Jeff Beckham

Recent Actions

• Posted GOP Wins Governors' Races; Maine Repeals Same-Sex Marriage Law [News Bits] to Austinist
  Republicans win governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia Maine voters repeal their state's new law allowing same-sex marriage Warren Buffett buys a railroad: Berkshire Hathaway acquires Burlington Northern Santa Fe Police find more bodies at Cleveland home of suspected serial killer Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the Oscars Sandra Bullock and husband Jesse James battle his porn star ex-wife for child custody Claude Lévi-Strauss, the anthropologist and father of structuralism, dies...
• Posted Update: Former AMD Chief Ruiz Steps Down As Head of Spinoff Company to Austinist
  Hector Ruiz, former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, is leaving his job with an AMD spinoff company after reports linking him to an insider trading case. Ruiz is taking a leave from his position as chairman of chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries, then will resign officially on Jan. 4. Last week, the Wall Street Journal identified Ruiz as the AMD executive who shared confidential information about his company with a trader who has since been arrested as...
• Posted Why We Don't Like You: Oklahoma State Cowboys to Austinist
  Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
• Posted Texas Volleyball Team Goes for Record Win Streak Against Nebraska to Austinist
  The No. 2-ranked Texas volleyball team will go for a record 27th consecutive win Friday in a Top 5 matchup against No. 8 Nebraska at Gregory Gymnasium.
• Posted Former AMD Chief Tied to Insider Trading Case to Austinist
  Former AMD chief executive officer Hector Ruiz finds himself tied to an alleged insider-trading case, raising questions about his business practices around an AMD spinoff company.