<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Austin (Texas): News &amp; Videos about Austin (Texas) - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Austin_Texas</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Austin (Texas) from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:24:34 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Austin (Texas): News &amp; Videos about Austin (Texas) - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Austin_Texas</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Austin (Texas) from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Renting a Smart car by the minute</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/13/autos/daimler_cars2go/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/13/autos/daimler_cars2go/index.htm</guid><description>If you could use a car now and again but don't want to buy one, German automaker Daimler has a possible solution for you. 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Short of helping him pay his bills (we've had enough of that, thank you), how can we help him get off on the right foot financially? -- Austin Mom and Dad</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 21:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting Away From It All If you're willing to venture             off the beaten track, the perfect retirement may be a lot     </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/07/12/375897/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/07/12/375897/index.htm</guid><description>It's what every retiree dreams of. But lately second-act home hunters have been in for some rude surprises. Sedona always sounded like a nice place to buy? Home prices are up 47% in the past three ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Makes A Place Hot Escalating Home Values, Job Growth, New Immigrants, A Lively Music Scene--turns Out That They All Go Toge</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/06/01/369621/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/06/01/369621/index.htm</guid><description>Richard Florida likes to chat about cities the way most people chat about movies or pop culture. This is not to say that Florida, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, likes to discuss the bes...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>These are the good old days</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/11/pf/armchair_today/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/11/pf/armchair_today/index.htm</guid><description>Dear Armchair Millionaire: My parents and I have a long-standing disagreement. They say that when it comes to money, my generation has it much easier than theirs ever did. I say that things were easier back then. What's your perspective?</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2004 15:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Can I Boost My Retirement Savings?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/04/01/365069/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/04/01/365069/index.htm</guid><description>Q. One of my two jobs provides a Keogh plan, but only my employer can make contributions--and he doesn't often do so. Should I become an independent contractor and set up my own retirement plan? --...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridle Accessories</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/13/350881/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/13/350881/index.htm</guid><description>At nine o'clock on the morning of Sept. 5, a brown-and-white calf shot out of a chute at the Travis County Exposition Center in Austin, kicking off the 20th edition of the Capital City Rodeo run by...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>July It's getting hot out there! So take off all ...             the days you possibly can. Dell gathers in Austin, online      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/07/345522/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/07/345522/index.htm</guid><description>1 Call your assistant and tell him you're out of pocket for all July. Really, it's been far too long since you've properly celebrated Lasagna Awareness Month. While you're at it, send a shout-out u...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greens For Less Green Six cheap-but-challenging public courses and some easy places to unwind afterward.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339805/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/04/01/339805/index.htm</guid><description>AUSTIN Forest Creek Golf Club Round Rock, Texas; $25-$59; www.forestcreek.com </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Best Places To Live 2002</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/12/01/333183/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/12/01/333183/index.htm</guid><description>IN OUR 16TH SURVEY OF AMERICA'S TOP TOWNS WE LOOK AT 10 BIG CITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING AND REAL ESTATE IS BOOMING, AND FIND THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUBURBS FOR LASTING VALUE, QUALITY OF LIFE...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Austin, Texas</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_austin/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/08/pf/yourhome/bplive_austin/index.htm</guid><description>Austin residents enjoy the best of both worlds: a stylish, exciting urban life, but without a lot of the hassles big cities are known for.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The FSB Browser Plan an event, get the word- and statistics do lie.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/09/01/329004/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/09/01/329004/index.htm</guid><description>AbiWord.com There were a few good products that came out of the dot-com craze, and SourceGear had one of them. Unfortunately, the company's IPO failed to materialize, so it gave up on its open-sour...