More on a story we brought you earlier this week...
General Electric is getting more involved in the energy industry and is in the process of buying Lufkin Industries in a deal valued at around $3.3 billion dollars. The CEO tells KTRE that Lufkin Industries will keep its name.
General Electric wants to get more involved in the energy industry, and that means big bucks for one Lufkin Company.
It's been announced the GE is buying Lufkin Industries for 38 percent above the closing price of its shares on Friday. GE values the deal at around $3.3 billion dollars.
This is something you might be able to file away in the "Is-this-really-necessary" folder.
A new coffee has been manufactured to contain 200 percent of the caffeine of a regular cup of brew. Comments the company has received say things like, "Where Red Bull gives you wings, this coffee puts rockets on your back."
Much of the first part of this week will not be spent concentrating hard on deadlines and meetings at the office. Instead, big chunks of time will be spent online, filling out brackets for the NCAA tournament.
It's not just a guy thing....many women are on board with the bracketology at the office, and some bosses even say it's cool with them! One in five bosses say March Madness boosts office m
Have you ever had the urge to take a power nap at work?
Some employers are noticing that workers tend to get a little droopy-eyed around mid-afternoon, and rather than supply more coffee and energy drinks, the companies are hollowing out closets and other small spaces, adding a couch and some darkness, and calling it a nap room.
Guys, is it cool with you if your wife makes more money?
Researchers looked at incomes from 2006 to 2011 and found more wives in 2011 were out-earning their husbands. Some guys get competitive about that, and others say cool, no problem! Bring home that bacon.
Are you an East Texas small business owner? Want to make an immediate windfall? It's now time for the Rick St. Nick tip of the day. Well, not actually my tip. Kind of read about it.
But, if I did operate my very own 'biz', would most likely follow this strategy for success.
US Census numbers are helping define what exactly it means to be "Middle Class." That's always been a term to describe families who aren't rich but aren't poor, but the amount of money a family has to earn to keep that description is changing.