HOUSTON: Economy booming but many Katrina evacuees still unemployed.

[Kikers]

Houston's economy is hot because of the booming oil and gas industry. City officials say there are 2 million job openings, 59,000 of which require only a high school education. Houston's unemployment rate is 3.8 percent, versus 4.5 percent nationally.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/11/11katrinahouston.html

[Darrel Toepfer]

Post by Kikers
Houston's economy is hot because of the booming oil and gas industry.
City officials say there are 2 million job openings, 59,000 of which
require only a high school education. Houston's unemployment rate is
3.8 percent, versus 4.5 percent nationally.

Give 'em a computer and a celebrity neighbor:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q53JGG0&show_article=1
&catnum=-1

Paris Hilton's Garbage Sells Big on eBay
Jul 3 07:56 AM US/Eastern

LOS ANGELES (AP) - An empty can of gourmet dog food taken from Paris
Hilton's trash fetched $305 in an eBay auction. The sellers were from
the Web site HollywoodStarTrash.com, which also listed several other
Hilton items for sale on eBay.
A used toothbrush sold for $305; two envelopes sent to her while she was
in jail sold for $510; and a Coke can pulled from her trash went for
$51.

The organic gourmet dog food was produced by Party Animal Inc., and can
be found in about 150 stores in Southern California and about 40 in New
York. It can also be bought through the company's Web site.

____

On the Web:

Star Trash: http://www.hollywoodstartrash.com
Party Animal: http://www.partyanimalpetfood.com

[EricF]

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The population of Houston is about 2 million. I have no doubt there are jobs
there, but nowhere near 2 million.

Eric

[Kikers]

Well the metro area has 4 million to be exact. Plus, just because the company is based here, doesn't mean the job you apply for will be. You could go offshore or overseas. Or you might get sent to a branch office in Lafayette.

-A. Kiker

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The population of Houston is about 2 million. I have no doubt there are jobs
there, but nowhere near 2 million.

Eric