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Women board members is growing slowly, but companies need to look harder to find the women who are qualifed. CEO experience is prefered. The women themselves could help the numbers if they were better connected to others in board positions.

STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- A new retail center on Maple Avenue near Motor Street will open fully leased with its owner planing to continue scouting that densely populated area for other [...]

NORTH DALLAS -- Bad news for the hotel industry has turned into good news for Dallas-based Hotel Reservations Networks Inc. When fear of terrorism began keeping travelers at home last [...]

A fully occupied retail center in Addison is expected to bring top dollar for the real estate partnership shopping the property. The 303,000-square-foot property, Addison Town Center, is one of [...]

PLANO -- Neiman Marcus gives shoppers a glimpse of the works of Texas artists with the opening of its newest store in The Shops at Willow Bend in Piano. The [...]

Developers say venue fills an unmet need GRAND PRAIRIE -- Developers of NextStage at Grand Prairie see opportunity in the middle. In the middle of the Metroplex, with its growing [...]

GREATER METROPLEX -- Boeing's search team has officially visited two of the three cities on its list, as it chooses between Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Chicago for its new corporate [...]

DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- Already stinging from declining occupancy rates, Dallas hotel operators are uniting to oppose a new convention-center hotel they say would only make the problem worse. The idea [...]

NORTH DALLAS -- After many years of offering architectural and engineering services, Dallas-based Aguirre Corp. added complementary services including strategic planning, facilities management and now, construction. The change has paid [...]

CARROLLTON -- A full-service hotel and adjoining retail center are scheduled to open later this year at the new Frankford Point development on the southeast corner of Frankford Road and [...]

The long-awaited Park Cities Hilton on Luther Lane -- and its restaurant, Opio -- opened Dec. 21. Robert Palleschi is general manager of the 224-room [...]

Accor S.A., the third-largest hotel company in the world, has combined several of its divisions, and Georges Le Mener has new responsibilities as a result. Accor Economy Lodging, which operates [...]

PIANO -- California-based lighting retailer Lamps Plus has selected its second Metroplex location. The company moved into the Texas market with a store that opened this summer in the McKinney [...]

ALLEN -- Chelsea GCA Realty Inc. has announced the store lineup for its new Alien Premium Outlet, opening Oct. 12. The first phase of the mall, located at 820 W. [...]

PARK CENTRAL -- GE Card Services will close a Dallas credit card operation by mid-September, cutting 79 jobs. Employees were notified in July about the planned closing of the company's [...]

NORTH DALLAS -- The Metroplex steakhouse market, already at a high sizzle, could get even hotter as the founders of mega-popular Cool River Cafe and III Forks team up to [...]

Developers scouting for devalued shopping centers for new sites GREATER METROPLEX -- Ronald L. McDonald, who knows a thing or two about fast food, is also a real estate developer. [...]

Dot-com wants piece of lucrative group delivery market NORTH DALLAS -- Living downtown just got a bit easier, with a new agreement between upscale apartment operator Post Properties and Dallas-based [...]

PLANO -- Bruce Thompson almost sold his start-up company when his money ran out. He's glad now that he didn't. But it wasn't long ago that he'd done all he [...]

The Bradford at Lincoln Park aims to attract business travelers NORTH DALLAS -- Intervest Property Co. is increasing its Metroplex profile, opening one local hotel for upscale business travelers this [...]

After 19 years, the folks at McKinley Communications decided a new name was in order. So they've re-branded themselves The Newsletter Co. As the name would indicate, the company publishes [...]

It's official, Pat Summerall Productions is fully operational in its new studio and headquarters in Richardson. Grand-opening festivities took place April 14, although the company set up shop there in [...]

* Inside PR magazine has named Dallas-based Cummings McGlone & Associates as one of its '10 Most Intriguing Start-Ups of 1999.' Veteran pros Brian Cummings and Neil McGlone now handle [...]

Cajun Crawfish's seasonal venture brings nostalgic fare to area stores, parties NORTH DALLAS -- While attending college at Louisiana Tech, David Snell and Vince Callender were accustomed to seeing crawfish [...]

