Bauer Blogging Challenge #6

By Elizabeth Macedo | 21 Sep 2009 | 9:15 am CDT

During the summer, I followed the Real Estate market and summarized what I observed. In June, the median price of single-family homes sold reached its highest since August 2008. Also, foreclosure properties showed a further decline making up 16.8% of all single-family home sales in the Houston. This is a great decline compared to 34% in [...]

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Bauer Blogger Challenge #6

By Kim Pham | 9 Sep 2009 | 12:12 pm CDT

Recession. To tell you the truth, I’m tired of hearing that word. However, one of the news topics that I followed over the summer was around recession’s impact on college students and recent graduates. I really didn’t have to look far to see its impact though. As of August 2009, the national unemployment rate was 9.7%. In [...]

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Bauer Blogging Challenge #6

By Phil Cool - MyBauer Blogs | 31 Aug 2009 | 1:48 pm CDT

What important events did you follow over the past summer, and how did it shape your view of the world? Rather than discuss the perplexing world of <$4 natural gas and >$70 crude oil (read Alfonso’s blog for an overview of this), I’ve got to say that the Asian political environment has been fascinating this summer. [...]

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First blogging challenge of the semester!

By Alfonso Colombano | 28 Aug 2009 | 12:40 pm CDT

What important events did you follow over the past summer, and how did it shape your view of the world? I follow crude and natural gas prices on a regular basis. At the beginning of the summer, natural gas prices were around the $4.30-$4.55 range per MMBTU. Natural gas closed on Tuesday at $2.88 per MMBTU. [...]

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Welcome to Fall 2009! First blogging challenge of the semester!

By Bauer Blogging Challenge | 26 Aug 2009 | 11:57 am CDT

Welcome to our new and returning students and blog visitors! We have two new bloggers at MyBauerBlogs, and a couple of familiar faces, too. Here’s the first blogging challenge of the semester:

What important events did you follow over the past summer, and how did it shape your view of the world?

For those of you who don’t have blogs, respond in the comments!

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