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Supercomputing show comes to Austin (Austin American-Statesman)
People who know it well provide several descriptions of the world's largest supercomputing show, which convenes in Austin next week. They call it "Geek-o-Rama," "the NASCAR of computing" and the county fair of high-tech. First Steps: Baby Lawyers Set Off on Disparate Professional Paths (Law.com)
Texas Lawyer, which will check in with them annually for career updates over the next several years. Freescale cutting 138 local employees in January (Austin Business Journal)
The local impact of Freescale Semiconductor Inc.'s staff cuts are beginning to become clearer. Fidelity Unit Helps Wave of Advisors on the Move (Financial Planning.com)
An executive at Fidelity Investments says the Boston company is attracting new business as brokers and financial advisors from banks, large wire houses, and regional broker-dealers consider going independent. For Alberto Riveron, From Cuba to N.F.L.?s First Hispanic Referee (New York Times)
The N.F.L. calls Riveron a trailblazer, although Hispanics, the nation?s largest ethnic minority, go back a long way in professional football. Iranian refugee shapes new life with Tucson salon (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix)
Had Shahin Ebadi Urias stayed in her native Iran, she's not sure how life would have turned out for her two sons. But she has a pretty good idea. ``There would not have been any opportunities for them,'' Urias said. Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.(R) Makes Decision Not to Apply for Government's Capital Purchase Program (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ® one of the largest Texas-based banking institutions made the decision not to apply for funds available through the U.S. Treasury Department's Capital Purchase Program. Iranian refugee shapes new life with Tucson salon (FOX 11 Tucson)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Had Shahin Ebadi Urias stayed in her native Iran, she's not sure how life would have turned out for her two sons. But she has a pretty good idea. Work-Life Balance: How to Get a Life and Do Your Job (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
There is a species of knowledge worker that seems transcendentally competent when it comes to finessing work-life balance. These are the people of the tidy desks and tidy homes. The work-life super class. They don't skulk in late like the rest of us. They don't wear rumpled clothes, miss deadlines, or weaken before the vending machine. Are these people for real? Is work-life balance achievable? ... Ways to make your house a moneymaking machine (Seattle Times)
If you're like most, you've never made a dime off your dwelling (aside from appreciation) even though your house and yard likely represent your single largest asset.
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