http://www.fwbusinesspress.com Breaking News brought to you by Fort Worth Business Press Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:22 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/images/fwbp_logo.jpg http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/index.php http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8054 EnCana Corp. reported second quarter net earnings of $1.63 per share, down 14 percent from the previous year, but increased natural gas production by 10 percent to 3.8 billion cubic feet per day. The Calgary, Alberta,... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8054 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8053 Fort Worth’s N3 Capital Partners, a private equity real estate firm, is relocating to Austin and taking a well-known face with it. Seven members of N3’s office, including the president’s nephew George P. Bush, will move... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8053 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8051 Patricia Thomson, the chief executive officer for the Girl Scouts Circle T Council based in Fort Worth, will take over the reins of the American Red Cross Chisholm Trail Chapter, effective Sept. 3. Thomson was selected... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8051 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8050 RadioShack Corp. reported second quarter net income of $41.4 million, or $0.32 per share – a 6.7 percent increase over the previous quarter. The Fort Worth-based company said comparable store sales increased 6.9 percent... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8050 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8049 Range Resources reported second quarter earnings of $75 million, or $0.48 per share – lower than analysts’ estimates of $0.54 – and average daily production of 381 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day, a 2.7... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8049 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8048 Minyard Food Stores Inc. has announced it will sell 37 stores and its Hispanic-focused Carnival brand to its chief Hispanic grocer competition. Houston’s Grocer Supply Co., the parent company of Fiesta Mart Inc., will... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8048 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8041 A spokesman for State Sen. Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth, said the senator would appeal the July 22 civil court decision that ruled Wendy Davis was eligible to campaign for his District 10 seat. Judge Tom Lowe’s decision... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8041 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8039 Plans for a proposed amphitheater on the East Side of town were presented for discussion at a meeting Tuesday night. As part of the combination of the Trinity River Vision and Gateway Park/Riverside Oxbox projects... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8039 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8038 Wendy Davis briefly smiled when she heard the decision she had been waiting for: Judge Tom Lowe was not convinced by State Sen. Kim Brimer’s lawsuit, which argued she was ineligible to campaign for his seat due to... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8038 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8037 Arlington-based First Cash Financial Services Inc. reported a 25 percent drop in profit during the second quarter, narrowly beating analysts’ estimates. The pawnshop company’s auto dealership business, Auto Master, continued... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8037 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8036 XTO Energy Inc. is set to purchase 12,900 acres of Barnett Shale property for about $800 million from an undisclosed seller, initially adding 35 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day to the company’s... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8036 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8035 Lockheed Martin Corp. reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings of 13 percent as a drop in its fighter jet business was offset by higher sales in its space, electronic systems and information technology units. ... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8035 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8034 Fort Worth-based XTO Energy Inc., a key producer in the region’s Barnett Shale natural gas play, reported Tuesday morning that second-quarter earnings rose 33 percent on higher production and natural gas prices. The... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8034 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8033 After nearly five years of being absent from the Camp Bowie scene, famed local restaurant Mama’s Pizza is returning to Camp Bowie with its original owner – and original recipe – in tact. Jordan Scott, who owned and... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8033 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8032 North Richland Hills-based HealthMarkets Inc. announced Monday that its insurance subsidiaries reached a settlement with state insurance regulators leading a multistate investigation of the subsidiaries. The settlement... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8032 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8031 RadioShack Corp. is looking to shed its perceived out-of-date stylings for something a bit more modern in the coming years, a theme evoking ultra-chic Apple Inc. stores, according to a financial analyst’s note. A Deutsche... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8031 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8030 Williams Companies Inc. is set to acquire about 10,000 acres of Barnett Shale property for $166 million from a variety of parties, including privately held Aspect Abundant Shale LP, a subsidiary of Denver-based Aspect Energy... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=8030 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400