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Bauer Business Focus: Comicpalooza Chairman John Simons Comicpalooza returns to the George R. Brown Convention Center next weekend. This year’s guests include Sir Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the X-Men films and Avery Brooks of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Comicpalooza chairman John Simons joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jessica Bolaños Saturday is graduation day for students at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. One of the graduating seniors, Jessica Bolaños, has launched a nonprofit to promote literacy in the developing world. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Ric Campo On Downtown Houston's Evolving Skyline Several major building projects have appeared in the past decade — expansion at the George R. Brown Convention Center, the new Dynamo Stadium, the downtown Hilton and others. On this morning's Bauer Business Focus, Andrew Schneider talks with Ric Campo, chairman of Camden Property Trust, about downtown Houston and its evolving skyline. |
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Bauer Business Focus: John Lopez U.S. student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion, and the delinquency rate on college loans is rising. John Lopez is a clinical assistant professor of finance at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. He joins Andrew Schneider on the Bauer Business Focus to discuss the high cost of financing a college education. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jose Pradilla Three Day Startup began as a student organization at UT Austin in 2008. It’s since spread to more than fifty universities on four continents. This weekend marks the second 3 Day Startup event at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. Student organizer Jose Pablo Ramirez Pradilla joins Andrew Schneider on the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Michael Shannon Michael Shannon is a former Navy SEAL and the founder of three small businesses. He's also a senior at the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. He joins Andrew Schneider on the Bauer Business Focus to discuss Wolffest, the center's annual business plan competition. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jay Mincks Jay Mincks is executive vice president of sales and marketing at Insperity. The Houston business advisory firm is collaborating with the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business on a new training program for mid-career professionals. Mincks joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Leslie Killian This year, the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business is offering four different summer camp programs for high school students. Leslie Killian is assistant director for outreach at the college. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the "Bauer Business Focus." |
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Bauer Business Focus: Elizabeth Killinger At 43, Elizabeth Killinger is one of the youngest people ever to lead Reliant Energy, as well as the company’s first female president. A graduate of the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business, Killinger was named to the post last October. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Christina Lesher As more baby boomers hit retirement age, the demand for attorneys who can deal with issues such as Medicaid and estate planning is on the rise. Christina Lesher is a Houston attorney specializing in elder law and a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Rathindra Bose While medicine is one of the leading economic strengths of Houston, the city has yet to transform itself into a true center of commercial biotechnology. Rathindra Bose is trying to change that. Bose is vice chancellor for research and technology transfer for the University of Houston System. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Bob Harvey Bob Harvey took over as chief executive of the Greater Houston Partnership at the height of last year's election campaign. Harvey joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus to discuss some of the business group’s top public policy concerns. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Philip Playfair Lowfoot is one of the leading companies involved in analyzing smart meter data, helping consumers track their electricity use and hold down their bills. The Toronto-based firm recently opened its U.S. headquarters here in Houston. Its chairman and CEO, Philip Playfair, joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Brock Wagner When Brock Wagner opened the first craft brewery in Texas, he set a goal of producing 50,000 barrels a beer per year. He passed 49,000 barrels in 2012 and shows no sign of slowing down. The founder-brewer of Saint Arnold Brewing Company joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Bruce McGovern It's been one month since Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The law averted the combination of steep tax hikes and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff. Joining Andrew Schneider on the Bauer Business Focus to discuss what the act means for tax filers is Bruce McGovern, an associate dean at South Texas College of Law. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Hesam Panahi Next month, the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business will launch its own startup accelerator, Red Labs. It’s the brainchild of Hesam Panahi, a clinical assistant professor at Bauer. Panahi joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Sir Peter Westmacott Nearly a thousand Houston companies report business or trade ties to the United Kingdom. Sir Peter Westmacott is Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United States. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Lucrece Borrego In 2007, Lucrece Borrego left what then seemed a secure job as an investment banker to pursue a career in the restaurant industry. She went on to create Kitchen Incubator, Houston's first business incubator focused on food service. Borrego joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Larry Young Larry Young is an expert on consumer financial services with the Houston law firm of Hughes Watters Askanase. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's installment of the "Bauer Business Focus" for a look at the upcoming state legislative session. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Adrienne Leigh For this year's final episode of the "Bauer Business Focus," Andrew Schneider takes a look at a popular New Year's resolution: starting or buying your own business. He's joined by Adrienne Leigh, who owns and operates a franchise of Murphy Business & Financial in West Houston. |
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Bauer Business Focus: John & Dee Dillman John and Dee Dillman operated Kaboom Books in New Orleans for more than two decades. After Hurricane Katrina, they moved to Houston and reestablished their used bookstore in the Heights. The Dillmans join Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Reggie Coachman This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Greater Houston Restaurant Association. Leading the association through its anniversary year is Reggie Coachman, who also heads regional operations for Schlotzsky's. Coachman joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Steven Murray Direct Energy, the largest retail electricity provider in North America, is moving its corporate headquarters from Toronto to Houston. Steven Murray heads the company’s residential service. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Marylyn Harris Women veterans face some of the steepest unemployment rates in the nation. For those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, the rate tops 15%. Marylyn Harris is a former Army nurse and founder of the Women Veterans Business Center. Harris joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Steve Koch The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the biggest day of the year for retailers. But this year, many retailers kicked off their Black Friday sales on Thursday night. Steve Koch teaches marketing at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jane Bavineau As America's population ages, more and more people are taking on the role of caregiver for ailing parents. That takes a toll on both the caregivers and their employers. Jane Bavineau is executive director of Sheltering Arms Senior Services. