U.S. and Texas rig counts rise while Eagle Ford Shale’s fall from July 2014 to August 2014

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The U.S. rig count was 1,914 in August 2014, up from 1883 in July 2014; Texas rig count was 900 in August 2014, up from 886 in July 2014; The Eagle Ford Shale rig count was 203 in August 2014, down from 211 in July 2014.

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Dwight Steward, Ph.D.

Dr. Steward regularly writes and speaks on topics involving business and individual economic damages, employment audits, and the analysis of payroll and time data in wage and hour investigations. Dr. Steward has also held teaching positions at The University of Texas-Austin in the Department of Economics and in the Red McCombs School of Business, The College of Business at Sam Houston State University, and at The University of Iowa. He has taught numerous courses in statistics, corporate finance, labor economics, business policies, managerial economics, and microeconomics.