Recently added articles from San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX):
San Antonio marketing firm named one of nations top 15 small workplaces.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Melissa S. Monroe Oct. 2--In a national competition, San Antonio's Guerra DeBerry Coody was picked by the Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces as one of the country's top 15 small-business workplaces. GDC, a marketing and communications firm, was the ...
Post-Katrina insurance litigation bound to cost everyone.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Travis E. Poling Oct. 2--USAA's loss in a jury trial last week in Mississippi on a Hurricane Katrina claim has plaintiffs' lawyers and insurance industry observers debating the results and the cost of other post-Katrina litigation. At issue in virtually all ...
Louisiana company moves to San Antonio to build tankers.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Vicki Vaughan Oct. 2--Take the elevator up to the offices of downtown San Antonio's newest corporate citizen and you're greeted with incongruous sights. The foyer sports a mural of a tanker riding heavy seas. A brass ship's wheel is on display. Employees speak with ...
Government retains funding for cross-border truck-tracking program.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Meena Thiruvengadam Oct. 2--The government started a new fiscal year Monday without pulling funding for a controversial Department of Transportation cross-border trucking pilot program. Because 2008 transportation spending legislation hasn't been finalized ...
San Antonio Express-News All About Cars column.(Column)
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: G. Chambers Williams III Sep. 29--A NEW FOCUS FOR '08: Already one of the top-selling small cars on the market, the compact Ford Focus gets a makeover for 2008 that should help boost its popularity. Although the new Focus rides on the same chassis as before, ...
San Antonio Express-News G. Chambers Williams III column.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: G. Chambers Williams III Sep. 29--SUZUKI SPORT'S A NEW SEDAN: It's a sibling to last year's fun SX4 hatchback. Suzuki's nifty little SX4 hatchback that arrived this past year gets a sibling for 2008: an all-new sedan version. The sedan, called the ...
San Antonio Express-News business briefs column.(Column)
Sep 28, 2007 ... Sep. 28--TOOTIE PIE CO. BAKES UP A DVD TIE-IN: Boerne-based Tootie Pie Co. is going Hollywood. A deal announced Thursday has Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment packaging Tootie pies with the release of its movie "Waitress" to 174 of its top DVD retailers. "It ...
San Antonio Express-News business calendar column.(Column)(Calendar)
Sep 28, 2007 ... Sep. 28--MONDAY: Meeting -- The South Texas Chapter of Better Investing, 7 p.m., Lion's Field Adult & Senior Center, 2809 Broadway. This investors meeting is open to anyone interested in learning more about how to invest in growth companies at a reasonable price. Linda Franklin will ...
San Antonio Express-News On the Road column.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: G. Chambers Williams III Sep. 28--NEW DESIGN, NEW NAME: FORD JAZZES UP CROSSOVER: A vehicle that I already liked a lot has become even better for 2008. It also has a new name. The Ford Taurus X (base price $27,365, including freight) is a crossover ...
Mold, asbestos, lead paint can hurt property values if not taken care of.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel Stone Sep. 28--Older homes have their charms: stylish architecture, generous porches, ornate woodwork, plaster walls. But hidden behind such aesthetic attributes can lurk the dark side of older construction. Contaminants such as mold, ...
Multifamily homes may be real estate investors' best bet.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Rachel Stone Sep. 28--Bill Sibley enjoys fixing leaky faucets and repainting baseboards. "I didn't know I had the landlord gene," he said. The writer/rancher figured it out after he and a California-based partner started investing in fourplexes in ...
Two friends are marketing new inventions to improve archery.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Adolfo Pesquera Sep. 27--Stu Minica, a San Antonio mechanical engineer who designs dentistry tools at what he calls his "day job," proudly added his name last year to the pantheon of tinkerers who have been trying to improve archery for the past 50,000 years. ...
Boeing forced to hold off on San Antonio hiring.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Sean M. Wood Sep. 27--Boeing Support Systems San Antonio is putting hiring on hold as its recent contract award from the Air Force is being protested by an unsuccessful bidder. Pemco Aviation Group Inc. of Alabama filed a protest Sept. 19 with the U.S ....
Dell says it will cut energy use.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: L.A. Lorek Sep. 27--Round Rock-based Dell announced plans Wednesday to become the first major computer manufacturer to cut its energy consumption to lessen its environmental impact worldwide. "We will purchase as much renewable power as possible from existing ...
Scientific Games closing plant.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: L.A. Lorek Sep. 27--Lottery ticket maker Scientific Games Corp. announced Wednesday that it plans to close its San Antonio plant, affecting 350 jobs. New York-based Scientific Games paid $100 million to buy Canadian-based Oberthur Gaming Technologies, in May ....
San Antonio Express-News David Hendricks column.(Column)
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: David Hendricks Sep. 27--TOP JOBS NEEDING WORKERS: Looking for a career? The officially recognized opportunities are more abundant that ever. With unemployment now at 4 percent, a seven-year low, employers have fewer candidates for positions requiring specific ...
Home furnishings store new to the market.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Melissa S. Monroe Sep. 27--Home furnishings store HomeGoods recently opened in North Central San Antonio touting discounted prices aimed at giving its competitors a run for their money. "The first thing that hits consumers about these stores is the sheer size ...
Cisneros reteams with Kemp, others to foster home ownership.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Gary Martin Sep. 27--WASHINGTON -- Building on their past success, former Housing Secretaries Henry Cisneros and Jack Kemp will release a book today that provides a bipartisan guide for cities to meet home ownership challenges. "Our Communities, Our Homes: ...
San Antonio tourism is doing well this year, rain and all.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Melissa S. Monroe Sep. 27--The city's tourism and convention business fared well this summer, despite all the rain. Hotel tax collections -- the main barometer of the city's tourism health -- were up 14.7 percent to $5.2 million in August compared with August ...
Workers regularly goof off on job, but it's no cause for alarm.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Aissatou Sidime Sep. 27--We all do it at work: Surf the Web. Chat up co-workers about the latest episode of "Heroes." Call to fight with billing departments. Stretch a one-hour lunch into two hours. Or just stare off into space in a wide-eyed nap. Wasting ...