Dallas Business Journal articles from May 2000, page 4

Dallas Business Journal archives from May 2000

Marion McBryde.(Brief Article)
May 19, 2000... Marion McBryde of Weaver and Tidwell L.L.P. received the Accredited in Business Valuation designation from the American institute of Certified Public Accountants, in recognition of extensive professional experience in business valuation.

Canyon Specialty Foods.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... Canyon Specialty Foods of Dallas received first and second place for its two sauces -- All Fired Up! Grilling and Dipping Sauce and Texas Barbecue Sauce -- in the Scovie Awards 2000 contest, for the best product in a hot-selling segment of...

Einstein Printing.(Brief Article)
May 19, 2000... Einstein Printing received the 1999 Division I Gold Award at the Texas Graphic Excellence Awards, sponsored by the Printing and Imaging Association of Texas and the Printing Industries of the Gulf Coast, for the quality of its printing.

AT&T Cable Services.(Brief Article)
May 19, 2000... AT&T Cable Services-Dallas Region received the Award of Merit at the eighth annual Project Community Awards for restoring music education in three Dallas elementary schools and raising awareness of the positive impact music participation has...

The city of Dallas.(Brief Article)
May 19, 2000... The city of Dallas received the 1999 Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings magazine for the quality of facilities and services offered, as well as the 1999 Gold Service Award from Meetings & Conventions magazine for its commitment to...

Centex Homes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... Centex Homes donated $1 million to the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Home Builders; to create a national scholarship program for students studying residential construction at a two- or...

Texas Barcode Systems: Fast growth through custom software solutions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
May 19, 2000... TEXAS BARCODE SYSTEMS 2000 FastTech 50 113.2% GROWTH Rank: 18 PLANO -- With a string of new clients, a new headquarters and potential to reach new markets, it's not surprising that Texas Barcode Systems is jetting into its...

Database Consultants: Quiet success story about to make some noise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... DATABASE CONSULTANTS 109.4% GROWTH 2000 FastTech 50 Rank: 19 NORTH DALLAS -- Look up the word "Casual" in the dictionary, and right beside it will be a picture of Kerry Osborne. "We don't believe in mission statements...

Survey: Growth a key issue for tech sector.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... For the fourth consecutive year, Arthur Andersen surveyed area technology companies to study and forecast the Dallas-Fort Worth business climate. All together, 1999 was a great year to do business in North Texas. Revenue and income achieved...

Rockland Technology: Custom software proves the best recipe for success.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... ROCKLAND TECHNOLOGY 54.3% GROWTH 2000 FastTech 50 Rank: 46 LEWISVILLE--In 1990, restaurateurs Bill Davidson and Bill Mischke decided to bypass manufacturers and develop custom computer software for their two restaurants....

Digital Techniques: Betting on 'smart' phone systems.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
May 19, 2000... DIGITAL TECHNIQUES 56.7% GROWTH 2000 FastTech 50 Rank: 44 ALLEN -- Digital Tech niques Inc. is dialing the right number for success by helping its customers "smarten up" their phone systems. The Allen-based telecom company,...

Criterion: Arming management with the power of information.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Company Profile)
May 19, 2000... CRITERION INC. 47% GROWTH 2000 FastTech 50 Rank: 49 IRVING -- The growth experienced by Criterion Inc. this past year can be seen first-hand by taking a drive past its Irving-based headquarters. Bulldozers toil out front,...

TEXAS IS HOME TO MORE THAN A MILLION FULL-TIME BUSINESSES.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... * TEXAS IS HOME TO MORE THAN A MILLION FULL-TIME BUSINESSES. Two-thirds (66%) of these businesses are operated by sole-proprietors, working without any paid employees. Source: National Federation of Independent Business

AMONG SMALL TEXAS BUSINESSES PROVIDING FULL-TIME JOBS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... * AMONG SMALL TEXAS BUSINESSES PROVIDING FULL-TIME JOBS to people other than the owners, 97% have fewer than 100 employees. More than 77% have fewer than 10 employees. Most, 59%, have fewer than five employees. Source: NFIB

'How to Become an Employer of Choice'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... By Roger E. Herman and Joyce L. Gioia Describes how enlightened employers can differentiate themselves in the turbulent world of work. Packed with practical examples. $30, Oakhill Press

'The Selling of "Free Trade"'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... By John R. MacArthur The author, president and publisher of Harper's Magazine, chronicles the "brutal and expensive campaign in 1993 that led to the passage of the poorly understood, highly controversial law" creating the North American...

