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Austin MA deals worth $11.75B in 2012 slideshow
Click through this slideshow for the top five M&A deals last year, and click here to take a look back at the 12 most-read M&A stories in 2012. It is no surprise to Austin Business Journal readers that deals abound in the Austin area we report on them every day. The Mergers & Acquisitions list in our May 17-23 print issue summarizes the top 25 transactions involving local companies in ...
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Seattles Best Coffee opens 10 DFW area drive-throughs
Seattle's Best Coffee is opening 10 new drive-throughs today, including one off of Skillman St. Seattle's Best Coffee LLC is launching its new drive-through concept with Monday's opening of 10 locations across the Dallas area. The locations are the first Seattles Best Coffee shops in North Texas. The company, which is a featured brand of Starbucks Corp., has 65 caf-style locations ...
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State agency investigating Burnet jail death
BURNET, Texas (KXAN) - The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has opened an investigation into the apparent suicide of a capital murder suspect in the Burnet County Jail over the weekend. Brandon Wood, the executive director of the jail standards commission, said Monday that his office was notified of the death of Gregory Mark Currie, 30. Currie's body was discovered in his cell Saturday. ...
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List of Top 10 area high schools is out
AUSTIN (KXAN) - The list of the Top 10 high schools throughout the Central Texas area is out, and two schools from the Austin Independent School District made the cut. Top 10 public high schools in Central Texas Harmony Science Academy in North Austin Nyos Charter School Westlake High School (Eanes ISD) Westwood High School (Round Rock ISD) Star Charter School (Chaparral Star Academy) Dripping ...
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Dell wont disclose additional information to Icahn report says
Dell Inc. says it won't disclose any more information to billionaire investor Carl Icahn unless he produces a superior buy-out offer to Michael Dell and Silver Lakes. Dell Inc. officials told billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the computer-maker would not release any additional information about itself to the suitors, Reuters reported Monday. That is ...
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Mama Dog is reunited with owners
The dog, who had recently given birth to a litter, moved from place to place frantically sniffing around. That inspired rescuers to start calling her Mama Dog and captured the hearts ...
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Former Spurs star David Robinson launching Admiral Hospitality Scholars
Former San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson has created a new educational program for students interested in the hospitality industry. NBA Hall of Famer and former San Antonio Spur David Robinson is expanding his imprint on Texas post-basketball. Robinson is launching Admiral Hospitality Scholars (AHS), an internship program that will provide select high school students with a pathway to a ...
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Firefighter dies in Dallas condo complex blaze
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter's body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. The firefighter's name wasn't immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported to ...
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San Antonio Spurs beat Memphis Grizzlies in Western Conference Finals Game 1 – video
the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 in Game 1 of their NBA Western Conference Finals at the AT&T Centre in San Antonio, Texas. Spurs coach Greg Popovich says his team did well to negate the impact of Grizzlies players Zach Randolph and Marc ...
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$17 million psychiatric hospital opening Tuesday
Austin Oaks Hospital, a new 80-bed psychiatric hospital and inpatient treatment facility, will have a ceremony to mark its grand opening at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The facility on West Stassney Lane will offer care for children, adolescents and adults, and is expected to see its first patients in early June. With more than 51,000 square feet and more than 200 employees, Austin Oaks is a sister hospital ...
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Chesapeakes new CEO once oversaw Eagle Ford shale for Anadarko Video
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports on today's "Top Headlines." She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Robert Douglas Doug Lawler, senior vice president of international and deepwater operations for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., will become CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. on June 17. From shale plays to offshore drilling, Robert Douglas Lawler ...
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Samsung offers $800K to developers for Galaxy-specific apps
Samsung wants Galaxy-specific apps to help set the phone apart from other Android-based devices. Samsung Electronics is offering third-party developers $800,000 in prize money for Galaxy-specific apps as the Korean smartphone maker ramps up its efforts to compete with Apple's iPhone. Apple Insider reported that the competition will have 10 winners and that the prize money will be distributed ...
