By The Numbers, 2020 Year In Review

Oil prices rose on Wednesday to their highest since February 2020 after Saudi Arabia agreed to reduce output more than expected in a meeting with allied producers, while industry figures showed U.S. crude stockpiles were down last week. Brent crude rose as much as nearly 1% to $54.09 a barrel, the highest since Feb. 26,…
I am prompted to write this series of 3 articles by the cancellation of the Texas Bowl due to COVID-19. When I heard the news, I thought, "What would our ancestors say?". My education and upbringing did not teach me "when the going gets tough, QUIT"; rather "DON'T QUIT". My mind continues to review all…
About half of U.S. energy company executives polled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas expect their firms to increase capital spending in 2021, and another quarter of respondents see those expenditures remaining flat next year, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The coronavirus health crisis wiped out as much as a third of…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a petition for temporary injunction and temporary restraining order in Travis County District Court to halt enforcement of Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s and Travis County Judge Andy Brown’s orders, which impose a four-day shutdown of dine-in food and beverage services from 10:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., December 31…