Dallas Business Journal articles from June 1991, page 2

Dallas Business Journal archives from June 1991

Ruth Doyle L.P.T. and Associates Inc. (On the Record - Name Change)
June 14, 1991... Ruth Doyle L.P.T. and Associates Inc. Ruth Doyle L.P.T. and Associates Inc. has changed its name to Mitchell Physical Therapy Associates P.C.

New Era Beverage Co. (On the Record - New Product)
June 14, 1991... New Era Beverage Co. Dallas-based New Era Beverage Co., which markets Sundance natural juice sparklers, is introducing a second national brand - Beach Club.

NorthPark Center. (On the Record - New Opening)
June 14, 1991... NorthPark Center NorthPark Center of Dallas has announced it will open the first Rand McNally Map & Travel Store in Texas and the Southwest in late July. Also opening at the center is The Body Shop.

Hughes eyeing big relocation. (new subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft Co.'s Training and Support Systems Group, named Hughes Training Inc., may be located in Arlington, Texas)
June 7, 1991... Hughes eyeing big relocation Newly created subsidiary could add 2,000 jobs to Arlington work force Senior management officials at Hughes Aircraft Co.'s Training and Support Systems Group have designated their Arlington operations as...

Warehouse retailer to enter market. (Price Co. plans to build Price Club warehouse stores in Dallas, Texas)
June 7, 1991... Warehouse retailer to enter market San Diego-based Price Co. -- considered the pioneer in warehouse club retailing -- plans to build at least eight 100,000-square-foot Price Clubs in the Metroplex, real estate sources said. Don...

Development disputes spur peace talks. (Dallas Partnership and city officials feud over plans for economic development)
June 7, 1991... Development disputes spur peace talks Business leaders trying to streamline efforts In an effort to ease a growing level of friction among competing local economic development organizations, a small group of Dallas businessmen is...

A career in crises: bankruptcy official makes failed bid to buy struggling companies. (Don Navarro accused of mismanaging bankruptcy cases)
June 7, 1991... A career in crises Bankruptcy official makes failed bid to buy struggling companies For seven years during the 1980s, Don Navarro labored to build a collection of bankruptcy cases that was one of the largest of any bankruptcy...

Ernst & Young partners resign as firm attempts to cut costs.
June 7, 1991... Ernst & Young partners resign as firm attempts to cut costs Six partners at Ernst & Young have resigned from the accounting firm's Dallas office within the past month, the Dallas Business Journal has learned. The resignations came just...

Developers plan housing project on newly acquired Arlington land. (Sunbelt Land Development Ltd. plans project in Arlington, Texas)
June 7, 1991... Developers plan housing project on newly acquired Arlington land A Bedford development group has acquired 265 acres in southwest Arlington, where it plans to build a mixed - use starter home project. Sunbelt Land Development Ltd. on May...

Firstsouth buys building, plans local expansion. (Firstsouth Commercial Corp.)
June 7, 1991... Firstsouth buys building, plans local expansion Firstsouth Commercial Corp., a Dallas-based medical factoring company, has purchased an office building on Cedar Springs Road for its new headquarters, according to documents filed recently...

Experts cater to firms dropping workers' comp. (Texas businesses should consider possible financial consequences of working outside state's worker's compensation system)
June 7, 1991... Experts cater to firms dropping workers' comp Employers who join the exodus from Texas' troubled workers' compensation program are facing some serious risks, but they'll also find plenty of help in surviving the crisis. Nearly 1,700...

Highway expansion forces Mid-Cities dealership to move. (North Hills Lincoln-Mercury Sales Inc. will move to allow for expansion of Texas freeway system)
June 7, 1991... Highway expansion forces Mid-Cities dealership to move After nine years of doing business at 7820 N.E. Loop 820, North Hills Lincoln-Mercury Sales Inc. will move within a year to a newly purchased, 14-acre plot just a few miles south of the...

Developers blueprint plans for North Dallas Luxury apartments. (Dorchester Properties Ltd. and Zale Properties Inc.)
June 7, 1991... Developers blueprint plans for North Dallas luxury apartments Luxury apartments are on the rise in Far North Dallas with plans for three new developments underway. Under the names of two separate enterprises, Richard Slosburg of Omaha,...

SDDC opens central loan facility. (Southern Dallas Development Corp.)
June 7, 1991... SDDC opens central loan facility The Southern Dallas Development Corp. has opened a centralized facility for accepting and processing loan applications for business projects in the city's southern sector. The Financial Assistance...

Med Center snares renowned researcher for cancer program. (Dr. John Minna joins University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
June 7, 1991... Med Center snares renowned researcher for cancer program One of the premier researchers in the world, Dr. John Minna, came to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to find a cure for cancer. Seeing Dallas as a future...

