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Six Flags ready to get off economic roller coaster
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is one of the theme parks that is benefitting from an influx of capital investment. Six Flags has endured more than its share of economic uncertainty over the last several years. The theme park company, which operates Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, was saddled with deep debt by previous management, which drove it into bankruptcy. Then came the recession, which cost ...
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KCI marketing new post-surgical wound-care device
Kinetic Concepts Inc. has released a new medical device that should help patients recovery from surgery faster with fewer infections. The device is known as the Prevena Peel & Place Dressing with V.A.C. Therapy Connector. The company cited two recently published independent studies on the Prevena system that showed favorable clinical outcomes in patients at risk for post-operative ...
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Tim Duncan Tony Parker and San Antonio Spurs survive Game Two overtime to beat Memphis Grizzlies
Spurs lead series 2-0 The San Antonio Spurs clung on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Two overtime to take a 2-0 Western Conference finals series lead.For three quarters the Grizzlies looked like they were going to be on the end of a second successive blowout, down by 15 points at half-time and going into the final stanza still down by 12. Tony Parker had a playoff career high 18 assists to ...
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PASA opens theater complex in North San Antonio
Performing Arts San Antonio is holding a June 8 gala to celebrate the grand opening of its new theater-arts complex. Performing Arts San Antonio (PASA) has announced the grand opening of its new facility on the citys North Central Side. The complex is located at 15705 San Pedro Ave. The space will include a 100-plus theater with a large performing stage and 24-foot ceilings. The facility will ...
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Texas to drug screen unemployment benefit recipients
Individuals in Texas who receive unemployment benefits will soon be subjected to drug testing, as a result of the passage of Senate Bill 21. Small-business advocates in Texas are hailing the passage of a bill that would allow drug testing for recipients who receive unemployment insurance benefits. Business owners are paying into a fund thats become increasingly expensive, NFIB/Texas Executive ...
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Palmetto Bank taps San Antonios IPI for wealth-management services
Investment Professionals Inc. has been selected to provide wealth-management services for The Palmetto Bank. Investment Professionals Inc., a San Antonio company that offers of investment services to community banks, has landed a new client. San Antonio-based IPI will provide wealth-management services for The Palmetto Bank, a $1.1 billion community-oriented bank in Greenville, S.C. The bank is ...
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Toyota San Antonio Chamber Present STEM Project
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas is supporting the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber's CORE4 STEM project to the tune of $100,000, it was announced this week. Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president, National Philanthropy and Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. made the presentation to Hispanic Chamber CEO Ramiro Cavazos and the chamber's chairman of the board, Alexander ...
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Texas approves bill to guide fund water projects
Legislation to tackle Texas' water woes was approved by the Texas Senate on Monday. House Bill 4, filed by State Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, would direct $2 billion into a water infrastructure fund that would offer loans for projects such as new water reservoirs, pipelines and conservation projects. The legislation will restructure the Texas Water Development Board to a three-member, ...
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Lawmakers agree on $50 million for ETF
The governor's office and legislative leaders have agreed to supply the Texas Emerging Technology Fund with $50 million over two years to continue operations, State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, told the Austin American-Statesman yesterday. Gov. Rick Perry originally requested $69.5 million for each of the next two years. Lawmakers still must decide whether to strip the states top three ...
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Pica Pica Plaza creating new event space in South San Antonio
Pica Pica Plaza has launched a new Celebrations Event Center. Pica Pica Plaza, a 130,000-square-foot retail/entrepreneur incubator on San Antonios South Side is adding a new service the Celebrations Event Center. The newly completed event center will be open for any kind of event, be it formal or casual. Celebrations will also provide such services as catering, party planning and floral ...
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Army major found dead at Texas military base
Sam Houston in San Antonio, Army officials say. The officer was not immediately identified pending notification of family, and an Army statement did not give a possible cause of death, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday. The base's firefighters discovered the officer about 7 a.m. Monday while responding to a call about a water leak, the statement said. He was found in his room ...
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ATT U-verse TV named countrys leading video company
AT&T U-verse TV has been named the leading video service in the country by Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan has named AT&T U-verse TV the market research companys 2013 Video Company of the Year. Frost selected AT&T U-verse as the leading provider due to excellence in customer value, innovation and growth. The company also won the award in 2009. Growing market share in a ...
