Newsgeist: 2/7/11

The spirit of the news

"...the big game, vegan queso, and hackers at the NASDAQ. Read more for the scoop...."

Feb. 7, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Antitrust

"...than the current state of tech stocks on the Nasdaq. It may not succeed as the suspenseful techno-barrage it..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...we realized that what had been planned when the NASDAQ was at 5000 was not feasible when the NASDAQ..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can a super-sized Long Center fit in Austin's Happy Meal box of civic dreams?

"...supersized as they were back in 2000, when the NASDAQ stood at 5,000. As I write this, the NASDAQ..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Lowdown

Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of control

"...stock exchanges, and hedge funds, including Citigroup, Paine Webber, Nasdaq, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley..."

March 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Five Tasty Sauces & Dressings & Marinades

New condiments for the best flavors in your kitchen

"...Srsly: Frank’s Red Hot, the iconic Buffalo Wings heat..."

March 25, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...HOME The $50 billion Ponzi scheme run by former Nasdaq Stock Market Chairman Bernard Madoff is now affecting nonprofits..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature

SOS Wilson: Going Already?

Perry loyalist, former Gramm man steps down as Secretary of State

"...month ago, he was in New York ringing the NASDAQ closing bell and touting the strength of the Texas..."

June 13, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...and they’ve got over a dozen locations and the NASDAQ listing to prove it. Lends new meaning to the..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Naked City

"...suit. (This is no fly-by-night operation: Last year, the NASDAQ-listed Mannatech as making $400 million.) If convicted, they all..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

From the Snake Oil Files

AG Greg Abbott files suit against a half-billion dollar nutritional supplement scheme that he calls a sham.

"...this is a $400 million a year operation. The NASDAQ-listed Mannatech was touted last year by BusinessWeek as one..."

July 9, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Life of a Sandwich

Schlotzsky's from sandwich to bankruptcy

"...goes public on Dec. 15, trading as BUNZ on Nasdaq stock market...."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

"...the heady stock-market days of 1998, the company's stock (NASDAQ symbol: BUNZ) reached a high of $23.38 per share;..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council takes a hard look at the budget crisis -- and blinks.

"...is thoroughly larded with spending commitments made when the NASDAQ was heading toward 5,000. Every citizen dearly loves something..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Wall Street -- its stock, which trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol BUNZ, was once $25 a..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...bag. Whole Foods Market has been added to the NASDAQ 100 index, benchmark for many mutual funds. And local..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Saving Austin Now -- and Tomorrow

A skeptical analysis of the pending Stratus deal

"...to dragging Circle C and Stratus' shares on the NASDAQ through another few years of litigation, should be enough..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

With inaction, inattention, cowardice, and stupidity, Americans are watching tyranny take shape in plain sight before our eyes, while the overwhelming majority say and do nothing.

"...stocks had fallen 128 points that day while the Nasdaq fell lower than it had September 12 -- a..."

June 28, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...stock-option laden CEOs who seemed to care more about NASDAQ than the bottom line. These are times of disillusionment..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Riding the Tech Titanic

Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.

"...a great deal of its civic ambition when the Nasdaq was between 4,000 and 5,000," says John Thornton. "Both..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Is Knowledge Power?

A profile of precarious global intelligence firm Stratfor

"...is still here. Long after the glow of the NASDAQ meltdown has subsided, Stratfor retains the sexy glint of..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Diverse Portfolio

The boom in Austin may be busting, but the 183 / MoPac tech force will always be hungry around noon, Pableaux Johnson writes in his review of Sushi Sake.

"...in Austin's case it was a near-textbook case of nigiri/NASDAQ connection. The peak of Austin's tech boom also signaled..."

June 8, 2001 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

Ray Davies' SXSW Keynote Address

"...Mick Jagger, doing an impression of Jagger singing, "the Nasdaq fell today. …" Jagger felt his sting later at..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

King Lear

In the Public Domain Theatre Company's production of King Lear, director Robi Polgar and company bring Shakespeare's play into the present with high tech and high fashion, and the smooth execution of the concept create a novel version of this familiar tragedy with a striking proximity to our lives.

"...scenes portray the dot-com magnate falling faster than a NASDAQ stock. As Lear's scheming daughters, Katherine Catmull (a frosty..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Girasole

Eating Well in Austin Without Breaking the Bank

"...may scare away those too heavily invested in the NASDAQ, consider the offerings: an appetizer, a salad course, a..."

March 2, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Coach's Corner

A guide for the younger generation: Sick of hearing about Woodstock? Recreate all of its dubious glories at this year's Super Bowl party.

"...You've had your moments. The recent tumble of your NASDAQ stocks is a bad thing. And there is the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City

CSC now plans to sublet office space at new downtown headquarters

"...the company downtown. Now, in the wake of the Nasdaq crash, CSC is faced with a whittled-down workforce and..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin's high tech economy is boosting some wages, but leaving others behind, while the cost of living rises

"...economic slowdown following on the repeated bad news from Nasdaq has already begun...."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Letters at 3AM

The collapse of the American political process in Election Year 2000 is both an event in itself and a world-class metaphor: The American Century is over.

"...Lastly, and most tellingly, the NASDAQ and Dow Jones have lost hundreds of billions of..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Stratus Quo?

Stratus Properties tries to shake the ghost of Jim Bob Moffett as it is acquired by Tom Hicks.

"...Stratus Way Although the company is traded on the Nasdaq exchange, and its financials and major stockholders can be..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

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