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Austin Unemployment Edges Down to 5.4% as Companies Continue Record RELO
Companies aren't reversing plans to relocate to Austin bring with them 1,800 new jobs. Unemployment now 5.4% versus 2.6% in January 2020.

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Mar 15, 20212 min read


Inflation Talk Talk
With COVID the economy has been down so long that prices that were suppressed are likely to rise but the Fed seems locked on low rates.

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Mar 12, 20213 min read


When the going gets tough the creative and hardworking start baking for a living !!!
Amidst the COVID pandemic many turned to their love of baking for fulfillment and profit. Eight inspiring stories of joy in hard times!

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Mar 11, 20211 min read


International Women's Day-Westlake Recognizes Six Amazing Head Coaches
On International Women's Days Westlake Nation recognizes Alison Soelter (Coach Swimming and Diving), Darci Carruthers (Girls Soccer),...

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Mar 9, 20211 min read


Is Walmart Positioned for Banking?
Traditional banks worry that Walmart with 150 million customers and more than 5,000 locations may be adding newly allowed bank services.

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Mar 9, 20212 min read


Signs of Recovery Yet Many Still Struggling to Find Work
Falling COVID rates due to vaccinations and other factors are now fueling employment gains in beaten down sectors like leisure/hospitality.

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Mar 7, 20212 min read


Virtual Tokens of ID. Closer to Realizing the Dream?
Imagine having your key credentials immediately verified online! Enter Azure Active Directory that holds approved tokens rather documents.

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Mar 4, 20212 min read


Surveillance-Police & The People Seek to Clarify Acceptable Use
Advanced surviellance tools combined with AI have the potential for misuse. Citizens, politicians and police struggle to find alignment.

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Feb 13, 20212 min read


Buy American-Talk Versus Practice
Pushing Federal Procurement to favor "Made in the USA" is appealing but ignores supply chain realities and international trade agreements.

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Feb 4, 20211 min read


Businessweek Interviewed Pfizer CEO Regarding Covid
U.S. underperformed responding to COVID but efforts of private industry & cross-collaboration with agencies and academia saved us from worse

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Feb 3, 20213 min read


Neighborhood/Building Power Issues-MicroGrid Networks to the Rescue
Batteries to stabilize electric delivery will become common in buildings and neighborhoods. A small cube unit is made by Fluenceenergy.com

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Feb 1, 20211 min read


Austin Skyline 43 Towers Rising or Planned
Pandemic aside corporate RELOs are hitting records & high rise builders are aligned with 17 on the way & 26 in-the-works or in planning.

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Jan 31, 20211 min read


Mega-Batteries Siphon Excess Grid Power & Redistribute at Peak Demand-Mighty Moss Gets a New Life !
Everything that is old is new might be the 2021 anthem for the Mighty Moss electric generating plant. New life from surging battery tech !

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Jan 30, 20211 min read


Mirai an AI Algorithm that Successfully Identified Breast Cancer Early in Test Data Sets
At MGH, one physician worked with a team to develop an AI model to identify early-on patients at higher risk for developing breast cancer.

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Jan 28, 20212 min read


Amy's Ice Cream & The Pandemic
Austin's Iconic Amy's Ice Cream combined great financial management, employee transparency, government PPP, innovation & purpose to survive!

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Jan 25, 20212 min read


Carbon Dioxide Capture to Make Oil Extraction and Use Carbon Neutral
Sucking CO2 from air may save the planet. OXY envisions a future that removes CO2 using it to extract oil & making its use carbon neutral.

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Jan 23, 20212 min read


Progress in Human Molecular Genetics
Molecular Genetics is yielding new therapies but gene banks are mostly from european ancestry thereby limiting understanding of all diseases

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Jan 22, 20213 min read


RELO Austin 2021 Much Like 2020
Pandemic hasn't slow relocation to sunbelt cities like Austin. Austin will be the number 1 destination in 2021 despite rising prices of 11%

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Jan 21, 20211 min read


Are we headed for another Supercycle?
Gold aside, the pandemic depressed commodity prices. Oil aside, most are now well-beyond Jan 2020 levels. Are we poised for a supercycle?

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Jan 20, 20211 min read


Austin-Big Employers & Sectors
Big organizations having more than 500 employees here in the Austin have roles primarily in IT 32%, Retail 24%, Health Care 20%.

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Jan 19, 20211 min read
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