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Old 03-05-2012, 08:37 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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The Panama Canal Expansion is a pretty big boon for Houston - and it is going to hurt LA's port.
The experts say that it won't hurt LA that much. Trade with Asia is growing anyway so LA will also see an increase in shipping.
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That's pretty cool stuff! Things like that are what I was talking about before when I was speaking about Houston after its growth slows down a bit. There's a definitive culture in places like the SF Bay and Boston that are conducive to creativity, innovation, etc. This is what helps them stay ahead of the curve.
Just like sBarn found that for SF and You found yours for Boston, I was reading the equivalent for Houston today. It is just different economies, but all the execs who move here put out a list of favorables like yours listing why they think the economic climate here was better suited for their company.

It just depends on the industry, so it is not fair to say that those two are any different.

There is a reason why UH Law is noted for ranking high in Oil and Gas, IP and Health law.
The professionals develop around the industries the cities excel in.
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Old 03-05-2012, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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The experts say that it won't hurt LA that much. Trade with Asia is growing anyway so LA will also see an increase in shipping.
Ah I see, that makes sense. I was basing my info off of an Economist article, the bit about trade with Asia makes sense.

Either way you are right on that the Port is going to help out Houston. Houston's not going away doesn't really make sense why some on this board would almost seem to want it to.
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Old 03-05-2012, 09:48 PM
 
Location: C.R. K-T
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That's fine, I understand US Operations are based in Houston. But to suggest that there are "shared headquarters" is not correct. The company's headquarters is in Palo Alto, that is where the decisions are made, not Houston.
Legally, the company's U.S. subsidiary is chartered in Houston. These MNCs (Multi-National Companies) are composed of one holding company with a company chartered in each country/region they operate. The divisions may be integrated into one company or be separate subsidiary companies.

The holding company for HP worldwide is in Palo Alto, CA--suburban San Francisco. The holding company for the U.S. operations is (supposedly) in northwest Harris County with a Houston, TX mailing address.
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Old 03-05-2012, 09:53 PM
 
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Legally, the company's U.S. subsidiary is chartered in Houston. These MNCs (Multi-National Companies) are composed of one holding company with a company chartered in each country/region they operate. The divisions may be integrated into one company or be separate subsidiary companies.

The holding company for HP worldwide is in Palo Alto, CA--suburban San Francisco. The holding company for the U.S. operations is (supposedly) in northwest Harris County with a Houston, TX mailing address.
Like I mentioned before, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto. This isn't a disputable fact.
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:03 PM
 
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If you go to their website and select headquarters:

Palo Alto CA


Cant even find a reference to Houston

Personally I would have alsways thought HP and the Bay

as for Houston; it isnt bad to have good jobs from a good company; not sure how Large the facility/s is/are and am sure they have many good jobs there
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:06 PM
 
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They've done the same thing with companies in PA a few times. They really screwed us that way.

Snyder's of Hanover, for example, merged with Lance's and now the parent company headquarters is in Charlotte whereas the subsidiary headquarters of Snyder's is in Hanover.

Don't ask me why. Snyder's is clearly the better of the two and brings much more to the table.
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:09 PM
 
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Ah I see, that makes sense. I was basing my info off of an Economist article, the bit about trade with Asia makes sense.

Either way you are right on that the Port is going to help out Houston. Houston's not going away doesn't really make sense why some on this board would almost seem to want it to.
Yeah, the increase in container activity for Houston should still put it behind Long Beach and LA, but increases in Tonnage should put it passed South Louisiana. Houston is already catching up on SLA. In 2004 SLA foreign exports totaled 65M tons while Houston totaled 40M tons. Last year the respective numbers were 75M and 71M tons. By overall tonnage, the difference was 22M in 2004, now Houston is only 9M away from S Louisiana

http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Stati...%20TONNAGE.pdf

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Legally, the company's U.S. subsidiary is chartered in Houston. These MNCs (Multi-National Companies) are composed of one holding company with a company chartered in each country/region they operate. The divisions may be integrated into one company or be separate subsidiary companies.

The holding company for HP worldwide is in Palo Alto, CA--suburban San Francisco. The holding company for the U.S. operations is (supposedly) in northwest Harris County with a Houston, TX mailing address.
Thanks. Its just one poster who is making a big deal about it.

