San Antonio Business Journal articles from October 1990

San Antonio Business Journal archives from October 1990

Medical group battles state over drug rules. (Bexar County Medical Society, Texas)
October 29, 1990... Medical group battles state over drug rules A new state policy restricting the prescription of half a dozen drugs has raised the ire of the Bexar County Medical Society, which charges that patients' lives may be threatened because of the...

United Services takes Aylsworth to court. (United Services Advisors Inc., Clark Aylsworth)
October 29, 1990... United Services takes Aylsworth to court Clark Aylsworth, founder and former president of United Services Advisors Inc., has been named as the defendant in a lawsuit filed by the company's current management to establish its right to...

Diving for profits - company goes off the deep end. (See the Sea Inc.) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... Diving for profits - company goes off the deep end The jobs involves long commutes and grueling working hours, and the salary isn't great. In fact you have to pay if you want to work for Jerry and Rose-Mary Radick. But the Radicks...

CitySavings official starts new business selling aging loans. (CitySavings and Loan Association, David Dillon, Federal Services Corp.) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... CitySavings official starts new business selling aging loans CitySavings and Loan Association president David Dillon has formed a new San Antonio company - Federal Services Corp. - to buy loan packages auctioned by financial institutions...

Newest Texas oil field is in Soviet Union. (Texneft-Tatneft joint venture) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... Newest Texas oil field is in the Soviet Union A San Antonio energy company is awaiting final approval from the Soviet Ministry of Finance for a deal it initiated for oil recovery in the Tatar region of the Soviet Union. The venture,...

Former D.C. journalist becomes new editor at Business Journal. (Dean Calbreath, San Antonio Business Journal periodical) (News Briefs)
October 29, 1990... Former D.C. journalist becomes new editor at Business Journal Former Washington Business Journal assistant editor Dean Calbreath last week took the reins of the San Antonio Business Journal's editorial department, becoming the paper's new...

Marketing Mercadeo snags marketing contract for heavyweight Dallas firm. (Marketing Mercadeo International, Richards Group Inc., Dallas, Texas) (News Briefs)
October 29, 1990... Marketing Mercadeo snags marketing contract for heavyweight Dallas firm San Antonio-based Marketing Mercadeo International (MMI) recently cemented a deal to handle Hispanic marketing needs for top Dallas advertising agency The Richards...

Dallas-based World Cycle Corp. files Chapter 11 reorganization. (News Briefs)
October 29, 1990... Dallas-based World Cycle Corp. files Chapter 11 reorganization Dallas-based bicycle retailer World Cycle Corp., which operates six stores in San Antonio, recently filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy statutes....

FDIC hawks $3.4 million worth of retail strip centers in sealed bid sale. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., San Antonio, Texas shopping centers)
October 29, 1990... FDIC hawks $3.4 million worth of retail strip centers in sealed bid sale The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will sell four local shopping centers worth at least $3.4 million on Nov. 14, in a sealed bid sale that will be the first of its...

Wedding photo album company finds profits in single life. (D. Davis Kenny Co.) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... Wedding photo album company finds profits in single life Four years after the break-up of San Antonio's Universal Custom Products, the former president of the company is enjoying a solid success with one of the surviving firms - with new...

Hi-tech firm re-locates, expands. (VideoTelecom Corp.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Hi-tech firm relocates, expands A video telecommunications manufacturer in Austin is relocating to bigger space in an expansion that anticipates increased sales and production for the remainder of 1990 and 1991. VideoTelecom Corp., a...

Cosmetics firm hits W. Coast. (Austin Now) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Cosmetics firm hits W. Coast San Antonio native Diana Kleinberg recently made a splash in Northern California with her new Austin Now line of cosmetics. Designed especially for olive-skinned women and to reflect Kleinberg's Texas...

Austin firm buys Aussie firm. (Continuum Co. Inc., Computations Holdings Ltd.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Austin firm buys Aussie firm Continuum Co. Inc., an Austin-based firm specializing in computer consulting for insurance and other financial services companies, has acquired 99.8 percent of the outstanding shares of Computations Holdings...

