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Lake Houston area business leaders cautiously optimistic about 2021 economy FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Lake Houston area leaders say a vaccine is critical to helping businesses recover from the pandemic.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of6 They are some additional relief options being made available to businesses currently. Partnership Lake Houston will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 13 with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Houston Director Tim Jeffcoat to discuss financial information for businesses in the community now available due to...

For Houston's economy, experts predict 2021 to be a year of healing and uncertainty FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 An oil pumpjack works in the field in Penwell, Texas. After a merciless year marked indelibly by a global pandemic and economic calamity, experts predict 2021 will be a year of healing. But just how rapid this recovery will take place in Houston remains difficult to forecast. Much of it will depend on the successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and the promise they hold for a return to normal life.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of11 UTMB G...

Pandemic. Recession. Oil bust. How Houston weathered economic collapse under COVID-19 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Abandoned tanks in Penwell in April. A sudden and devastating oil crash pounded the energy sector,which was still recovering from the deep, two-year oil bust that ended in 2016Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of4 3of4 Brick and mortar retailers were particularly hurt by the pandemic.Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 4of4 A man walks through an almost completely empty parking lot at Franklin and La Branch...

Nearly 20 years after Compaq-HP deal, HPE makes Houston home FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Electricians change the Compaq Computer sign at the company's campus in Houston, Saturday, May 4, 2002. After one of the harshest and closest proxy fights in American business history, Hewlett-Packard Co. officially closed its $19 billion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp. on Friday. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato)MICHAEL STRAVATO, STR / APShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman and Chief Executive Carly Fiorina and Compaq's Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Capellas bump fists at the start of a...

Houston hotels enter holiday season under crushing weight of pandemic, debt FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 A Hilton Americas-Houston staff member takes care of a guest from behind a protective glass on the check-in counter of the hotel, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, in Houston.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of10 Miraj Patel, president of Wayside Investment Group, poses for a photo at the Best Western he's about to open near Bush airport Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, in Humble.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 3of10 Hilton A...