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Man charged in deadly downtown Houston shooting
HOUSTON (AP) -- Police have charged a 22-year-old man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following a downtown gunfight in which one was ...
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Upland Software establishes Austin headquarters
CEO Jack McDonald Upland Software Inc. has established an Austin headquarters after acquiring five companies. Silverback Acquisition Corp.s roll-up company that was previously called PowerSteering Software Inc. declined to disclose the number of local workers, CEO Jack McDonald said. Upland Software, which employs 250 workers in six locations, develops project and work management ...
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Letter to the Editor Many unanswered questions on Benghazi
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Pilot Flying J to open new shop in Cotulla
Pilot Flying J is opening a new location in Cotulla, Texas, roughly 90 miles southwest of San Antonio. Pilot Flying J is opening a new travel plaza and PJ Fresh Marketplace for motorists and truckers driving through Cotulla in South Texas. The new Pilot Flying J is located off Interstate 35 at exit 69. Cotulla is 89 miles southwest of San Antonio. The gas station is opening with a new Subway and ...
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TCU’s prairie prophet taught ‘urban shamans’ about life and mortality
FORT WORTH — — Standing knee-deep in a restored patch of prairie in the middle of the Fort Worth, Tony Burgess — a renowned botanist, naturalist and natural-born teacher — is a man immersed in his ...
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Texas Roadhouse restaurants to go strawless this week
500 million disposal straws are used in America each year. After hearing Milo’s environmental pitch at a recent conference, 13 Texas Roadhouse restaurants throughout the state have decided to go strawless this ...
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South Arlington residents will begin receiving new recycling carts on Monday
Recycling Information about Arlington’s new recycling program, such as where to place the cart for curbside pickup and what items can be recycled, is available on ...
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Mexican gets 3 years for smuggling heroin to Texas
George Bush Intercontinental Airport . She arrived on a United Airlines flight from Quito, Ecuador, and was then heading to Newark, N.J. Cabanillas-Torres said she was paid $4,000 to transport two suitcases with the drugs to Newark to an unidentified contact. The heroin was smuggled inside the walls of the bags. Cabanillas-Torres, who was sentenced Friday, faces possible deportation ...
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DPS 4 killed in Karnes County traffic accident
DPS did not immediately provide additional information on the victims or the possible cause of the accident. Further details weren't immediately ...
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New water taxi service planned in Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Supporters say a new water taxi service across the Corpus Christi Ship Channel is meant to bolster tourism in the city's Sports Entertainment Arts ...
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In the money May 20 Austin startup funding wrap-up
ProspX Inc., Wisegate Inc., Zebra Imaging Inc. and Postmaster Inc. pulled in funding over the past week. At least four Austin-area companies received funding last week to take their businesses to the next level, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Software maker ProspX Inc. received $8.2 million of a planned $9.2 million financing from 39 investors. Online ...
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Texas AM University-Kingsvilles new program linked to Department of Homeland Security efforts
MICHAEL ZAMORA/CALLER-TIMES Graduate student Pranav Phadke (right) helps mechanical engineering student Lee Gates get the DJI Phantom off the ground May 1 during a security engineering class at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. A new minor degree program on campus is enabling students to pursue careers in the growing field of security engineering.$RETURN$$RETURN$ A new minor degree ...
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Live on Caller.com Whats happening Monday
Musich (from left), Dimick and Visor Other stories we will be reporting on Monday: - Corpus Christi ISD trustees are scheduled to hear information about potential high school boundaries if the district keeps five high schools or considers the new Southside high school a sixth high school. The meeting is scheduled for this afternoon. - Nationally, it could be another day of wild weather ...
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Lack of City Council commitment to streetcar?
Fort Worth looks like it may be a long way off until the city has a proper streetcar system if current commitment to the project by local government is anything to go by.
In July of 2008 the City Council of Fort Worth decided that a modern streetcar system might be beneficial to the rapidly growing city, a solution was needed to urban intra-city mass transportation and plans went into the pipeline, but two years on little progress has been made, it seems instead that the city council lacks the commitment to carry out the necessary work to see a streetcar system come to fruition. Read more
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