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R Fisher

Businesses Seek Certainty

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discusses how the Texas pro-business attitude should be emulated throughout the country to encourage businesses to invest and to foster economic growth.

High Gas Prices

Pain at the Pump?

With gas prices fluctuating between high and higher, Texans could be swayed to rethink transportation.

One Word For Today's Undergraduates: Plastics!

A recent study of credit card use on college campuses reveals that many students don't understand their terms and penalties.

read5 tips for college students

Five Tips For College Students - and Their Parents

Protecting your privacy and preparing for the job market.

read about super commutes

More Texans Making Super-Commutes

Do you live here and work way over there? You just may be a megalopolitan super-commuter and not even know it.

read about personal income

Texans Stay Afloat with Mortgages and Home Values

What’s your home worth – post real-estate bubble?

In Texas, home-equity values have fared better than the national average. See how Texas stacks up nationally in home-equity values.

Watch video on privacy data

Privacy, Data and Government: An Interview with Elizabeth Rogers

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Chief Privacy Officer Elizabeth Rogers outlines important steps consumers can take to protect themselves from identity theft and fraud involving their personal information.

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Texans, Start Your Engines

Growth of Texas Vehicle Registrations Since 2001

Did You Know?

Identity Theft by the Numbers

  • In 2010, Texas had the fifth highest per capita identity theft complaint rate with 96 complaints per 100,000 people.
  • The number of identity theft incidents has reached 9.9 million a year according to the Federal Trade Commission.

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