'12 Secrets to Cashing Out: How to Sell Your Company for the Most Profit'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 19, 2000... by Robert L. Bergeth The title says it all. Good information for getting the most money for your business. $45, Prentice Hall Direct

D-FW firms nab $473 million.
May 12, 2000... First-Quarter venture Capital; angel investment in emerging companies up ninefold GREATER METROPLEX -- Emerging companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area attracted more than $473 million in venture capital and angel investments during the...

Soccer league to sell naming rights.
May 12, 2000... PLANO -- The World Indoor Soccer League says it's ready to sell exclusive rights for a corporate sponsor to attach the sponsor's name to the WISL brand name. The Piano-based WISL, a seven-team league that includes the Dallas Sidekicks,...

'Customer focus' leads to Terrell hospital's revival.
May 12, 2000... TERRELL -- CEO Ron Ensor didn't need a "For sale" sign to know his 131-bed Medical Center of Terrell was in trouble. Parent company Columbia/HCA Inc. was reorganizing, Medicare reimbursements had been cut by the federal government and the...

Dressing down.
May 12, 2000... Old-line firms like Chase, Haynes and Boone join the 'casual' trend in business dress RICHARDSON -- When David Burton rejoined Haynes and Boone in 1998, he, was signing on for his second stint at the epitome of a buttoned-down Dallas law...

Columbia/HCA to open revenue center in Valley Ranch.
May 12, 2000... IRVING - Columbia/HCA North Texas Division will open a revenue service center at The Offices @ Valley Ranch in November that eventually will employ 400, making it the largest employer in Irving's Valley Ranch development. Together with a...

Metrocall magnifies coverage.
May 12, 2000... Paging, wireless company to open Fort Worth office FORT WORTH -- Metrocall Inc., the third-largest paging and wireless messaging firm in the country, is expanding into Tarrant County. The company is in negotiations for about 8,000...

Players' new pitch.
May 12, 2000... ARLINGTON -- The Texas Rangers have Created a new advertising campaign to promote their new season. The television ad features Rafael Palmeiro and other players who startle a security guard in the middle of the night at The Ballpark in...

Longhorns in spotlight.
May 12, 2000... FORT WORTH -- The cowhands and longhorns tram the Fort Worth Herd are now available for special appearances, the Fort Worth City Council decided May 9. The herd's core appearances will continue to be at the daily cattle drives at the...

Forecast: Gloomy.
May 12, 2000... ARLINGTON -- The U.S. economy is about to take a pratfall, says economist Richard C. Wilson at The University of Texas at Arlington. "We may not see recession," Wilson says. "But the economy will be much weaker in the coming months than...

Manana move.
May 12, 2000... STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- Furniture mover A-1 Freeman North American Inc. has added to its warehouse space in the Metroplex. A-1 Freeman had relocated not long ago from Addison to bigger digs on Manana Road. Turns out they need even more...

Correction.
May 12, 2000... In the April 28-May 4 Business Meetings Guide ad supplement, a rendering identified as Hilton Dallas Park Cities was actually the Westin Stonebriar Resort in Frisco.

Red Oak industrial park draws its first company.
May 12, 2000... RED OAK -- The city of Red Oak has just broken ground on its first industrial park, and Lancaster-based Perfect Technology Center L.P. is the first company to start a project on the 175-acre site. Perfect Technology, which manufactures...

Developers eye Justin as growth moves north.
May 12, 2000... 270-acre project to bring new businesses, homes to suburban city JUSTIN -- The city of Justin is in the path of northward growth in the Metroplex, and developer Mark Angeli wants to be there. Angeli, general partner of Hardeman...

Wyndham Int'l. continues restructuring.
May 12, 2000... Company aims to be a premier hotel operating company, officials say STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- Wyndham International Inc. has its roots in real estate, but its future success hinges on refashioning itself as a premier hotel operating company....

Businessman holds fast to private airport plans.
May 12, 2000... SOUTHWEST DALLAS -- A year ago, Metroplex businessman Tony Featherstone had an ambitious plan to transform much of the 820-acre, shuttered Dallas Naval Air Station that is owned by the city of Dallas into a privately operated airport for...