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Like I mentioned before, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto. This isn't a disputable fact.
No one said otherwise, don't even know why you are still pushing this.

You know Wells Fargo has head quarters in Houston too right?

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Old 03-05-2012, 10:12 PM
 
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If you go to their website and select headquarters:

Palo Alto CA


Cant even find a reference to Houston

Personally I would have alsways thought HP and the Bay

as for Houston; it isnt bad to have good jobs from a good company; not sure how Large the facility/s is/are and am sure they have many good jobs there
It IS on their website.

Like I said a couple pages back it is right here:
HP Company information - About us - Headquarters
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Hewlett-Packard USA
20555 SH 249
Houston, TX 77070 USA

Phone: (281) 370-0670
Fax: (281) 514-1740

Open 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday - Friday.
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They've done the same thing with companies in PA a few times. They really screwed us that way.

Snyder's of Hanover, for example, merged with Lance's and now the parent company headquarters is in Charlotte whereas the subsidiary headquarters of Snyder's is in Hanover.

Don't ask me why. Snyder's is clearly the better of the two and brings much more to the table.
Yeah that seems to happen a lot in these mergers. Most people thought Continental Airlines was the better company, but when they joined with United, they took the united name and moved to Chicago.

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Old 03-05-2012, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Im not even going to get into the nonsense about HP. What a joke. LOL

Anyway, the Bay Area is home to 50 of the 500 most valuable US companies according to the Financial Times(UK) 500, 2011

That's 1 in 10 companies. Not bad considering the Bay Area is home to only 2% of the nation's population.

Natl rank, Company, Market Capitalization 2011
2 Apple $321.0 Billion
3 Chevron $215.7 Billion
12 Oracle $169.8 Billion
13 Wells Fargo $167.4 Billion
17 Google $147.199 Billion
23 Intel $110.7 Billion
27 Cisco Systems $94.8 Billion
29 Hewlett Packard $88.6 Billion
72 eBay $40.2 Billion
82 Visa $36.4 Billion
89 Gilead Sciences $33.6 Billion
112 Franklin Resources $27.9 Billion
140 Juniper Networks $22.5 Billion
142 Yahoo $21.8 Billion
143 Charles Schwab $21.7 Billion
151 Applied Materials $20.6 Billion
154 McKesson $20.0 Billion
172 Salesforce.com $17.7 Billion
180 PG&E $17.5 Billion
187 Adobe Systems $16.7 Billion
194 Intuit $16.0 Billion
201 Agilent Technologies $15.4 Billion
219 Altera $14.1 Billion
220 Symantec $14.1 Billion
237 Gap $13.2 Billion
241 Intuitive Surgical $13.0 Billion
249 Netflix $12.5 Billion
289 Nvidia $10.9 Billion
290 Sandisk $10.9 Billion
297 Check Point Software Technologies $10.6 Billion
321 Marvell Technology $9.8 Billion
326 vMWare $9.6 Billion
327 Clorox $9.6 Billion
345 Prologis $9.1 Billion
369 Xilinx $8.5 Billion
377 Ross Stores $8.3 Billion
388 Varian Medical Systems $8.1 Billion
394 KLA Tencor $7.9 Billion
399 Linear Technology $7.6 Billion
400 Avago Technologies $7.6 Billion
404 Maxim Integrated Products $7.5 Billion
411 NXP Semiconductors $7.5 Billion
438 Lam Research $7.0 Billion
453 Electronic Arts $6.5 Billion
454 Seagate Technology $6.525 Billion
469 Atmel $6.2 Billion
471 Trimble Navigation $6.1 Billion
474 AMB Property $6.0 Billion
487 Advanced Micro Devices $5.9 Billion
496 Rovi $5.7 Billion

FT.com / UK - US 500 2011

Skimming through the list, Houston has quite a few as well. Boston too but I dont think as many as the Bay Area and Houston.

The OP might not be too far off in asking about these 3 regions since they appear to be home to about 100 of 500 the most valuable US companies.
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:40 PM
 
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That's because the Sunbelt and West Coast were and still are the darlings of post-war, suburban oriented society. Boston isn't a fad and nobody's going to move there to get that Americana or that suburban, post-war aspect those cities that poached companies from the East Coast have. Therefore, when people's tastes change, Boston will be a lot better off because they did okay even when everybody wanted to move out West or to the Sunbelt.
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