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Playlist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/15/321442/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/15/321442/index.htm</guid><description>Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eat At Shrib's</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/02/300101/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/02/300101/index.htm</guid><description>How do you find good down-home food? Follow your nose, for one, but don't forget your eyes. Four rules for the road: </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Momentumville Momentum began in Austin in the late             1980s when Dell computer went public. Soon after, a wave of      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287373/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287373/index.htm</guid><description>In the summer of 1990, a movie called Slacker opened at the Dobie Theater, just off the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. In the film a stream of smart but directionless young Austinites...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Playlist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283787/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283787/index.htm</guid><description>DAVID GRAY White Ladder (ATO) A Welsh singer/song-writer with a reedy rasp and a blue streak of melancholia, Gray descends from Brit folkies like Nick Drake and John Martyn. His songs are somehow b...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bookmarks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/01/24/272288/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/01/24/272288/index.htm</guid><description>The Irish-born Berber is CEO of CyBerCorp, a fast-growing electronic brokerage based in Austin, Texas. Berber, 41, founded CyBerCorp (www.cybercorp.com), his second financial technology startup, af...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Cities For Business FORTUNE's annual ranking             of the country's hottest corporate locations uncovers some    </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/20/270538/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/20/270538/index.htm</guid><description>What's so great about Dallas? </description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Places To Live A strong economy, good             schools, cultural and recreational opportunities, and             saf</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268030/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268030/index.htm</guid><description>It might make life easier if we all agreed about what's most important in a hometown--if we could somehow forge an ironclad rule about what makes a city, big or small, the best place to live. Of co...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Transoceanic In-Flight Playlist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/02/263647/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/02/263647/index.htm</guid><description>THE RED VIOLIN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony Classical): John Corigliano's aching score, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra with soloist Joshua Bell and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salon...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas Rides Again It's big. It's back. It's different. Texas, always a legend in its own mind, has turned its can-do spirit from</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/29/257405/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/29/257405/index.htm</guid><description>A few years ago there were Texas bumper stickers that read, LORD, GIVE US ONE MORE CHANCE. WE PROMISE WE WON'T SCREW IT UP THIS TIME. This was a reference to how Texans had gone wild over rising oi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Cities For Business Our top five wealth             creators prove that you can't boom without tech.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/23/251388/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/23/251388/index.htm</guid><description>It should come as no surprise that seven of our ten boomtowns are located in the West. After all, this part of the country has always attracted pioneers--in this case, entrepreneurs such as compute...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Boomtown Stats Even in good times, only a few cities             stand out as real wealth creators. Here's our guide to the     </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/23/251392/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/11/23/251392/index.htm</guid><description>DEMOGRAPHICS </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>YOU OFFER GOOD ADVICE ON STRETCHING YOUR MONEY SO             THAT IT LASTS FOREVER</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/11/27/219680/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/11/27/219680/index.htm</guid><description>October's cover package--"Retire with All the Money You'll Ever Need"--connected with many of you. For one thing, our stories eased your worries about not being able to save enough for a happy reti...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A GUIDE TO THE BEST CITIES FOR BUSINESS CULTURE,             TECHNOLOGY, AND AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF KNOWLEDGE WORKERS             SE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/13/207672/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/11/13/207672/index.htm</guid><description>FORTUNE created its list of best cities in partnership with Arthur Andersen, whose Business Location Services practice consults with companies on location strategy, selection, and implementation. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 1995 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>He's living well on relatively little </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/11/01/89292/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/11/01/89292/index.htm</guid><description>I WAS MOST INTERESTED IN "Financial Lessons From the Class of '83," September's account of how alumni of California's Palisades High School are struggling to live as well as their parents did a gen...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE BEST CITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS A few fast-growing Sunbelt centers and -- surprise! -- several older cities of the North a</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78612/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78612/index.htm</guid><description>ONCE UPON A TIME, a lot of backyard barbecues in Raleigh/Durham's tonier suburbs involved Sansabelted tobacco and textile executives. They would stand around grumbling about business, pounding down...