Financing a new restaurant can be daunting task.
May 12, 2000... A good business plan, prospectus helped Venus Steakhouse owner fund her dream OAKLAWN--Dreaming up a new restaurant isn't hard. But finding the right. funding to open a new venture can be tricky, even in today's free-wheeling economy....

Tobacco shortfall hits Parkland in the wallet.
May 12, 2000... Hospital receives $6.3 million less than it expected MEDICAL CENTER -- Parkland Health & Hospital System is bursting the piggy bank to find any funds available to bail out of its latest deficit crunch. A $6.3 million loss in the...

Robb & Stucky plans Legacy Park opening.
May 12, 2000... PLANO -- The June opening of furniture-seller Robb & Stucky marks the coming of retail to the massive Legacy Park development. And interest in other retail planned near the furniture store is growing, although it won't be built and ready...

LTC Group to open North Carolina operations.
May 12, 2000... Digital advertising, marketing firm to bring services to apparel, furniture industries GREENSBORO, N.C. -- An Irving-based digital advertising and marketing firm is bringing 60 high-tech jobs to the Triad area in North Carolina and...

Infinity Partners eyes another expansion.
May 12, 2000... Addition marks the jet interior outfitter's fifth in about a year DENTON -- Wayne Cecil started working with planes in 1977, when a friend got him a job at K.C. Aviation in Dallas. "I was making $4.25 an hour, working in what we...

Vianet to consolidate operations at Legacy.
May 12, 2000... PLANO -- A maker of data-compression technology and networking products is moving its headquarters to a 19,200-square-foot space in Legacy Park and consolidating its Metroplex operations there. Founded and staffed by former executives of...

Dallas to host the travel industry's 3-day 'Pow Wow'.
May 12, 2000... METROPLEX -- A few 20-minute sessions is all Michael Glenn says he needs to sell the entire Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and Grapevine Mills to dozens of international tour operators. and journalists. Glenn, director of tourism for...

Moratorium set on Haslet development.
May 12, 2000... City says restrictions needed to prevent shortage this summer HASLET -- A 30-day moratorium on development was approved May 8 by the Haslet City Council. "The ban is for any projects that would hook up to the domestic water well...

ICL names CEO.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based ICL, an e-business services company, appointed Austen Mulinder as president and CEO of its North American business. ICL designs, builds and operates e-business solutions for large organizations in re tail, financial services and...

Homebuilders unite.
May 12, 2000... Centex Corp., Arlington-based D.R Horton Inc., Encore Venture Partners L.P., Kaufman and Broad Home Corp., Lennar Corp, Oracle Corp. and Pulte Corp. have announced that they will create Home-buildersXchange, an online global source for labor...

Michaels acquires florist.
May 12, 2000... In a move to enter the wholesale sector, Irving-based Michaels Stores Inc. has purchased Star Wholesale Florist from Celebrity Inc. The store, located in Dallas, will operate under the name Star Decorators' Wholesale Warehouse. Financial...

TXU Australia nabs lease.
May 12, 2000... Officials for Dallas-based TXU said its wholly owned subsidiary, TXU Australia, has been awarded a long-term lease by the government of South Australia to operate the largest power station in the state. The $175 million lease allows TXU...

Schwartz joins Winstead.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C hired Richard "Rocky" Schwartz as chairman of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Schwartz was formerly a partner with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas.

7-Eleven files for offering.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. has filed for an underwritten public offering of 10 million shares of its common stock. Proceeds will be used for new store development, remodeling existing stores, merchandising and strategic initiatives, including...

Blockbuster, DirecTV partner.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. and DirecTV Inc., a satellite-television service provider, have signed a multiyear agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Blockbuster will begin selling DirecTV system equipment and service in its 5,000 U.s....

Belo to host Academy.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Belo Corp., Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. and LIN Television Corp. are creating The Broadcast Sales Academy, a training academy for sales professionals in the broadcast television industry. The four-and-a-half-week summer program...

Lost contract.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based United Medicorp Inc. has been notified by the Washington Hospital Center that the hospital will lose its billing contract as of June 30. The WHC Hospital contract accounted for about 52%, 36% and 63% respectiyely, of total...

Peerless names CEO.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Peerless Mfg. Co., a designer and manufacturer of environmental protection equipment, has appointed Roy Cuny as executive vice president and CEO. Cuny was formerly a vice president with Foster Wheeler, and international...