Fail sues feds for breach of Bluebonnet pact. (Bluebonnet Savings Bank and owner James Fail sues federal regulators)
June 7, 1991... Fail sues feds for breach of Bluebonnet pact Bluebonnet Savings Bank and its controversial owner, James Fail, sued federal thrift regulators Wednesday alleging the government is trying to breach the contract that led to formation of the...

KERA nixes News Addition, plans new programs for fall. (Dallas, Texas television station to drop famous program)
June 7, 1991... KERA nixes News Addition, plans new programs for fall It seems it may be hard to follow in the footsteps of Bob Ray Sanders, formerly anchor of KERA-TV's (Channel 13) News Addition, who left the public television station to host the mid-day...

Relocation games: how do you count moving targets? (numerous business relocations and expansions in Dallas, Texas often undergo changes in planning)
June 7, 1991... Relocation games: How do you count moving targets? Sometimes this real estate market seems like a house with rats. You don't know whether one big rat just happens to be everywhere you look, or a whole slew of rats is sniffing around your...

Dal-Mac wins two projects. (Dal-Mac Construction Co. gets building contracts with Toyo Tires Corp. and Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.)
June 7, 1991... Dal-Mac wins two projects Two companies have picked Dal-Mac Construction Co. to build or remodel facilities by September -- a total of 235,000 square feet over the next three months. That's roughly 78,300 square feet a month, or 2,611...

Murray buys Plano firm. (Murray Realtors Inc. buys Fenwick and Associates Inc.)
June 7, 1991... Murray buys Plano firm Murray Realtors has bought Fenwick & Associates Inc., a Plano real estate company. The acquisition almost doubled the size of Murray's Plano office -- from 21 sales agents to 38. Val Fenwick, president of the...

Apartment occupancy weakens. (Dallas and Fort Worth area in Texas)
June 7, 1991... Apartment occupancy weakens The percentage of apartments occupied in Dallas and Fort Worth dropped by 2 percent and 3 percent, respectively, during the first quarter, partly because tenants purchased homes or were laid off, and partly...

Three fast-growing companies win '91 BECY Awards. (north Texas companies Brinker International, American Medical Electronics Inc. and Business Records Corp.)
June 7, 1991... Three fast-growing companies win '91 BECY Awards Three North Texas companies were honored as the area's most outstanding public companies of the year as the fourth annual BECY Awards were announced Thursday night at the Infomart. ...

Dallas high-tech firms adding jobs. (survey by Corporate Technology Information Services Inc.)
June 7, 1991... Dallas high-tech firms adding jobs Some 567 new jobs were created by Dallas-area high technology companies during the past year, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by Woburn, Mass.-based CorpTech, polled 111 of the 528...

Who needs financing? : Open + Voice founders got their company off the ground without it.
June 7, 1991... Who needs financing? Open + Voice founders got their company off the ground without it After a good idea, the first thing a new company needs is capital. But, like many others, the founders of Open + Voice Inc. discovered the purse...

It's been a career by the numbers for Eljer's Mudd. (Carl Mudd of Eljer Industries Inc.) (People to Watch)
June 7, 1991... It's been a career by the numbers for Eljer's Mudd Carl Mudd got hooked on numbers about 30 years ago when he took a bookkeeping course in high school. Today, his affinity for accounting has led him to become vice president of finance,...

Hickey cooking up new plans for DFW conference center. (Mark Hickey to take over as general manager of DFW Executive Conference Center in Texas) (People to Watch)
June 7, 1991... Hickey cooking up new plans for DFW conference center When he started out in the hospitality industry, Mark Hickey wanted to someday lead the kitchen staff as an executive chef. Over a 14-year period, Hickey has climbed the ladder from a...

FBI making little headway in bankruptcy fraud cases. (investigations in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas of Texas)
June 7, 1991... FBI making little headway in bankruptcy fraud cases Two years ago, creditors of the bankrupt Sleep Country Inc. hired a private investigator to look into allegations that a company official illegally transferred assets. Soon after, FBI...

LA bakery chain hatches plans for dozen Metroplex franchises. (Bodacious Buns Etc. plans franchises in Dallas and Fort Worth areas in Texas)
June 7, 1991... LA bakery chain hatches plans for dozen Metroplex franchises A Los Angeles-based specialty bakery and coffee house has plans to franchise as many as a dozen locations in the Metroplex. Bodacious Buns Etc., which has made a name for...

American General Hospitality Inc. (On the Record - Contracts)
June 7, 1991... American General Hospitality Inc. recently selected Protel to provide telecommunications consulting and management services to its portfolio of 40 hotels.