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE TOP TEN CITIES </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78610/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78610/index.htm</guid><description>1. RALEIGH/DURHAM The presence of three top universities -- Duke, University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State -- and the 7,000-acre Research Triangle Park has fueled the area's capacity ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A GREAT PLACE TO KICK BACK </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/11/01/87638/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/11/01/87638/index.htm</guid><description>I agree with your ranking Austin in the top three in September's ''The Best Places to Live in America.'' But why give us only an 8 out of a possible 100 on leisure? That's like giving Malibu an F f...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 1992 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How the top 10 places RATE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/09/01/87493/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/09/01/87493/index.htm</guid><description>No place is perfect, of course, as the table below shows. Here you'll find how each of our top 10 metro areas rates in nine broad categories, with 100 points representing the best possible score. T...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>REFERENCES THAT REFLECT REALITY </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/03/01/87207/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/03/01/87207/index.htm</guid><description>In reading your November issue, I was impressed with numerous comments such as ''your daughter the doctor'' and ''your daughter invests.'' I can't tell you how important such references are to me, ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 1992 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE TOP TEN CITIES </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75705/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75705/index.htm</guid><description>Rankings on access to quality labor and on pro-business attitude come from Moran Stahl &amp;amp; Boyer's survey of executives in America's 50 largest metropolitan areas. A rank of 1 is best, and 50 the wor...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WHY YOU MIGHT INHERIT LESS THAN YOU EXPECT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/11/01/86921/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/11/01/86921/index.htm</guid><description>Potential heirs, beware: your parents may not be kidding if they're riding around with one of those bumper stickers that say -- WE'RE SPENDING OUR CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE. According to a new survey ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE TOP 300 PLACES . . . And how the top 10 rate head to head </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/09/01/86763/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/09/01/86763/index.htm</guid><description>You can see why Provo/Orem is No. 1: it gets high scores in so many categories -- economy, housing, transportation (mass transit and commuting time) and health. The other places excelled in the eco...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY'S CHEAP CHIC</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/03/75082/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/03/75082/index.htm</guid><description>Believe it or not, over the past decade when the economy was growing and unemployment was relatively low, Americans declared bankruptcy at a rate four times greater than during the Depression. Pers...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FORTUNE'S TOP TEN The skilled, loyal workers in these choice metropolitan areas are the best you'll find anywhere. They're readi</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/22/74221/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/22/74221/index.htm</guid><description>ASK A BUNCH OF CEOs about their favorite cities and you'll probably hear them evaluate urban life the same way anyone else would. They love San Francisco for the Bay and the restaurants, Seattle fo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CRISIS ON THE ROAD </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/12/01/83575/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/12/01/83575/index.htm</guid><description>While it can't hurt to have your insurance agent's phone number with you while traveling, as you suggested in Family Finance (July), it is also important to carry the number of the company that iss...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Signals</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/29/68121/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/29/68121/index.htm</guid><description>Meat processor Geo. A. Hormel &amp;amp; Co. agreed to contracts with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union on the eve of the current contract's expiration at seven of Hormel's 26 plant...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Standoff at Hormel</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/12/67577/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/12/67577/index.htm</guid><description>The eight-month-old strike at the Geo. A. Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, took a violent new turn. More than 300 demonstrators clashed with police outside the plant; 17 were arrested...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hormel battles its meatpackers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/03/03/67233/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/03/03/67233/index.htm</guid><description>Hundreds of workers crossed picket lines at the Geo. A. Hormel &amp;amp; Co. plant in Austin, Minnesota, but a bitter six-month-old dispute still smoldered between Hormel and Local P-9 of the United Food a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TEXANS LOOK AWAY FROM OIL The good old petro-days are gone, and the hoped-for turnaround isn't in sight. High tech and diversifi</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/08/66121/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/08/66121/index.htm</guid><description>THE PARTY DAYS that oil brought to Texas are over -- probably for good, most Texans admit -- and the hangover in the state's economy is taking its sweet time to end. Though the state is trying to s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 1985 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>