SAN ANTONIO – The Westside Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) board voted Dec. 6 to allocate $6.6 million to renovate Market Square. Final approval is needed from City Council before the money is disbursed to the city-owned plaza lined with shops, restaurants and live entertainment at 514 Commerce St., just west of I-10. An important … Read more
So when he is caroling at the San Antonio Zoo, he shows up prepared to sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on repeat. “I think I sing it eight times an hour,” Kjos said. “Because the kids walk by, they wonder what is happening? Why is he wearing that hat? And then we start singing something … Read more
Photo byWikiCommons Images I am writing a series of articles on business leaders, celebrities, and entrepreneurs who have been giving back to the community. In the lead-up to Christmas, readers like to hear positive stories. This week San Antonio businessman Gordon Hartman, the founder of Morgan’s Wonderland, announced a new charity event in conjunction with … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers are posting more job openings than they did before the pandemic struck 2½ years ago. Problem is, there aren’t enough applicants. The labor force is smaller than when the pandemic struck. The reasons vary — an unexpected wave of retirements, a drop in legal immigration, the loss of workers to … Read more
“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley (Alfred A. Knopf) After a fall publishing season filled with Big Books by John Irving, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver, to name just a few, it’s refreshing to read this taut tale from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley (“A Thousand Acres”). Set in Monterey, California, about a decade before … Read more
Microsoft is taking a roughly 4% stake in the operator of the London Stock Exchange, which has agreed to spend at least $2.8 billion in cloud-computing services from the technology giant. That spending commitment will be spread out over 10 years, according to the terms of the deal announced Sunday by Microsoft. Major exchanges have … Read more
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