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Oil and gas report: 03.20.12

There were no new drilling permits filed in Aransas, Kenedy, Nueces, Refugio or San Patricio counties. BEE COUNTY Sydson Energy, of Houston, has filed for a permit to drill a 3,700-foot wildcat well. The No. 2 Walton will be located 11.3 miles northwest of Beeville in the J. M. Uranga Survey A-68. Pioneer Natural Resources [...]

What Website Visitors Need From You

Your website strategy boils down to figuring out what your current and potential customers want online and then meeting that desire. As more small businesses continue to launch or upgrade their Web presence, we’ll have to learn a few things in order to maximize that digital migration. Think about it, you would never sling open your [...]

High gas prices: Blame the Fed?

The central banks easy-money policies are coming under fire as prices rise at the pump When the 2008 financial crisis struck, the Federal Reserve unleashed billions of dollars into the market in an attempt to jump-start the economy. Skeptics at the time said the Fed’s loose monetary policies, which amounted to printing more money, would [...]

Bonus row as RBS losses hit £2bn

RBS, which is 82% state-owned after receiving a £45.5 billion bailout at the height of the financial crisis, paid £785 million in bonuses last year, including £390 million for its 17,000 investment bankers. While the total pot is 43% lower than the previous year, it follows a period in which the bank announced thousands of [...]

The Pinterest curve for small businesses

Pinterest is one of the latest entries in the pantheon of social media sites that have captivated American consumers. Launched in 2011, the social photo sharing site drew in approximately 7.21 million unique visitors during December 2011 — a 329% increase from the site’s September traffic estimates. Of particular interest to small businesses and retailers [...]