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$900M for transportation wont cut it lawmaker says
Putting about $900 million into Texas roadways over the next two years is not enough for the long term, said State Rep. Joseph Pickett, D-El Paso. As the final days of the session draw near, lawmakers are still wrestling over legislation to deal with Texas' transportation infrastructure challenges. Funding a $2 billion water plan and providing $1.8 billion in tax cuts are two issues that ...
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San Antonio IT firms YL Operari combine operations
Y&L Consulting has finalized its buy-out of The Operari Group. Y&L Consulting has closed on the companys buy-out of the Operari Group. Now that the acquisition is completed, San Antonio-based Y&L plans on significantly expanding its information technology offerings. This is a good union for all concerned, Operari co-founder and managing partner Shaun Williams says. Operari has spent the last ...
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Forge Energy hit with wrongful death suit over oilfield fatality
The family of a slain oilfield worker has filed a lawsuit against San Antonio-based Forge Energy LLC and Thornton Drilling Co. in Odessa. The family of an electrocuted oilfield worker has filed a wrongful death suit against rig owner San Antonio-based Forge Energy LLC, and its contractor, Thornton Drilling Co. in Odessa, claiming the companies gross negligence led to the fatality. Officials at ...
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Billions for campus construction close to passage
In its tentative approval of campus construction bonds, the Texas House upped the total from about $2.4 billion to almost $2.7 billion. Billions of dollars in bonds for campus construction have received tentative approval by the Texas House, the Texas Tribune reports. The version of Senate Bill 16 by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, considered by the House on Monday allocated bonds to ...
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Texas lawmakers pave way for stronger craft beer industry
The five bills that passed through the Senate provide a new approach to help grow the expanding craft beer industry and update several business practices and regulatory issues in the Alcoholic Beverage Code, according to the Beer Alliance of Texas. Its bottoms up for craft beer brewers in Texas after the House passed a package of bills Monday to help create a more robust craft beer ...
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Pioneer tests running fleet truck and drilling rigs on compressed natural gas
Wm. Stacy Locke, president and CEO of Pioneer Energy Services, says the company is testing out compressed natural gas for its fleet trucks and drilling rigs. Drilling-services company Pioneer Energy Services has begun testing a truck powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) with its eye on converting more of its fleet to the low-cost fuel. The San Antonio-based companys new 2013 Chevrolet 2500HD ...
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Trident expands public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania
Trident Insurance Services and The McGowan Cos. have formed a new partnership that will allow McGowan agents and brokers to sell Trident's public entity insurance program in Pennsylvania. One of Trident's products is law enforcement liability. Trident Insurance Services LLC has formed an exclusive partnership with The McGowan Cos. to provide public entity insurance in Pennsylvania. The ...
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Tesoro Corp. will sell Carson terminal assets to Tesoro Logistics
A file photo of Tesoro Corp.'s refinery in Hawaii. Tesoro has agreed to sell its logistics assets in Carson, Calif. to Tesoro Logistics LP. Tesoro Corp. will sell some of the storage infrastructure it acquires through its takeover of BP Plcs Carson, Calif., refinery to Tesoro Logistics LP, a partnership it formed in 2011 to develop pipelines and other oil-logistics assets. The infrastructure ...
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UTSA recruits Mexicos former chief demographer to faculty
Dr. Ren Zenteno has agreed to join the University of Texas at San Antonio faculty as a professor of demography. He formerly served as undersecretary of population, migration and religious affairs at the Ministry of the Interior in Mexico. University of Texas at San Antonio officials said late Monday that Dr. Ren M. Zenteno, the former undersecretary of population, migration and religious affairs ...
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Texas hosting sales tax holiday on Energy Star products
Texas shoppers will be able to buy select Energy Star-rated appliances tax free from May 25 through May 27. Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reminded shoppers this week that the states annual Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend from Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27. Consumers will be able to buy Energy Star-qualified air conditioners priced at $6,000 or less; refrigerators at ...
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San Antonio planning facelift for downtown
River North is widely considered to be one of the most rundown, neglected and unsafe areas of the city. It has stood for years at the edge of downtown like a blight on the conscience of San Antonio, reminding city officials and the community constantly that something must be done. But, finding the money to proceed with a redevelopment project has proven difficult, until recently.
River North will be entirely overhauled in a new project that aims to revamp the area and make it an integral part of the life and culture of the city’s core, rather than a ghost town that people avoided at all costs. The project is finally underway following the injection of over US$24 million in funding for the overhaul. Read more
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