Chairman of the Board, President & CEO of Southwest Airlines Co., Gary Kelly will be speaking in Austin at the downtown Omni Hotel on Friday September 18th at an 8 a.m. breakfast. Kelly will talk on "21st Century Aviation: A Committment to Technology, Energy, and Climate Solutions." He will brief attendees on the airline industry's impact on Texas, as well as the future direction for Southwest's Dallas-based operations. U.S. Congressmen Michael McCaul and Lamar Smith will be attending and will...
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By Bob Sechler, Dow Jones Newswires May 21, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas -(Dow Jones)- An estimated $13 billion in new federal money for high-speed passenger rail service should go to a single project that demonstrates its effectiveness, the top executive of freight railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI) said Thursday. "I'm concerned (the money) will be spread like peanut butter" nationwide and have little impact, said Chief Executive Matthew K. Rose, speaking to the Austin Economic Club,...
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Transportation Commission Could Have Measurable Effects on Citizens From Texas Insider The Executive Commission of National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, made up of transportation experts and CEOs across the country, has unveiled a comprehensive plan called “Transportation for Tomorrow.”  Congress put together a twelve-member Commission in 2005 to examine the condition and operation of the nations surface transportation system. Congress...
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AUSTIN—The Austin Economic Club (AEC), a not for profit organization developed in 2004 for the purpose of gathering Texas’ most distinguished political and business leaders, has started their 2009 Distinguished Lecture Series in style with a new Facebook and YouTube site. “We’ve already seen the affect new media tools have on our general public in the Obama campaign,” said Jim Cardle of Texas Citizen Action Network, and co-founder of the Austin Economic Club, “We...
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Thursday, May 21, the Austin Economic Club will host Matt Rose, CEO of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), for a breakfast event to start off the Austin Economic Club’s Distinguished Lecture Series for 2009. Rose will speak on “Transportation Infrastructure and the Importance of Optimizing the U.S. Supply Chain.”  The Executive Commission of National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, made up of transportation experts and...
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The Austin Economic Club (AEC) continues its 2006 Distinguished Lecture Series with a luncheon featuring Ed Gillespie on Thursday, October 5th, 2006, at the Austin Club, 110 E. 9th St., in Austin, Texas. Ed Gillespie is a founder and co-chairman of Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan public affairs firm that provides strategic counsel, government relations, and communications services to corporations, trade associations, and issue-based coalitions. He is a witty and candid presenter...
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    At a breakfast featuring U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the Austin Economic Club (AEC) designated four Texas businesses – Verizon, Exxon Mobil, SBC Communications and Temple-Inland -- along with Austin Mayor Will Wynn, as “Hurricane Heroes” for outstanding contributions to relief efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. “Verizon, ExxonMobil, SBC Communications and Temple-Inland exemplify the type of corporate leaders we have in Texas,” said Jim Cardle, AEC...
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  At a packed Austin Club breakfast today, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn gave Austin Economic Club members and their guests his insight into some of the biggest issues in Washington D.C. – the economy, hurricane relief efforts, immigration reform, and the upcoming confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. As the only Texan on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cornyn said, “I will be doing everything I can to assist Harriet Miers.”  The senator said he...
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  The Austin Economic Club (AEC) continues its 2005 Distinguished Lecture Series with a breakfast featuring U.S. Sen. John Cornyn on Friday, October 14th at the Austin Club, 110 E. 9th St.  As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cornyn will play a key role in the confirmation hearing of fellow Texan and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. Sen. Cornyn strongly supports Ms. Miers.  Sen. Cornyn is also a member of committees that will be instrumental...
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Austin Business Journal - by Jonathan Selden Austin Business Journal As U.S. Sen. John Cornyn helps Harriet Miers prepare for her U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the former Texas attorney general says he doesn't aspire to sit on the nation's high court. "I loved being a judge for 13 years," Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court and district court judge, told the Austin Business Journal. "I can't imagine any sort of circumstances [under which] I would be considered" for the...
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