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  • Austin startup YouEarnedIt grows with a rewards program in which employees recognize each other

    When employees at software firm Mass Relevance do something that impresses a colleague, they get more than praise.Using a program created by Austin startup YouEarnedIt, workers reward each other with digital points, which can be saved up and cashed in for prizes like iPhones and iPads, gift cards and dinner at ...

  • Flood leads to redirection for racehorse rescuer

    In the middle of an epic drought, a deluge came to Cedar Creek in late January 2012.At Lynn Reardon's racehorse rescue, LOPE (LoneStar Outreach to Place Ex-Racers), the water totaled her and her husband Tom's vehicles, crumbled the driveway, rendered fencing useless and ruined some 300 bales of hay. The 11 horses then in her care had to be boarded. Reardon estimated damage at more than ...

  • Memorial Day events focus on new Veterans Park

    The dedication Memorial Day ceremony for Smithville's Veterans Memorial Park on May 27 is shaping up as a tribute to the war veterans of Bastrop County. It will mark the official opening of the park on 2nd Street and include a parade down Main Street."We have close to 4,000 names on plaques," Mayor Mark Bunte said of military members who served during the course of U.S. ...

  • Long-term unemployment weighs on local national economic growth

    Texas escaped the worst of the recession, but it still has a few bruises to show for one of the sharpest economic downturns in recent memory.One of the deepest bruises might be the state's stubbornly high rate of long-term ...

  • Cedar Park Leander send project wish lists to county for funding

    Cedar Park and Leander have sent a wish list of road and parks projects to Williamson County that could become part of a November bond election.If approved by the county commissioners court, the projects will be put in the hands of voters in ...


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Movie Review

Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • Top Local Business Stories of the Week

    PC maker sees earnings plunge 79 percent: Dell Inc., which remains the target of a takeover battle, said last week earnings plunged 79 percent in its fiscal first quarter as demand for personal computers continued to ...

  • Council clears way for wastewater service expansion

    Residents on the northeastern side of West Lake Hills will have access to the city's septic system starting in spring of 2014.At the City Council meeting earlier this month, wastewater commission Chairman Steve Hudson told the Council that the city had enough resident demand to justify paying to extend sewer lines to the area. At least 25 of the area's 51 residents who live along Hull ...

  • The top local stories of the week

    Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who was released from jail last week after serving time on a drunken driving charge, said in a statement that she will get treatment for an unspecified issue. "I am currently seeking professional help on the advice of one of the foremost experts in this region concerning the issues that led to my behavior the night I was arrested," ...

  • Love My Austin Job Burt-Watts builds success by breaking industry stereotypes

    By Mauri ElbelSpecial to Statesman SolutionsHeather Merz, chief financial officer at Burt-Watts, never guessed she would end up working in the construction industry.Before joining the Austin-based general contracting and construction firm, Merz was as an audit manager for Ernst & Young -- a job that required about 80 percent travel. After she had her first child in 2005, she began looking ...

  • South Lamar area’s transformation continues

    The face of South Lamar Boulevard is rapidly changing - and one of the biggest transformations is happening at the former site of Lamar Plaza.Most of the 50-year-old shopping center, at 1000 S. Lamar Blvd. at Treadwell St. in South Austin, was razed this year to make way for Lamar Union, a multistory mixed-use project that will feature 443 apartments and 85,000 square feet of ground-floor retail ...

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