Nineteen Underground || Tag Archive || economy

Saturday 18, 2009

Soldiers expected to rev up local economy

EL PASO — The arrival of 2,400 additional soldiers at Fort Bliss next fall will bring fresh air to the economy of El Paso, creating new jobs in construction, education, health and other areas.
According to the Economic Development Office of the City of El Paso, the deployment of thousands of additional soldiers here will have [...]

Biz, economy, El Paso, Fort Bliss, soldiers

Friday 17, 2009

Community banks prosper as the fat cats founder

EL PASO — As the U.S. economy sank into the worst recession since the Great Depression, customers fled nationally owned financial institutions and came home, shifting their money from Wall Street to Mesa Street.
Customers fled to the perceived safety of smaller community banks as larger banks swirling in the eye of the controversy and threatening [...]

community banks, economy, El Paso, national banks, recession