Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX) articles from July 2003

Austin American-Statesman (Austin, TX) archives from July 2003

Austin, Texas-Based Electronic Publisher Adds USA Today to Its Client List.
July 6, 2003... Byline: Amy Schatz Jul. 6--Austin-based electronic publisher NewsStand Inc. has signed its largest customer to date: USA Today, the country's largest newspaper. The deal means NewsStand now provides electronic delivery for first and...

Nation's Top Mall Developer to Build Austin, Texas, Retail/Residential Project.
July 8, 2003... Byline: Shonda Novak Jul. 8--The University of Texas System has chosen Simon Property Group, the nation's largest mall developer, to build what one regent said would be a "landmark" retail and residential project on prime land in North...

Austin, Texas, Hopes Large Convention This Weekend Triggers Trend.
July 11, 2003... Byline: Claudia Grisales Jul. 11--As 20,000 people pour into Austin this weekend for the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the largest U.S. Hispanic organization, city officials are hoping that it will be just the first...

Austin, Texas, Office-Lease Market May Show Signs of Steadying.
July 11, 2003

Brainpower Makes Austin, Texas, Operation One of IBM's Crown Jewels.
July 13, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 13--Last month, IBM Corp. gathered more than 400 of its biggest brains at the posh Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. The workers played golf, rode horses and lounged by the swimming pools. ...

Austin, Texas, IBM Operation Nurtures Talent Up Career Ladder.
July 13, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 13--At age 25 and only three years out of the University of Maryland, computer engineer Nia Kelley already has been tapped as an up-and-comer at IBM Corp. in Austin. Kelley is smart, ambitious and...

Austin, Texas, Apartment Market Shows Signs of Life.
July 15, 2003... Byline: Shonda Novak Jul. 15--The banners advertising free rent, free DVD players and other giveaways might start disappearing from Central Texas apartment communities. The region's apartment market appears poised for a rebound. ...

Dell Offers Computer Recycling for 99 Cents.
July 15, 2003

Computer-Chip Maker AMD Sees Loss of $140 Million.
July 17, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 17--Heavy cost-cutting and a last-minute sales spurt helped Advanced Micro Devices Inc. cut its net loss while modestly beating its reduced sales projections for the second quarter. Company executives said...

Austin, Texas, Software Start-Up Benefits from Presidential Campaigns.
July 17, 2003... Byline: Amy Schatz Jul. 17--When former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign announced July 1 that it raised more than $800,000 in one day, political observers gasped. It was an amazing achievement for a Democratic candidate,...

Austin, Texas-Area Village to Give Developer $4.95 Million Incentive.
July 17, 2003... Byline: Shonda Novak Jul. 17--The Village of Bee Cave will give developer Chris Milam about $4.95 million in incentives to build a 550,000-square-foot retail project with a big-box anchor store across from his proposed Hill Country...

Dell Keeps Its Top Slot for Global PC Sales.
July 17, 2003

Austin, Texas-Area Construction Jobs Program Receives Accolades for Success.
July 18, 2003... Byline: Claudia Grisales Jul. 18--Isidoro Vazquez did the high-tech detour. Since he was 12, "Sid," as he is known to family and friends, worked for his dad's home remodeling business and planned to go into construction. But a...

Contract Partner to Pay Undisclosed Price for Austin, Texas Server Designer.
July 18, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 18--Austin computer startup Newisys Inc. said Thursday it will be bought by its contract-manufacturing partner Sanmina-SCI Corp. for an undisclosed price in a deal that's expected to be completed within the next...

Austin American-Statesman, Texas, Austin Inc. Column.
July 18, 2003

Austin, Texas-Area Jobless Rate Registers Annual Summer Spike.
July 18, 2003

Austin, Texas, Computer-Chip Maker's Poor Profit Record May Not Hurt IPO Yield.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Robert Elder Jr. Jul. 21--In the newly revived market for initial public offerings, the A-list companies are flying off the shelf -- solidly profitable, fast-growing companies in hot sectors. Semiconductor company FormFactor...