Bank reports profitable quarter. (Victoria Bankshares Inc.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Bank reports profitable quarter Victoria Bankshares Inc., the holding company for Victoria Bank and Trust, reported a net income of $1.37 million in the third quarter ending Sept. 30 - its third consecutive profit. The 1990 third...

Lawyers win $3 million verdict. (Burk and Watt) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Lawyers win $3 million verdict Austin law firm Burk & Watt recently won a $3.3 million jury verdict for client Signal Capital Corp. in its case against Hinderliter Industries Inc. The award concludes two years of legal arguments in a...

Record Travis County foreclosure. (Circle C Development's Circle C Ranch subdivision, Austin, Travis County, Texas) (South Texas Regional News)
October 29, 1990... Record Travis County foreclosure Circle C Ranch, one of the largest subdivisions in Austin, was posted for foreclosure in Travis County after its developer defaulted on about $130 million in loans. The dollar amount of the posting is...

The bare fax. (I.T.S.A. Marketing) (Newsmakers) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... The bare fax If 29-year-old, French-born Samuel Panchevre has his way, advertising via newspapers, television and other usual means soon won't be enough. Advertising by fax is the wave of the future, the advertiser's "edge." ...

Financial industry shake-up: Plaza Bank expands its horizons using rubble from financial storm. (first article in series) (Special Report: Financial Institutions) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... Financial industry shake-up When the Resolution Trust Corp. announced the sale of Suburban Savings Association on Sept. 14, it was not just another dog-bites-man story of yet another local bank or S&L being gobbled up by a large...

USAA emerges stronger than ever in aftermath of local S&L disaster. (USAA Federal Savings Bank, savings and loan associations) (Special Report: Financial Institutions) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... USAA emerges stronger than ever in aftermath of local S&L disaster In the diseased industry of San Antonio savings and loans, one institution remains healthy and profitable: USAA Federal Savings Bank. While the ranks of the local...

Retail bankers target consumers with lifetime financial packages. (San Antonio, Texas banks) (Special Report: Financial Institutions)
October 29, 1990... Retail bankers target consumers with lifetime financial packages San Antonio banks are using new weapons in the ravaging retail banking war. It is no longer enough to entice consumers through the glass doors. Today banks are fighting to...

United Services Advisors Inc. (proxy report excerpts) (company profile)
October 29, 1990... United Services Advisors Inc. United Services Advisors Inc. devises investment policies and provides various shareholder services to United Services Funds, a group of 11 no-load, open-end mutual funds with combined assets of more than $600...

FDIC sells $85.5 million in area loans. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., San Antonio, Texas area)
October 22, 1990... FDIC sells $85.5 million in area loans Investors buy notes at bargain basement prices, reap high rates of return In true clearance sale fashion, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sold $85.8 million in loans assumed from failed...

City seeks PPO to service 9,000 employees. (San Antonio, Texas, preferred provider organization)
October 22, 1990... City seeks PPO to service 9,000 employees In the face of mounting medical insurance costs, the city for the first time is seeking a preferred provider organization to provide less expensive health care services for its 9,000 employees,...

Kaepa seeks investor to beef up U.S. ads, boost domestic sales. (company profile)
October 22, 1990... Kaepa seeks investor to beef up U.S. ads, boost domestic sales Local sneaker manufacturer Kaepa Inc. has hired a Boston investment banking firm to find an international investor for the company, Kaepa President Frank Legacki said. ...

Employers Casualty cuts local force by nine, leaving personal insurance void. (News Briefs)
October 22, 1990... Employers Casualty cuts local force by nine, leaving personal insurance void Last week's announcement by Dallas-based Employers Casualty Co. that it would make major cutbacks in Texas will affect nine local insurance agents who work...

Metromedia leases at One International. (Metromedia Long Distance, One International Center building, San Antonio, Texas) (News Briefs) (company profile)
October 22, 1990... Metromedia leases at One International As part of its nationwide consolidation, New Jersey-based Metromedia Long Distance Inc. signed a major lease on the city's North Side, doubling its presence here and establishing a national customer...

Local banks tally up a $2.3 million profit for first six months of 1990. (San Antonio, Texas)
October 22, 1990... Local banks tally up a $2.3 million profit for first six months of 1990 San Antonio banks as a group turned to profitability in the second quarter of 1990, earning a total of $2.38 million, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. call...

