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Jan 18, 2013, 5:00am CST Geographic Spotlight Focus on West Houston: Energy Corridor, Katy and Westchase Emily Wilkinson Assistant Managing Editor- Houston Business Journal Home to several Fortune 500 companies as well as prominent private businesses ranging from health care to manufacturing, it’s been boom times lately in west Houston. With several significant projects on the horizon bringing hundreds of thousands of jobs to the area, indicators signal west Houston’s growth momentum will not be slowing anytime soon. http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2013/01/18/west-houston-energy-corridor-katy.html

Related News: Asia , China , Real Estate , Emerging Markets , Economy , Finance , Retail Chinese Mount Global Homebuying Spree as Governments Squeeze Local Markets By Kelvin Wong, Nichola Saminather and Hui-yong Yu - Jun 14, 2011 1:00 AM GMT+0900 On a sunny Saturday in early June, Larry Zhou strolled the floor of a property exhibition in Hong Kong, wondering whether it was time to buy another home -- not in the city, where residential prices have soared 50 percent in the past two years, but maybe in Thailand or Malaysia.