The Lake Highland Advocate has wrapped up its 10th anniversary edition, which also marks the monthly pub publication's move to a full-color glossy format. In the early days, founders Tom [...]

POTTSBORO -- Tanglewood Resort is upping the ante in its bid to draw even more conference business from the Metroplex. The 700-acre resort, located on the shores of Lake Texoma, [...]

KXAS-TV (Channel 5) has changed its Web address to nbc5i.com to help viewers more easily find the station's latest news, weather, stock information and sports. The NBC affiliate's site also [...]

Part-time chef service caters to busy people UPTOWN -- Chef Marc Haines has the answer when dining out on the finest food becomes a chore: Have some of the area's [...]

Advertising and public-relations agency Byrne Johnson: is turning up the heat on its growth. The company has added an Internet and multimedia department, and expanded its media. relations, branding and [...]

OAK LAWN -- A Dallas startup is playing matchmaker for shoppers seeking gifts via the Internet. Tiethebow.com offers shoppers a gift-finding service, matching a profile of the gift recipient with [...]

The nation's third-largest tobacco retailer targets D-FW, aiming to open 100 stores selling cheap cigarettes here over the next year GREATER METROPLEX -- Cigarette smokers need a 'welcoming place to [...]

Full-service hospitality company began as a three-person call center LAS COLINAS -- Just eight years ago, Lexington Services was a three-person call center offering services to the travel industry. Now [...]

Company wants to broaden customer base DALLAS -- The Big Gulp still draws a crowd. But gone are the days when food at 7-Eleven only meant a doughnut or a [...]

A profile of the company Kaye/Bassman International Corp. with details of its human resources services is presented.

The efforts of information technology firms in effectively spending their money to improve business growth are discussed. The tight budgets are reasons for these companies to watch for their spending.

Fischer & Co. specializes in large corporate clients and provides them with an increasing number of services.

Small companies need to do a better job of communicating their brand and positioning their products of service in order to make themselves more attractive and increase revenue. It is reported that health care and worker's compensation costs are among the biggest challenges that small firms face regarding finance.

PLANO - Gary Waggoner opened his own personnel agency, Waggoner Personnel, 15 years ago. The company was small enough that he and his wife Sandra could run it all. But [...]

LOVE FIELD - It may be 2 a.m. when the call comes in. A gravely ill patient, perhaps a child, needs a quick trip into one of Dallas' major hospitals. [...]

NORTH DALLAS - Dr. Bill Gillespie's return to the Metroplex health care arena was relatively low key, but all eyes are focused on what he'll accomplish at Kaiser Foundation Health [...]

Officials at Irving Healthcare System have watched for months as a steady stream of suitors lined up on their doorstep. Now the independent hospital, which commands about 60% of the [...]

ALLEN -- When Paula Mann started her distribution business 10 years ago, she chose a name as big as her dreams: Sunbelt Telecommunications Inc. She decided the name had the [...]

Mary of Puddin Hill restructures its business to incorporate retail outlets Mary of Puddin Hill is cooking up a new business. But after 45 years of first producing fruitcakes and [...]

Fast-growing back institute looks to expand overseas -- and here at home PLANO -- In 1978, Texas Back Institute jumped into a niche in the health care industry, offering relief [...]

Already reporting its most successful year, Irving-based Imco Recycling Inc. is expected to benefit from a Clinton White House, according to analysts who follow environmental stocks. The company is hot [...]

Best practices to choose the right retirement community that matches with individuals or couple's needs, are presented.

The U.S. banking industry is expected to be transformed by the use of digital images of canceled checks. This process will increase delivery of information to customers, while reducing costs and improving security. If the pending bill 'check Truncation Act' is passed, it will make digitized checks equivalent to paper checks.

GREATER METROPLEX -- Concern about the economy has dominated discussions in business gatherings for much of the year. But the local retail real estate sector -- although certainly not immune [...]

GREATER METROPLEX -- The Mary Engelbreit Co. is closing 10 stores that sell its brand of gift and home-decor products, including two in the Metroplex. The St. Louis-based company will [...]

NORTHEAST DALLAS -- TurboChef Technologies Inc. has a patented process that cooks food about seven times faster than a conventional oven. The company's ovens are already being used in kitchens [...]