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Samsung Invests $3.6 Billion
Austin gets biggest foreign investment in the U.S.
"...and City Manager Marc Ott announced this morning that Samsung Electronics is expanding its Austin operations in a big..."

June 9, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Samsung-Adjacent Affordable Housing Complex Is Probably Not Cheap Enough for Factory Workers
What does “affordable” really mean?
"...A new affordable housing development adjacent to the massive Samsung chip factory will bring 537 units to Northeast Austin..."

Oct. 16, 2023 News Post by Mae Lackey

Point Austin: Samsung's Domain
The city eagerly raises the corporate incentive flag, and we're all expected to salute
"..."Economic Development Agreement" between the city of Austin and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C. (most recent available draft dated Aug...."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Samsung Spill Kills Off Aquatic Life Near Harris Branch
Up to 763,000 gallons of acidic waste discharged into Harris Branch Creek tributary
"...over a period of more than 100 days, the Samsung Austin Semiconductor facility discharged up to 763,000 gallons of..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Travis County Allows Mystery (Samsung?) Project to Seek Tax Incentives
Say yes to the ... Silicon Silver?
"...have reported on widespread suspicions that "Silicon Silver" is Samsung Semicon­duct­or's proposed massive new chipmaking plant; a county official..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Point Austin: The Gift Horse
On our way to the altar, it's not too late to check the Samsung family tree
"...the site of the new $3.5 billion (that's billion) Samsung chip plant. "It's too soon to break out the..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin at Large: Brightness on the Edge of Town
Samsung’s Taylor expansion lights up needs, opportunities in the Eastern Crescent
"...and community development opportunities. In particular, the proximity to Samsung's current manufacturing site in Austin, about 25 kilometers southwest..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Report
Samsung apologizes, only not really
"...America, the company involved is quite close to us: Samsung, the world's largest maker of smartphones and memory chips,..."

May 30, 2014 News Column

How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions
Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?
"...Rydell started negotiating with Samsung Electronics in January 2021 and has watched as closely..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

Off the Desk
"...fresh school." Call 472-8270 to get involved. -- R.A. Samsung Storms Austin One false start and six months of..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

Postmarks
Do the Right Thing
"...Waste Mangement Samsung Paying Its Way..."

March 27, 1998 Column

Austin @ Large: Free Money!
The city is broke, so why are we giving candy to corporate strangers?
"...napkin) of the incentives approved unanimously last week for Samsung, which is already here, and Home Depot, which is..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Home-Grown Workers
Is Austin's Job Boom Trickling Down to the People?
"...companies such as Applied Materials, Motorola, and most recently Samsung, to the area. For 26-year-old John DeLeon, a beginning..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Off the Desk
"...December 6, including Lee Kun Hee, chairman of the Samsung Group, as part of an anti-corruption sweep by the..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Naked City
"...Environment demonstrated last week at the Austin offices of Samsung, the official HDTV sponsor of the NFL and the..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature

Wanted: High-Tech Labor, Will Train
Will a Tight Labor Market Short Circuit Austin's High-Tech Industry?
"...other high-tech manufacturers in Austin are not cheering for Samsung to locate here. Why?..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Off the Desk:
"...launched a red-baiting attack on the much-wooed and oft-praised Samsung Corporation. During their June 25 talk show, Sammy and..."

July 5, 1996 News Feature

Our Groovy Capitalistic Council
Keep Austin Corporate, dude; and, a firefight breaks out between Martinez and McCracken
"...decision, Austin's leaders twisted one off for Korean giant Samsung, packing the bubbling tax-incentive bong with more than $58..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Luv Doc: Secret Traditional Family Birthday Cheesecake
The Luv Doc's family is already blessed – with a history of heart disease
"...cellies – those being the iPhone 5s and the Samsung Galaxy S4 – both had rear-facing cameras with over..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

News Roundup: Marriage (In)equality, Buehler, and the Mayor
Paxton vs. true love; Buehler civil suit dismissed; and more
"...in the last decade, especially since the arrival of Samsung Austin Semiconductor. Numbers were flying about the amount of..."

Feb. 23, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: Jobs to Go
The sunny side of the state's assault on social services
"...be able to get jobs delivering pizza to high-tipping Samsung employees. Speaking of Samsung, last week, after we went..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Budget Frenzy
It ain't where they live
"...throwing $60 million (just for city starters) at the Samsung Corp., if its extremely absentee landlords would only condescend..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Austin Strikes Out
Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995
"...10. Premature exultation for Samsung. Behaving like a teenager having a back seat epiphany,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Samsung in Taylor Booming: In what the Austin Business Journal..."

April 26, 2024 News Feature

Scenes From the Final Weekend of SXSW 2022
"...STAGE at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park presented by Samsung Galaxy + Billboard..."

March 21, 2022 Photo Gallery

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Taylor, Texas, just outside Austin as the site of Samsung's new $17 billion chip-making plant. Austin is already home..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature

Council Readies for New Budget Realities
Members might reconsider economic incentive packages
"...enacted by prior Councils for companies such as Apple, Samsung, Visa, and Simon Property Group (owner of the Domain)...."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: No Rest for the Weary
Zoning debates dominate the meeting that nearly never was
"...pass. And there's a dollop of good news for Samsung – which presumably could use it – with the..."

Nov. 11, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Weekend Two Friday ACL Fest Picks
Where to be, by the hour
"...Grace Mitchell 12:15pm, Samsung stage Last year's "NoLo" was the best breakup anthem..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Feature

Playback – ACL Fest: Dad Rock Is Dead
Wrapping weekend one of ACL Fest on the eve of the second iteration
"...no sound at all, however: Main stage speakers at Samsung shut off briefly during Radiohead, a thankfully less intrusive..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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