Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

Austin's growing now it's time for its government to catch up

Jun 18, 2013 7:39 pm

Office space is getting crowded at the city of Austin, both at City Hall and at One Texas Center across the river. To find more space, the city is looking at leasing 27,971 square feet of office spac...

Seton approves $245M for hospital on UT med complex

Jun 18, 2013 5:28 pm

Seton Healthcare Family officials have approved $245 million to pay for a new teaching hospital on property near University Medical Center Brackenridge, putting in place the final large piece for the ...

Social Madness Round 2: Austin's 24 competitors

Jun 18, 2013 5:12 pm

Round 2 of our Social Madness competition is now underway, as 24 Austin companies have moved on to the bracket phase of the competition. In this round, local competitors are paired up in head-to-head...

Austin robotics products firm acquired by Motoman

Jun 18, 2013 3:54 pm

Austin-based robotics software maker Agile Planet Inc. has been snatched up by an Ohio company. Motoman Robotics acquired Agile Planet a developer of intelligent robotics software and hardware produ...

Superconductor Tech spin off raises $7 million

Jun 18, 2013 1:52 pm

Superconductor Technologies Inc. spin off company Resonant Inc. has completed a $7 million financing in a private placement. Austin-based Resonant was created last year to capitalize on a mobile prod...

Software developer e-MDs moves HQ to North Austin

Jun 18, 2013 1:32 pm

E-MDs Inc. has relocated its Austin headquarters and plans to operate from three locations beginning next month. The company, which develops electronic health records software, is opening a 40,600-sq...

Which country does retirement right? Don't guess U.S. (Video)

Jun 18, 2013 12:41 pm

Which country does retirement right? Don't guess U.S. (Video)

Perry vetoes 'resign to run' bill for Railroad Commissioners

Jun 18, 2013 12:31 pm

Gov. Rick Perry has vetoed an ethics reform bill that would have required Texas Railroad commissioners to resign if they file to run for another office. The so-called resign to run bill was the only ...

JetBlue, Southwest, Delta flier satisfaction up

Jun 18, 2013 12:23 pm

At least three major U.S. airlines improved their passenger-satisfaction scores for the second consecutive year, according to a poll to be released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index ...

Latest news for Houston Texas from Houston Business Journal

Two Houston companies make AARP best employer list

Jun 18, 2013 9:33 pm

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and MEI Technologies Inc. were named as a best employer for workers over 50 by the American Association of Retired Persons. M.D. Anderson and the H...

MRC Global acquires valve automation provider, expands operations

Jun 18, 2013 9:19 pm

MRC Global Inc. (NYSE: MRC) has snapped up a valve automation company Odessa, Texas-based Flow Control Products, also known as Dan H. Brown Inc. to expand its footprint in the Permian Basin. Housto...

Rich Kinder to chair Museum of Fine Arts Houston board

Jun 18, 2013 9:14 pm

Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) CEO Rich Kinder has been unanimously chosen as chairman of the board of trustees for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The vote took place at the annual meeting of the b...

NRG CEO David Crane gives play-by-play of Super Bowl pitch

Jun 18, 2013 9:07 pm

A few weeks ago, Ric Campo, CEO of Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT), told me about his pitch to get Houston the Super Bowl in 2017. Now, meet the other guy who went to bat for Houston last month in ...

Texas' oldest craft brewery begins selling beer on-premise

Jun 18, 2013 7:40 pm

Saint Arnold Brewing Co. will mark a historic event this afternoon when it sell bottles of Bishops Barrel No. 3 at todays 3 p.m. tour. The sale follows the June 14 approval of Texas' legislative pack...

Woodrow's Texas Ice House coming to Cypress, seeks investors

Jun 18, 2013 7:12 pm

The former operator of Big Woodrows in the Galleria area has plans to open a new concept in the Cypress area and is looking for public support to make it happen. Through online crowdfunding platform ...

Looming bubble? Houston housing market hits two straight years of positive sales

Jun 18, 2013 7:07 pm

Houstons housing market in May experienced its largest one-month sales volume in seven years, while home prices broke records yet again, the Houston Association of Realtors reported Tuesday. In the a...

Houston gaming-device company has you surrounded

Jun 18, 2013 6:46 pm

Its not every day you hear about a video game-device company that is creating a system to let gamers move naturally in a virtual reality game. When Robert Brackenridge, founder of Houston gaming star...

Can James Hackett hack it in private equity?

Jun 18, 2013 6:27 pm

Last week, we learned that James Hackett, the former CEO of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC), has joined a large private equity firm in Houston. That got me curious: How closely does the role of ...

Mexico may open energy to private investment

Jun 18, 2013 6:09 pm

Mexican President Enrique Pea Nieto is expected to reveal plans that would open his country's state-run energy industry to private investment during the coming months, The Wall Street Journal is repor...