Settlement breaks down, damages shoot up in Cinemark controversy. (Cinemark U.S.A. Inc.)
October 22, 1990... Settlement breaks down, damages shoot up in Cinemark controversy Recent mediation proceedings in the hotly contested antitrust lawsuit involving Dallas-based movie theater chain Cinemark USA Inc. and local Santikos Theatres Inc. have...

Major hotel franchise mulls addition of Seven Oaks Hotel. (Seven Oaks Hotel and Conference Center, San Antonio, Texas)
October 22, 1990... Major hotel franchise mulls addition of Seven Oaks Hotel The Seven Oaks Hotel & Conference Center on Austin Highway soon will have a new name if a deal with a major hotel franchise goes through. "We are an independently owned hotel,...

AMD declares win in chip battle. (Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)
October 22, 1990... AMD declares win in chip battle A microchip manufacturer and major Austin employer has laid claim to a victory in a three-year fight against Intel Corp. over a chip both firms want to manufacture. Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a company...

EPA suggests $8.3 million fine. (Environmental Protection Agency, Formosa Plastics Corp.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 22, 1990... EPA suggests $8.3 million fine FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. An $8.3 million fine has been proposed by the Environmental Protection agency against the Formosa Plastics Corp. for allegedly polluting ground water with dangerous chemicals....

Attorneys flee Austin law firm. (McGinnis, Lochridge and Kilgore, Austin, Texas) (South Texas Regional News)
October 22, 1990... McGINNIS, LOCHRIDGE & KILGORE Attorneys flee Austin law firm Partners at Austin's McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore are leaving the law firm in droves. In the last couple of months, three top attorneys -- commercial litigators Jeff...

The Center for Health Care Services.
October 22, 1990... The Center for Health Care Services 3031 I-10 W. San Antonio, Texas 78201 * 512/731-1300 Vital statistics Executive director: Ruben Cardenas Annual salary: $64,600 Salaries as percentage of budget: 46% Operating budget Sept. 1,...

A.J. "Bob" Blase. (People On The Move)
October 22, 1990... A.J. "Bob" Blase has announced his retirement from Goodwill Industries of San Antonio. The president and chief executive officer of Goodwill is retiring after 32 years of service.

Valley-Hi National Bank of San Antonio. (Earnings and dividends)
October 22, 1990... Valley-Hi National Bank of San Antonio reported an increase in net income, total assets and total deposits for the nine months ending Sept. 30, 1990. For the same period in 1989, total assets jumped 11.9 percent from $60,713,305 to...

C and F Tool and Die Co. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... C and F Tool and Die Co. bushing $93,381 Hill AFB, Utah 10/2/90

Alexander Utility Engineering Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Alexander Utility Engineering Inc. engineering services for electrical utility technical study at Marine Corp Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. $169,051 Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San Bruno, Calif. 10/3/90

Tom Page and Company Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Tom Page & Co. Inc. leak detection systems at Kelly AFB $96,000 Tulsa District Corp of Engineers, Oklahoma 10/3/90

DEA Specialties Co. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... DEA Specialties Co. provide and install accordian partitions $33,475 Fort Sam Houston 10/3/90

American Roofing and Metal Co. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... American Roofing & Metal Co. Inc. replace built-up roof, USARC, Pasadena, Texas $51,250 Fort Sam Houston 10/4/90

Alice Roofing and Sheet Metal Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Alice Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc. repair and replace roofs on buildings 140, 215, 235, 253, 357 and 427 $265,355 Laughlin AFB 10/4/90

North American Construction Co. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... North American Construction Co. modification to the transonic dynamics tunnel heavy gas reclamation system, building 649 $4,386,000 NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop, Hampton, Va. 10/4/90

Texas Toolmakers Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Texas Toolmakers Inc. tow bar $30,120 Kelly AFB 10/4/90

Alamo Aircraft Supply Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Alamo Aircraft Supply Inc. 25,970 collars $55,564 Kelly AFB 10/4/90

Intelogic Trace Inc. (Federal contracts awarded)
October 22, 1990... Intelogic Trace Inc. maintenance of Datapoint Corp. computer equipment more than $25,000 Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Va. 10/4/90

Sony starts $11.5 million renovation. (Sony Microelectronics Corp., Clean roo, space refurbishment)
October 15, 1990... Sony starts $11.5 million renovation Sony Microelectronics Corp. has begun an $11.5 million refurbishing of its San Antonio clean room space to produce a new computer chip line, officials confirmed this week. Sony Corp. of America, the...

