Bill Gates is the richest person in the
United States with a net worth of $59 billion, according to Forbes magazine. But six from Oklahoma also made the list of the magazine’s 400 richest people in the
country as of September 2011.Read more
Clandestine
corporate headquarter plans, water, web startups and onion burgers were
the topics of discussion at the yearly Commercial Real Estate Council’s
Forecast. The event brought together commercial real estate experts to
discuss the state of the local market, hear from experts, and get a look
at what is expected for the coming year. Read more
The Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking
Authority is looking to ease parking woes Downtown with construction of a new
parking garage just south of city hall. On July 13, COTPA entered into an
agreement to hire TAParchitecture to design a $20 million garage. It will
include at least 750 parking spaces, retail on the ground floor, and the
potential for residential units on top.Read more
Continental Resources Inc. plans to triple its production and proved
reserves by the end of 2017, according to a strategic growth plan the
company announced this week. That translates to generating average
production of 300,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2017. Read more
As a former Oklahoma State Treasurer, Scott Meacham knows a good
investment when he spots one. And for more than five and a half years,
he spotted those investments slipping out of Oklahoma and paying off for
other states. Read more