The burnt-orange t-shirt seen occasionally around the McCombs School with the phrase “Texas Means Business” is becoming more true it seems with every passing day. In two recent business rankings from Fortune and Forbes, Texas has risen to the top, as the statistics suggest the Lone Star State is better positioned than others during these [...]
Texas and Austin Top Jobs, Business HQ Lists at Forbes, Fortune
April 22nd, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media
Posted by Rob Meyer
Tags: · best cities for jobs, cities, forbes, Fortune, Fortune 1000, Fortune 500, McCombs School, state with the most corporations, states with strong economies, texas business, tob business states
Nolen in Forbes: Timely Tips For Recession-Racked Entrepreneurs
January 26th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media
Posted by Rob Meyer
Forbes.com, Jan. 20, 2009
How gloomy are entrepreneurs?
Check out the latest results of a survey of 805 small-business owners by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group. In the last 420 months that the NFIB has taken that monthly pulse of small-business owners–on everything from profits and inventories to hiring and capital [...]
Tags: · entrepreneur, forbes, Jim Nolen, recession, small business
Ronn in Forbes: Between Barack and a Hard Place
September 1st, 2008 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media · Research · Top Stories
Posted by Rob Meyer
Forbes, August 11, 2008
The reason oil prices are so high? The market is betting on an Obama win. How’s that? Ehud Ronn, an economist and director of the Center for Energy Finance Education & Research at the University of Texas, says the kink in futures prices, a condition known as contango, fits precisely with the [...]
Tags: · 2008 election, Ehud Ronn, energy finance, forbes