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Steven Craig President Obama and Congress have less than two months to reach a compromise on deficit reduction. If they can't, steep across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts will take effect automatically on January 1. Steven Craig teaches public sector economics at the University of Houston. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the fiscal cliff. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Bill Gilmer The University of Houston's Institute of Regional Forecasting has provided independent projections of local economic growth for nearly two decades. The institute recently welcomed a new executive director, Bill Gilmer, formerly of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Gilmer joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the outlook for the Houston economy. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Alan Lish Halloween marks the deadline for CougarPitch, an elevator pitch competition open to students, faculty, and staff at the University of Houston. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the competition is Alan Lish of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Scott Rozzell The November ballot includes a bond initiative to raise more than four hundred million dollars for new construction at the Houston Community College system. Part of that would go to accommodate the training of new oil and gas workers. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus is Scott Rozzell, general counsel for CenterPoint and co-chair of the bond campaign. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Loren Steffy Jury selection is set to begin next week in the trial of Stanford Financial Group executives Gilberto Lopez and Mark Kuhrt. Houston Chronicle business columnist Loren Steffy joins Andrew Schneider on this week's "Bauer Business Focus" to discuss the aftermath of the R. Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Daniel Currie Business schools are seeing an uptick in applications for part-time and executive MBA programs. Daniel Currie is Assistant Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's "Bauer Business Focus" to discuss what's behind the trend. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Arif Momin A recent study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations found roughly one in eight Texans is living without access to a bank account, well above the national average. Arif Momin of EmagineNET Labs joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the challenges facing "the unbanked." |
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Bauer Business Focus: Stephen Zamora The U.S. and Mexican governments recently signed an agreement on the shared use of oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico. Stephen Zamora heads the University of Houston's Center for U.S. and Mexican Law. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss a research project supporting of the agreement. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Dan Jones Dan Jones spent nearly four decades in insurance underwriting risks to the oil and gas industry. He now teaches insurance and risk management at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. Jones joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the risk of hurricanes to oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Peter Han Google is famous for stocking its offices with everything from foosball tables to bowling lanes. The company sees a strong link between playing and innovation. Peter Han, president of Play.Fully.Creative, believes all companies can benefit by encouraging their employees to play. Han joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Praveen Kumar Crude oil is trading near $100 a barrel, despite weakness across much of the global economy. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss why is Praveen Kumar, an expert on energy finance at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Shane McLaughlin Shane McLaughlin joined CenterPoint Energy after earning his MBA from the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business in 2009. McLaughlin joins Andrew Schneider on this week's "Bauer Business Focus" to discuss his work on CenterPoint's new TrueCost portal for comparing electric plans. |
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Bauer Business Focus: David Spencer-Percival London-based Spencer Ogden is one of world's leading firms specializing in recruiting for the energy sector. CEO and co-founder David Spencer-Percival visited Houston to open the company's first U.S. office. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Jackie Kacen Spoilers on Twitter or Facebook are creating headaches for NBC, which paid billions for the broadcast rights to the London Olympics. Jackie Kacen teaches marketing at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Bryant Price With primary runoffs next week and the Republican Convention just a month away, Houston airwaves are already crammed with political ads. Bryant Price is president and CEO of Agama Advertising. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's "Bauer Business Focus" to discuss what the campaign season means for his industry and for Houston business. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Diane Schenke The East End is on the verge of one of the biggest commercial and housing booms in its history. Diane Schenke is president of the Greater East End Management District. She joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the outlook for the neighborhood. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Manolo Sánchez BBVA Compass is the U.S. arm of Spain's second-largest bank. The parent company has had a front row seat to the euro zone debt crisis and the Spanish banking crisis. Manolo Sánchez is the Houston-based president and CEO of BBVA Compass. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Vivian Ho Last week's Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act left most of the Obama administration's health care law intact. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss what that will mean for business and the economy is Vivian Ho. She teaches health economics at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Rick Franke Texas is one of a handful of states that require all high school seniors pass a course in financial literacy in order to graduate. The state provides no extra funding for the coursework, and schools are turning to volunteers to help meet the mandate. Rick Franke, president of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas, joins Andrew Schneider to discuss what his organization is doing on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: John Walsh The American Moving and Storage Association recently released its quarterly list of the country's ten most popular moving destinations. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss Houston's ranking is John Walsh, director of the Graduate Real Estate Program at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Hesam Panahi This spring, the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business launched a new course on mobile app development. Hesam Panahi of Bauer's Department of Decision & Information Sciences taught the course. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Daniel Johnson Few industries are as sensitive to the risks of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico as offshore drilling. Daniel Johnson is an expert on the offshore insurance industry and a partner with the Houston office of law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Dick DeFrank Summer vacation season is upon us. Many working Americans are planning to work straight through to September without a break. Dick DeFrank is an expert on work stress at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. He joins Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss the costs to workers and employers of passing up time off. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Costa Bajjali This week marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly Joplin, Missouri tornado. Wallace Bajjali Development Partners of Sugar Land is now in talks with Joplin on how to rebuild. Company president and co-founder Costa Bajjali joins Andrew Schneider on this week’s Bauer Business Focus. |
