QUOTES

“There’s no other deal that compares to this. This is Amazon, and when you have a Fortune 100 company, it’s a whole different ballgame.” — Waller County Judge Trey Duhon on the lucrative incentives the retailer received to located a new fulfillment center in Katy

“I feel really, really good. After having to wait more than half a decade to have my day in court, it’s really nice to have the jury vindicate me.” — Dr. Miguel Gomez III. Gomez, a Houston heart surgeon who was awarded $6.4 million in damages last week after a Harris County jury found that Memorial Hermann Health System defamed his reputation in an effort to protect its business from other hospitals and competitors

“If Houston wants to remain a global leader in energy and health care, it needs to be a leader in Data Science — and it needs its primary Data Science resource to be located in the city.” — An advisory group’s proposal for a now-scuttled plan by the University of Texas System