Medifax moves Texas headquarters to S.A. (Medifax Inc. Micrographics Div., San Antonio, Texas)
October 15, 1990... Medifax moves Texas headquarters to S.A. A Kansas-based medical micrographics company has consolidated three of its Texas offices in San Antonio -- making the city headquarters for state operations and nearly tripling the work force to more...

One Alamo Center no longer contender for new library site. (Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s One Alamo Center building, San Antonio, Texas)
October 15, 1990... One Alamo Center no longer contender for new library site The owners of the One Alamo Center have dropped out of consideration as a possible site for the city's new main library, officials said. Officials of Principal Mutual Life...

Fisher Publications hits financial slump, reduces papers, staff.
October 15, 1990... Fisher Publications hits financial slump, reduces papers, staff Last week, flagging advertising sales forced local community newspaper publishing company Fisher Publications Inc. to fold several of its newspapers, cut staff and scale back...

Selig-Hunt venture files Chapter 11. (Peter C. Selig, Robert Wiley Hunt's MacArthur Plaza Ltd.)
October 15, 1990... Selig-Hunt venture files Chapter 11 A partnership begun six years ago by once-prominent developers Peter C. Selig and Robert Wiley Hunt was placed under Chapter 11 reorganization last week. The MacArthur Plaza Ltd. partnership was...

Cigna accepts layoff process. (Cigna Corp.)
October 15, 1990... Cigna accelerates layoff process Local officials of national insurance firm the Cigna Cos. are accelerating the partial pullout of their local insurance offices. Original plans called for the local Cigna office to close down in...

Blinder Robinson closes local office. (Blinder Robinson and Company Inc., San Antonio, Texas office)
October 15, 1990... Blinder Robinson closes local office The local office of the Colorado-based Blinder Robinson & Co. Inc. stockbrokerage closed Aug. 1 with the bankruptcy liquidation of its national company. The local office opened in The Colonnade on...

Webb County judge reverses $6 million judgment against real estate investors. (Webb County, Texas, Gold Park Development Partnership)
October 15, 1990... Webb County judge reverses $6 million judgment against real estate investors A group of local investors no longer has to fork over some $6 million in damages to a Dallas thrift after a Webb County judge, in a rare move, reversed the S&L's...

American Security beefs up occupancy after tenant pullout. (McMarr Properties' formerly named American Securities Life Building renamed Trinity Plaza II building, San Antonio, Texas)
October 15, 1990... American Security beefs up occupancy after tenant pullout Despite having lost its major tenant earlier this year, the American Security Life Building is burgeoning with activity, officials involved with the building said. Now renamed...

Polansky defects from Ernst & Young to form small business accounting firm. (Edward Polansky, Bailey, Polansky and Company, P.C.)
October 15, 1990... Polansky defects from Ernst & Young to form small business accounting firm Edward Polansky, a former partner in the accounting firm Ernst & Young, will join the firm of David J. Bailey & Co. P.C. to form a new accounting firm, Bailey,...

First Community moves office; focuses on small business clients. (First Community Bank) (company profile)
October 15, 1990... First community moves office; focuses on small-business clients Following its purchase of La Hacienda Savings Association in May, First Community Bank of alice is beefing up its local presence to become a local small-business lender. ...

Investors take S&L creditor' rights issue to high court. (Richard Jackson-led group of San Antonio investors, savings and loan associations, Supreme Court)
October 15, 1990... Investors take S&L creditors' rights issue to high court A Dallas lawyer, in a constitutional challenge of the government's policy of walking away from failed financial institutions' debts after removing assets, has asked the U.S. Supreme...

Advertising execs bearish on possible Yellow Pages tax. (American Advertising Federation, Texas Legislature tax policy)
October 15, 1990... Advertising execs bearish on possible Yellow Pages tax Local advertising executives are seeing red because of a possible new tax on Yellow Pages ads. Following New Jersey's lead, Texas legislators have begun investigating the...

