Houston's Economy Since
The
Late 20th Century Has
A
Broad Industrial Base
In
Energy
Manufacturing
Aeronautics
And
Transportation
Leading
In
Healthcare Sectors
And
Building Oilfield Equipment
Houston Has
The
Second Most Fortune 500 Headquarters Of Any U.S
Municipality Within Its City Limits (after New York City)
The
Port Of Houston Ranks First
In
The
United States
In
International Waterborne Tonnage Handled
And
Second
In
Total Cargo Tonnage Handled. Nicknamed
The
"Space City�
"H-Town"
And
�the 713�
Houston Has Become
A
Global City
With Strengths
In
Culture
Medicine
And
Research
The
City Has
A
Population From Various Ethnic
And
Religious Backgrounds And
A
Large
And
Growing International Community
Houston
Is
The Most Diverse Metropolitan Area
In
Texas
And
Has Been Described As
The
Most Racially
And
Ethnically Diverse Major Metropolis
In
The
U.S. It
Is
Home
To
Many Cultural Institutions
And
Exhibits
Which Attract More Than 7 Million Visitors
A
Year
To
The Museum District
Houston Has
An
Active Visual
And
Performing Arts Scene
In
The
Theater District
And
Offers Year-round Resident Companies
In
All Major Performing Arts
. .
. . In 2001
the
wreck of U-166 was found
in
5,000 feet (1,500 m) of water
less than two miles from where
it
had attacked
the
Robert E
Lee
an
archaeological survey of
the
seafloor before construction of
a
natural gas pipeline led
to
the discoveries
by
C & C Marine archaeologists Robert A
Church
and
Daniel J
Warren
the
sonar contacts consisted of two large sections lying approximately 500 feet apart
at
either end of
a
debris field that indicated
the
presence of
a
U-boat, Nic Santangelo
an
analyst of
the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
a
department of
the
U.S
Department of Labor that composes
the
monthly consumer price index
said
in
1992 "We have
a
difficult time explaining why Houston food prices go one way
Dallas another
and
the
nation yet another."
a
person quoted
in
the
Houston Post described as
an
industry insider said that when companies
in
the
Houston grocery market left
the
surviving competitors "got comfortable"
and
raised prices
Tammy Bobon
a
director of public affairs
for
AppleTree Markets
said that
the
Houston grocery market had remained competitive for
the
entire period!
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