Baylor-Ellis expands.
May 12, 2000... Baylor Medical Center-Ellis County in Waxahachie May 10 broke ground on a $11.7 million expansion. The 23,000square-foot project will include a 15,000-square-foot ambulatory center, which will house an outpatient surgery center. Other...

Two join Hispanic TV.
May 12, 2000... Fort Worth-based Hispanic Television Network Inc. elected David Hayden, founder of Critical Path, and Hector Saldana, former general manager of the Latin American division for Apple Computer, as new members to its board of directors. Hispanic...

Foley's finalizes deal.
May 12, 2000... Foley's department store has signed an agreement with Simon Development Group to anchor Northeast Mall in Hurst. The new store, which will open in August 2001, will be about 240,000 square feet, three stories and employ an estimated 300...

Calloway's sales increase.
May 12, 2000... Fort Worth-based Calloway's Nursery Inc. reported increased revenue for the quarter ended March 31. Sales of $12.3 million were up 120% from sales of $5.6 million for the same quarter a year ago. Calloway's same-store retail sales rose 17%,...

Centex is 'coving'.
May 12, 2000... Preselling of homes has begun in Centex Homes DFW's first "coving" project in Keller, called Willis Coves. Coving is a neighborhood design that uses as much of the natural topography as possible and allows homes to be positioned along winding...

American expands space.
May 12, 2000... American Airlines is expanding the space between business class seats by about 20% to provide more room for business-class passengers on three-class international and most three-class transcontinental flights. The project has a planned...

First Cash reports results.
May 12, 2000... First Cash Financial Services Inc. of Arlington announced the company's s operating results for the quarter ended March 31. The company's revenue rose 22% to about $27.6 million, compared with pro forma revenue of $22.7 million in the first...

DynCorp selects officer.
May 12, 2000... DynCorp Technical Services Inc. of Fort Worth appointed Edward "Butch" Fernstrom as chief technology officer. Fernstrom has spent the last five years as senior vice president of information technologies for Cadmus Communications in Richmond,...

Pancho's reports earnings.
May 12, 2000... Pancho's Mexican Buffet Inc. reported net earnings for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31. For the quarter, net earnings were $840,000, or 58 cents per share, compared to net earnings of $562,000, or 38 cents per share, for the same...

PayCard new at CBS.
May 12, 2000... Fort Worth-based CBS Payroll, a provider of payroll and employer services, announced the rollout of the CBS PayCard, a traditional paycheck alternative aimed at unbanked employees. PayCard allows employees to electronically deposit paychecks...

Recent acquisition.
May 12, 2000... Hurst-based Environmental Technologies Corp. plans to acquire Refrigerant Management Services Inc. of Phoenix. RMS, a refrigerant reclaimer and service provider, has operations in Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, San Diego and Western Michigan....

Haynes and Boone's Richardson staff grows.
May 12, 2000... RICHARDSON -- Haynes and Boone L.L.P. has expanded its Richardson office, tripling the number of attorneys there to cope with a rapid rise in business. The Dallas-based law firm now has 13 lawyers in Richardson, up from three. It moved...

Trio to launch My Health Secretary Web site.
May 12, 2000... Encouraged by surveys that show up to 65% of consumers have used the Internet to search for health information, a Baylor Medical Center at Irving emergency medicine physician, a former Dallas chiropractor and a Dallas Web developer have...

The Transplant Center at Methodist Medical Center.
May 12, 2000... The Transplant Center at Methodist Medical Center performed 787 kidney and/or pancreas transplants in the 1990s, averaging one a week according to hospital statistics released recently. Most donors and recipients came from Texas. Other...

Kaneb Information Technologies.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Kaneb Information Technologies, the information-technology business group of Kaneb Services Inc. (NYSE: KAB), has initiated projects for the Veterans Administration and Thomason Hospital, the university hospital for Texas Tech...

Park Pharmacy Corp.
May 12, 2000... Dallas-based Park Pharmacy Corp. (OTCBB: PPRX) has acquired Total Pharmacy Supply Inc. in exchange for 41,515 shares of stock valued at $1.1 million. Privately held TPS, which is based in Arlington and founded in 1989, has annual sales...

Third Infomart building in plans for Dallas.
May 12, 2000... Phil Wise, co-chair of Infomart Holdings, said that the company is planning to set up a third Infomart building in Dallas. The company currently runs the original one on Stemmons Freeway and has announced a new one that it is putting up in...

