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Some columns hit a nerve. I was quickly deluged with e-mails from people "Ready to March" after the publication of my recent column on how low interest rates may cut the long-term retirement income of seniors by as much as 50 percent. If you're like many mutual fund investors, you might not have a firm understanding of the fees you're being charged. In early April, Massey Energy Co. was in the headlines for the wrong reasons. The company, which counts a prominent Austinite as its lead board director, owns and operates the West Virginia mine where 29 men were killed in an explosion April 5. When Sheila Bair was appointed chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2006, one of her first key decisions was choosing a chief of staff to run the day-to-day operations of her office. They're a daring new generation of Austin developer. Jeffrey and Katie Bullard would rather renovate lived-in historical old houses than build shiny new ones. Lachan Ora, a nine-acre gated estate on Lake Travis, brings the best of a Hill Country ranch to a lake setting. What: There's an exciting, Texas-meets-the-tropics vibe to this four-story house in the Great Hills neighborhood in Northwest Austin. Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip. STOCK MARKETS Despite mixed finish, July ends as indexes' best month in year Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. After 79 years, Jaime's Spanish Village served its last lunch crowd Friday. The restaurant at 802 Red River St. The U.S. economy slowed sharply from April through June, the government reported Friday, growing at an annualized rate of just 2.4 percent after several quarters of more robust growth. Toyota Motor Corp. has argued for years that the electronic black boxes in its vehicles used unproven technology that could not be relied upon to determine the cause of accidents. Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc., which was taken private in a leveraged buyout in 2006 , acknowledged that it is having preliminary discussions with investment bankers about a potential public offering of stock. Greenlights for NonProfit Success, which offers management consulting services to nonprofit groups, named Amy Silvey development director. Most recently, Silvey served as senior director of development for the Capital Area Food Bank of Austin hotel donates to Seton cancer center Four Seasons Hotel Austin recently donated $25,000 to the Seton Family of Hospitals' Shivers Cancer Center.
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