportunity to help themselves to your presents.Despite their annual appearances in the Darwin Awards, thieves aren't...

Last Friday, after asking reporters to turn off their cameras, President Bush offered his take on the country's current financial crisis. Amid appreciative giggles from his fellow diners, Bush announced that "Wall Street got drunk [...] and now it's got a hangover." He then went on to ask "How long...

Numbers, the club in Houston, Texas, not the hit TV show, is pulling out all the stops in association with Free Press Houston, to celebrate the recession with "Recession Thursdays"! During June on each Thursday, the recession will be celebrated or mourned -- depending on the fate of your work life...