Houston Business News

Special to the Star-Telegram Ask anybody who runs city softball programs what’s been going on recently, and they’ll check off a lengthy list of things they’ve been up to...The rainy weather of the past two weeks has left softball players...

Until recently, 2009 was a year of job losses in the Houston area...But that changed in September, when area employers began adding jobs. And the possible trend was reinforced Friday when the Texas Workforce Commission reported that area employers created...

The Florida Public Service Commission on Friday agreed to let the state's two largest utilities collect more than $270 million from ratepayers next year as a down payment to develop new nuclear plants expected to come online in the next...

Waste Management's profit sank in the third quarter, despite rising prices for recycled commodities and cost-cutting. The recession has hit the nation's largest trash hauler as businesses cut costs by disposing of trash less frequently and falling prices for paper...

Airfares are expected to be down 4 percent and car rental prices down 3 percent relative to 2008. AAA's projections are based on research by IHS Global Insight. — Robert Allen Other Top Items

The Enron Corporation was one of the largest companies which sold electricity and natural gas, distributed energy and other services like bandwidth interest connection and provided risk management and financial services to consumers the world over. This company became rich...

State Farm Insurance plans to appeal a state ruling that ordered the company to refund $310 million to its Texas customers for charging too much for homeowners coverage dating to 2003, a spokesman said Wednesday. Kevin Davis of State Farm...

LyondellBasell, along with its sizable Houston operations, could wind up under the control of Reliance Industries Limited, a fast-growing Indian firm that has offered to buy the bankrupt chemical giant once it emerges from Chapter 11. Terms of the cash...