Silicon Laboratories Inc. Urges Leaders to Schedule Stock Selling.
July 21, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 21--Martha Stewart has made the country more aware of federal insider trading laws, and some companies are taking steps to make sure Stewart's troubles don't affect their directors. Stewart, the nation's...

Foreclosures in Travis County, Texas, Soar.
July 22, 2003... Byline: R. Michelle Breyer Jul. 22--Foreclosure postings in Travis County shot up 32 percent during the past month, sharp evidence that the economic downturn continues to take its toll on homeowners and real estate investors. At the...

Chief of Computer-Chip Maker Silicon Laboratories Inc. Opts to Step Aside.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 22--At age 40, Silicon Laboratories Inc. co-founder Nav Sooch gets to do something many high-tech entrepreneurs only dream of: work a part-time job as chairman of the board and enjoy more personal time. ...

New East Austin, Texas, Subdivision Breaks Out of Cookie-Cutter Mold.
July 22, 2003... Byline: Shonda Novak Jul. 22--Arik Williams and his fiancee, Jennifer Watson, soon will begin married life in a new two-story house with three bedrooms, vaulted ceilings, polished concrete floors and a Craftsman style design. They will...

Computer-Chip Maker Cirrus Logic Reports Loss, Expects Sales to Rebound.
July 23, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 23--Austin-based chip maker Cirrus Logic Inc. said Wednesday it expects sales to surge 10 percent to 23 percent in the current quarter after reporting weak sales and a sizable loss for the quarter that ended...

Austin, Texas-Area Hospital Anticipates Less Invasive Surgeries with New Knife.
July 23, 2003... Byline: Esther Wang Jul. 23--It sounds like something out of science fiction -- a machine that can treat brain tumors in less time than it takes some people to shower, without cutting into the skull, and so painlessly that patients can...

New Hilton Puts 577 Jobs on Austin, Texas, Horizon.
July 24, 2003... Byline: Esther Wang Jul. 24--The Hilton hotel company says it plans to hire nearly 600 employees later this year to staff its new hotel being built next to the Austin Convention Center. That's welcome news in Central Texas, where...

Wind-Farm Project to Power 30,000 Homes, Austin, Texas-Based Energy Group Says.
July 24, 2003... Byline: Claudia Grisales Jul. 24--With demand for "green power" growing in Texas, a group of energy companies said Wednesday that it will build one of the country's largest wind farms in West Texas. The Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm...

Motorola, Advanced Micro Struggle to Find Takers for Vacant Chip Factories.
July 25, 2003... Byline: Kirk Ladendorf Jul. 25--Motorola Inc. remains optimistic that it still can do a deal with the University of Texas to sell half of its manufacturing site on Ed Bluestein Boulevard in East Austin. The chip maker has 1 million...

Austin, Texas-Based Firm Gives Congressman Crash Course in Nanotechnology.
July 29, 2003... Byline: Robert Elder Jr. Jul. 29--U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, who good-naturedly mocked himself as a failed physics major, took an advance course in the subject Monday at the North Austin headquarters of Nanotechnologies Inc. ...

Venture-Capital Funding Jumps in Austin, Texas.
July 29, 2003... Byline: Lori Hawkins Jul. 29--Is it safe to go back in the water? Venture capital investment in Austin showed a surprising rebound in the second quarter, more than doubling from a year ago, according to data released Monday. The number...

Austin, Texas-Area Retailers Have High Hopes for Tax Holiday.
July 30, 2003... Byline: Esther Wang Jul. 30--If the sales tax holiday is the Super Bowl of shopping, then this is the game plan for retailers: schedule double or triple the normal staff in preparation for the hordes of shoppers expected to descend this...

Insurer to Add 148 Jobs in Austin, Texas, at About $10 Hourly Wage.
July 31, 2003

IBM Plan for Supercomputer in Japan Includes AMD Chips.
July 31, 2003

CEO Says Bigger Stores Slated for Whole Foods.
July 31, 2003