Texas
Trump Wins Five Super Tuesday States as Ted Cruz Takes Texas
©2016 Bloomberg News O3E33W6TTDSR (Bloomberg) — Republican Donald Trump will take at least five states as he heads toward a commanding Super Tuesday showing that will give him a firmer grip on the party’s presidential nomination that will become increasingly difficult for his rivals to break. Texas Senator Ted Cruz
The Harder Texas Wind Blows the Further Power Prices Plunge
©2015 Bloomberg News NXXHH8SYF01V (Bloomberg) — Texas can thank near-record wind output for a slump in power prices to the lowest in five years. On-peak power at the North hub, which includes Dallas, slid $4.10, or 23 percent, to $13.49 a megawatt-hour for the hour ended at 1 p.m. local
In the Heart of the Texas Oil Patch, It’s Gas That’s Taking Off
©2015 Bloomberg News NWA8296KLVRV (Bloomberg) — The oiliest county in Texas has seen its new natural gas production capacity more than double as drillers home in on their most profitable acreage. The peak output rate from new gas wells in Karnes County has surged 134 percent since January, estimates from
GE Wooed by Texas After Home State Connecticut Increases Taxes
©2015 Bloomberg News NPR76T6JTSEA (Bloomberg) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott knows a good opportunity when he sees it. Abbott, a Republican, penned notes to executives at Connecticut-based General Electric Co., Aetna Inc. and Travelers Cos Inc. imploring them to pack up and move after lawmakers there raised taxes by more
Bank Guilty Pleas Mess With Texas Pension Fund’s No-Felon Pledge
©2015 Bloomberg News NORU0OSYF01T (Bloomberg) — This just in: Texas pensions will, in fact, mess with felons. Last May the $26.2 billion Employee Retirement System of Texas responded to Credit Suisse Group AG’s guilty plea for tax fraud by saying that it had “a policy against hiring firms convicted of
Bloomberg Business: Texas Sues U.S. Over Same-Sex Benefit Rule for Leave
©2015 Bloomberg News NLFHGI6VDKI1 (Bloomberg) — Texas sued the U.S. government over a change in rules tied to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act requiring recognition of same-sex unions in states where they are illegal, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Wichita Falls. The change in the
Bloomberg Business: Kinder Eyes Pipeline to Export Light Crude From U.S. West
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIX1L96JIJUX (Adds year pipe may be operational in sixth paragraph.) (Bloomberg) — Kinder Morgan Inc., the world’s largest pipeline company by market value, is proposing a link that would give the ultra light oil from Texas fields a second path out of the country. The Houston-based company