Sean Saldaña

1 week ago | dentonrc.com | Sean Saldaña

Since last summer, three separate organizations have announced plans to open stock exchanges in Dallas. At first, there was the Texas Stock Exchange, which plans to open up early next year. The second was the New York Stock Exchange, which moved its Chicago branch to the Lone Star State and made international headlines last week when it opened its doors and listed Trump Media and Technology Group as its first stock.

2 weeks ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Sean Saldaña

Right now, the median home sale price in Texas is about $328,000. It sounds like a lot, but not only is that about $70,000 less than the national average, it’s also a figure that’s been ticking down in recent years as home sales have slowed down and units have been sitting on the market for longer. In fact, the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University says that “conditions have shifted in favor of homebuyers” as what has historically been a spring homebuying season gets underway.

3 weeks ago | texasstandard.org | Sean Saldaña

In early April, the Moontower Comedy Festival makes its return to Texas. For a little over a week, more than 150 comedians will perform in venues across Austin, including several headline acts like Aziz Ansari, Pete Holmes, Janelle James, Josh Johnson and Aparna Nancherla.

4 weeks ago | npr.org | Sean Saldaña |Darian Woods |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon

How nonprofits get cash from your clunker Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1241163673/1268433118" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Many nonprofits accept your used cars as a way to donate. This happens from Make-A-Wish America to Habitat for Humanity to ... public radio stations! So, how does the process actually work? And who takes a cut along the way? Today, we follow the car money.

1 month ago | dentonrc.com | Sean Saldaña

When it comes to the U.S. economy, in recent decades an idiom has emerged: Consumer spending is the backbone of the economy. These days, on average, personal spending at the household level makes up around two-thirds of America’s economic output each year — and one of the ways people are able to spend so much is through debt. People take on debt for things like businesses, car loans and mortgages and, of course, for everyday shopping — using credit cards and short-term loans.