Entries for April 2008

by John Porretto The Associated Press Waste Management, the nation’s largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit edged up a little more than 1 percent as higher prices offset lower volumes and increased costs...

by John Porretto The Associated Press Waste Management, the nation’s largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit edged up a little more than 1 percent as higher prices offset lower volumes and increased costs...

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority today will consider $3.6 million in improvements, including a $1.2 million purchase of radios for Barbours Cut and Port Police and up to $2.4 million in concrete replacement. The radio purchase in...

The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority today will consider $3.6 million in improvements, including a $1.2 million purchase of radios for Barbours Cut and Port Police and up to $2.4 million in concrete replacement. The radio purchase in...

by Anne D'Innocenzio The Associated Press Soaring gas prices and weaker job prospects made Americans gloomier about the economy in April, sending a widely watched measure of consumer sentiment to a five-year low, a private research group said Tuesd...