Lease sale yields $6.9 million. (Texas School Land Board) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Lease sale yields $6.9 million The October oil and gas lease sale by the Texas School Land Board last week brought in more than $6.9 million to the Permanent School Fund, with almost all of that goint to lease state-owned natural gas...

Austin acquisition expands fleet. (Transco Energy Ventures Co.'s acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Tren-Fuels Inc.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Austin acquisition expands fleet Austin-based Tren-Fuels Inc., a compressed natural gas delivery fleet, was acquired by Transco Energy Ventures Co. as part of an expansion plan. Transco acquired a majority interest in the company soon...

Catfish operation opens in Austin. (Rainbow Lake Aquaculture Inc.'s catfish farm, Austin, Texas) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Catfish operation opens in Austin An Austin catfish farmer and processor began wholesale and retail operations at a 6,800-square-foot building in September. Rainbow Lake Aquaculture Inc. plans to process and package about 2 million...

Austin firm wins military contract. (Tracor Inc. Tracor Aerospace Austin Div.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Austin firm wins military contract An Austin company, Tracor Aerospace Inc., has netted a three-year, $9.2 million Air Force contract to produce hardware used to protect aircraft against weapon threats. Deliveries of the countermeasure...

High-tech firm opens in Austin. (Circuit Resources Inc., Austin, Texas) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... High-tech firm opens in Austin A new processor of printed circuit boards, Circuit Rosources Inc., recently began operations in a 4,500-square-foot, leased warehouse in Austin. The firm, which employs 10 people, specializes in applying a...

Expansion plans near completion. (Big Three Industries Inc.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Expansion plans near completion Houston's Big Three Industries Inc. is completing design and engineering work for a $40 million expansion of its air separation plant in Victoria. The company plans to break ground on the new unit next...

Christian tunes fill Soviet airwaves. (Thelese Broadcast International-Gostelradio contract) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Christian tunes fill Soviet airwaves Austin broadcaster David Worley recently inked a deal to air Christian programming in the Soviet Union. A couple of weeks ago, Worley and his company, Thelese Broadcast International, entered into...

Tank explosion ignites fears. (Koch Refining Co.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Tank explosion ignites fears Fire and explosions at a Koch Refining Co. oil storage tank in the South Texas town of George West late in September injured at least 11 people. The 21,000-gallon crude oil tank burned for more than nine...

Legal director leaves TCLU. (James Harrington, Texas Civil Liberties Union) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Legal director leaves TCLU Controversial former Texas Civil Liberties Union legal director James Harrington has left the TCLU and taken its South Texas Project with him. An arrangement between Harrington and the TCLU was hashed out at...

Center's construction plans set. (South Padre Island, Texas' convention center) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Center's construction plans set The Gulf Coast city of South Padre Island is building a new, $10 million convention center. Construction on the 70,000-square-foot structure will begin in early November, and it will take about a year to...

International trade letter premiers. (Global Link periodical) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... International trade letter premiers An Austin research and marketing firm specializing in international business published the first issue of its new international business newsletter on Sept. 26. Postmark USA Inc. of Austin will...

Austin site of new computer plant. (Austin, Texas, Applied Materials Inc.) (South Texas Regional News)
October 15, 1990... Austin site of new computer plant Applied Materials Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based computer equipment manufacturer, is planning to break ground early next year on a $20 million plant in Austin. The 200,000-square-foot plant will be...

School Land Board awards leases to three area oil and gas producers. (Texas School Land Board, San Antonio, Texas area)
October 15, 1990... School Land Board awards leases to three area oil and gas producers Three San Antonio oil and gas companies were awarded leases on state-owned oil and gas tracts in the School Land Board's lease sale Oct. 2. The leasing of 77 tracts...

Former Bexar Savings exec opens downtown grocery and delicatessen. (Bexar Savings Association, Gary Geistweidt, Texas City Market) (company profile)
October 15, 1990... Former Bexar Savings exec opens downtown grocery and delicatessen The first of several planned upscale, multipurpose stores and delicatessens was recently opened downtown by a San Antonio businessman. Called the Texas City Market, the...