On the move.
May 12, 2000... * Dallas-based American Realty Trust has elected J. Paul Bagley as chairman and CEO. Bagley serves as the chairman of Fiduciary Asset Managers L.L.C., the adviser to a mezzanine and private-equity fund, and is chairman of Consolidated Capital...

IBM Global Services.
May 12, 2000... IBM Global Services has leased 22,908 square feet for its Dallas e-business innovation center at Harwood International Center Phase IV, located at 2828 N. Harwood in Dallas, The innovation center will house approximately 150 employees on the...

Precision Solar Controls.
May 12, 2000... Precision Solar Controls, a maker of computerized traffic signals for schools zones and traffic-sensitive sites, bought a 26,000-square-foot industrial/laboratory/office building at 2985 Market St. in Garland for $1.2 million. The property...

CMD Realty Investors Inc.
May 12, 2000... CMD Realty Investors Inc. has relocated its office to 14850 Quorum, Suite 120, in Dallas. The relocation combines the offices of Kevin Brands, Bob Gibbons, Steve Braden, Scott Ehley, Tray Bates, Bill Brown and Guillaume De Ramel.

Realty Capital Corp.
May 12, 2000... Realty Capital Corp. has broken ground on Princeton Park-Phase II, an office building located at 260 N. Denton Tap Road in Coppell. Princeton Park-Phase II is the second building in a two-building office park located at the Coppell Town...

Kamco Property Co.
May 12, 2000... Kamco Property Co. is developing Waterford Falls, a subdivision containing 51 single-family lots and a 6-acre parcel for an independent-living facility in Richardson. All of the lots have been sold to David Weekley Homes, who will build...

PoleMAX perks up concrete poles with ads.
May 12, 2000... People generally don't notice the concrete poles that protect ATM machines and gasoline pumps, unless they happen to hit them with their car. But Scott Reynolds aims to change that. Reynolds is president of Dallas-based PoleMAX Media...

On the howl.
May 12, 2000... Actor Barry Corbin likes being the voice of The Wolf so much that he's signed a new two-year exclusive agreement with the Dallas radio station, KPLX-FM (99.5). The distinctive voice of Corbin, known for his roles in "Northern Exposure,"...

People and places.
May 12, 2000... * KERA-FM (90.1) radio station manager Jeff D. Luchsinger has been promoted to vice president. Under his leadership, the station has moved to a successful news and public affairs format. * WFAA-TV (Channel 8) has less space in its trophy...

Lucent to spin off enterprise networks group.
May 12, 2000... Lost in the hullabaloo about Lucent Technologies' pending sale of its Mesquite-based power-systems group is that an additional 1,000 Metroplex employees of the company will soon have a new employer. That group is part of Lucent's...

Leftovers.
May 12, 2000... With so much activity in the technology sector, it seems I'm running into the same problem every week: There isn't enough space in the newspaper to put in everything I'd like. Such was the case with an April 28-May 4 story on new...

Mistaken identity.
May 12, 2000... Nobody was much pleased with the Love Bug virus, but a Dallas Web-hosting firm, 1-800-Hosting.com, had an especially unpleasant experience. Brooke Burns, manager of public relations, reports via e-mail that 800-Hosting had at one time...

Let's get small.
May 12, 2000... The next edition of the MIT Enterprise Forum will feature a panel talk called "Nanotechnology and Micro-Machines." In other words, very, very small technology. Panelists will include Russ Howell, an executive at Texas Instruments; Akira...

hightechinsure.com.
May 12, 2000... * A Dallas insurance agency, Casey, Wolfe & Martin, has launched a division called hightechinsure.com that works exclusively with high-tech and e-commerce companies.

Prism Communication Services Inc.
May 12, 2000... * Prism Communication Services Inc. launched high-speed Internet access, called RED, in Dallas. New York-based Prism is a unit of Comdisco Inc.

Integrated ChangeWare Systems.
May 12, 2000... * A Dallas consultancy that helps companies make mergers and acquisitions work, Integrated ChangeWare Systems, has changed its name to mergercoach.com.

Wyntrac L.L.C.
May 12, 2000... * Wyntrac L.L.C., which makes software for the meetings and convention industry, has moved its Plano headquarters across town to 6504 International Parkway, Suite 1100. The company is expanding after bolstering its Wyntrac software line.