Dallas Business Update

(SUMMARY) AMR Corp. capacity cuts contributed to a 1.6 percent drop in traffic at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in December, and the airport projects that its January passenger count also will be down. Airport officials said Friday that they expect...

(SUMMARY) Addison-based Behringer Harvard says it's current on interest payments on Frisco Square and expects its "technical default" to have minimal short-term impact on the operations of the mixed-use property north of Dallas. Behringer Harvard Opportunity...

(SUMMARY) Texas Rangers' General Manager Jon Daniels said Friday afternoon during a press conference that outfielder Josh Hamilton's possible contract extension could be impacted by Hamilton's relapse into alcohol use in a Dallas area bar earlier this week....

(SUMMARY) MiamiHerald.com DEALTALK-Twice shunned, US Air again sets sights on merger Reuters * AMR bankruptcy spurs talk of new industry mergers * AMR Latin routes a key prize, but antitrust bar high * Left out in previous deals, US Airways keen for merger...

(SUMMARY) Longview-based Cassity Jones Lumber has purchased an existing 25-acre lumber distribution facility in Terrell, and plans to consolidate its North Texas operations in the city. The consolidation will bring roughly 30 employees into Terrell, and will...

(SUMMARY) The chairman and CEO of chip maker Micron Technology Inc. was killed Friday morning in a small plane crash. Steve Appleton was 51, Idaho-based Micron said in a news release. The professional stunt plane pilot and former motocross racer was the only...

(SUMMARY) While American Airlines plans to shrink its workforce, the airline has made clear that it intends to grow its network over the next several years to try to be more competitive with the nation’s largest carriers, analysts noted. Fort Worth-based...

(SUMMARY) Behringer Harvard announced Friday it has broken ground on a luxury apartment property, known as Allegro II, which is the second phase of an apartment community the Addison-based company bought in December 2010. The 121-unit apartment homes will sit...

(SUMMARY) Irving-based C-III Capital Partners, a commercial real estate services company, has recently finished its acquisition of of NAI Global. C-III works on real estate services such as loan origination, fund management and investment, among other...

(SUMMARY) The head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. on Thursday told a House subcommittee hearing that American Airlines must prove it needs to terminate its pension plans and reminded legislators that they gave American $1 billion in pension funding...

(SUMMARY) The ALS Association has restructured its operations in Texas, merging the North Texas, Greater Houston, and South Texas chapters into a statewide ALS Association Texas Chapter headquartered in Irving. The organization has also named David Chayer, of...

(SUMMARY) The buzz of a circular saw, the smell of sawdust and the beep-beep-beep of heavy machinery backing up filled the air outside the Perot Museum of Nature & Science Thursday afternoon. Inside, the rooms are mostly empty, but soon they'll be filled with...

(SUMMARY) CH2M Hill Inc. ranked at the top of the Largest North Texas Environmental Consulting Firms, which were ranked by local environmental consulting fee revenue in 2011. The Dallas company finished 2011 with a fee revenue of $33,800,000. That is down from...

(SUMMARY) When J.C. Penney Co. Inc. chief executive Ron Johnson announced a transformation of the company last week, the pricing changes, new logo, and planned store design garnered most of the attention. But the company’s partnership with talk show host Ellen...

(SUMMARY) A Kansas technology company has acquired a pair of related firms in Dallas, according to our sister paper The Wichita Business Journal. Terms weren't disclosed of the deal between Wichita-based High Touch Inc., on the one hand, and UniComData and...

(SUMMARY) If you're a geek at heart, or even if aren't, don't miss today's slideshow on Heritage Auctions Inc. We have an article in today's paper about the success that the Dallas auction house has enjoyed in recent years, including a company-best $806...

(SUMMARY) The former Arcodoro & Pomodoro restaurant building has been bought by Dallas-based Brook Partners. The 7,900-square-foot building is at 2708 Routh St. in Uptown Dallas and Brook Partners said it plans to lease or sell it for a restaurant or retail...

(SUMMARY) When's the new iPhone 5 coming? Reports put the release by Apple Inc. in June. The California-based electronics giant plans to unveil the device at its worldwide developers conference, according to a report in DigiTimes (via Minyanville). Tech...

(SUMMARY) Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., a North Carolina-based design consulting firm, has signed a lease for 32,434 square feet of office space at Park Central 789 at 12750 Merit Drive near the southwest corner of LBJ and North Central Expressway. The...

(SUMMARY) Do you want a free tablet computer? That's apparently what Research in Motion is offering Android programmers to make apps for its BlackBerry PlayBook. The New York Times reported that the Canadian technology company (NASDAQ: RIMM), whose U.S....