Blockbuster Video goes to Japan. (Blockbuster Videos Inc.)
October 15, 1990... Blockbuster Video goes to Japan Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., a chain of video stores co-founded by local business magnate B.K. Johnson in Dallas, has signed a letter of intent with Japanese conglomerate Fujita & Co. Ltd. to develop and...

Westover project gains $59 million, state incorporation. (San Antonio Resort L.P.'s Westover Hills resort project, San Antonio, Texas)
October 8, 1990... Westover project gains $59 million, state incorporation A Japanese-led investment group developing the multimillion-dollar resort in Westover Hills secured $59.5 million in financing and incorporated within the state last month. ...

FACT launches $27.7 million drug study. (Facilitators of Applied Clinical Trials, Lovastatin MSD, anticholesteremic drug)
October 8, 1990... FACT launches $27.7 million drug study A San Antonio-based drug testing company is launching a $27.7 million project to study a treatment for lowering cholesterol. The project - dubbed the largest such study ever in the United States - will...

Bargain prices, cash sales fuel condo spree. (condominium sales in San Antonio, Texas)
October 8, 1990... Bargain prices, cash sales fuel condo spree Fueled by bargain prices and purchases by wealthy Mexican investors, the condominium market in San Antonio is making a comeback. Last year, condominium sales were the highest they've been...

Local businessman sues Jaffes, alleges courtroom bribery. (Crandell Addington, Morris D. Jaffe, Sr., Doug Jaffe)
October 8, 1990... Local businessman sues Jaffes, alleges courtroom bribery A San Antonio man is taking local heavyweight businessmen Morris D. Jaffe Sr. and son Doug Jaffe to court for allegedly "bribing and corrupting" potential jury members in a separate...

Amserv Nurses opens headquarters; plans to hire 150 medical employees. (company profile)
October 8, 1990... Amserv Nurses opens headquarters; plans to hire 150 medical employees In response to the city's severe nursing shortage, a St. Louis-based nursing service has set up its Texas headquarters in San Antonio and currently is hiring 150 local...

American reservation center on hold. (American Airlines Inc.'s reservation center, San Antonio, Texas)
October 8, 1990... American reservation center on hold The reservation center Fort Worth-based American Airlines is considering locating in San Antonio now is in a holding pattern with no estimated time of arrival. When the 60,000-square-foot center was...

Clear Channel leaving downtown for Harte-Hanks Tower. (Clear Channel Communications Inc., Harte-Hanks Tower building, San Antonio, Texas) (company profile)
October 8, 1990... Clear Channel leaving downtown for Harte-Hanks Tower Local broadcasting firm Clear Channel Communications Inc. is moving its headquarters from downtwon to larger and pricier space at Harte-Hanks Tower on the North Side. "It's not...

Austin agency buys Dallas firm. (Austin, Texas, Sicola Martin Koons Frank, King Agency, Dallas, Texas)
October 8, 1990... Austin agency buys Dallas firm Austin advertising agency Sicola Martin Koons Frank recently acquired The King Agency, a Dallas strategic marketing and public relations firm. With the purchase, Sicola Martin will boost its billings from...

Builder with a heart. (Gordon Hartman Homes) (Special Report: Residential Real Estate) (company profile)
October 8, 1990... Builder with a heart Gordon Hartman has carved a niche in the local home-building market by constructing low-cost, inner-city housing. But in doing so, he's also become a lone wolf within the home-building industry. Lanky, sandy-haired...

California developer stakes claim in city with Las Colinas purchase. (James F. Garro, Las Colinas apartments, San Antonio, Texas) (Special Report: Residential Real Estate) (company profile)
October 8, 1990... California developer stakes claim in city with Las Colinas purchase A seasoned California developer has made his entry into Texas with the purchase of a 232-unit apartment complex near the University of Texas at San Antonio. James F....

RTC takes mortgage firm to court. (Resolution Trust Corp., South Coast Mortgage Service Co.) (Special Report: Residential Real Estate)
October 8, 1990... RTC takes mortgage firm to court The Resolution Trust Corp., acting as receiver for a Missouri thrift, filed a lawsuit against a local mortgage company alleging it has refused to buy back more than $1 million in bad loans. Officials...