Company from Florida leases warehouse space at Alliance

By Sandra Baker| sabaker@star-telegram.com|Monday, May. 20, 2013

Also, solar developer is looking for land.Read more

Texas Roadhouse restaurants to go strawless this week

By Susan Schrock| sschrock@star-telegram.com|Monday, May. 20, 2013

GRAND PRAIRIE — The restaurant chain was inspired by the Be Straw Free Campaign launched by a Vermont boy to reduce waste.Read more

Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan

By MATTHEW DALY| Associated Press|Friday, May. 17, 2013

Natural Gas Export Teminal

WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas.Read more

Mike Ullman vows turnaround for J.C. Penney but says it will take time

By Barry Shlachter| barry@star-telegram.com|Friday, May. 17, 2013

PLANO — The returning CEO says J.C. Penney will regain shoppers by bringing back popular private-label products and sales.Read more

Summer job market is much sunnier for students

By Teresa McUsic| TMcUsic@SavvyConsumer.net|Friday, May. 17, 2013

Jobs are available, but students should apply in the next two weeks to land a spot.Read more

Texas unemployment rate stays at 6.4% in April

By Sandra Baker| sabaker@star-telegram.com|Friday, May. 17, 2013

Statewide, employers added 33,100 jobs, including 3,100 in Fort Worth-Arlington.Read more

Trademark buying Lockheed Martin recreation land for new development

By Sandra Baker| sabaker@star-telegram.com|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

FORT WORTH — Lockheed Martin Recreation Association, which is selling 63 acres and keeping 16 acres, has had the property listed since 2009 because of declining use by employees.Read more

J.C. Penney posts big first-quarter loss

By Anne D’Innocenzio| The Associated Press|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

The company, which fired CEO Ron Johnson last month, blamed the declines on its former chief’s ill-fated marketing and pricing strategies.Read more

Oncor Electric Delivery says expansion is limited by parent company’s debt

By Mark Chediak and Julie Johnsson| Bloomberg News|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Oncor Electric Delivery has reduced dividend payments to its troubled parent, Energy Future Holdings, to continue funding transmission line projects.Read more

US housing starts fell in April but permits surged

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER| AP Economics Writer|Thursday, May. 16, 2013

Housing Starts

WASHINGTON — U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in April, one month after topping the 1 million mark for the first time since 2008. But most of the decline was in apartment construction, which tends to vary sharply from month to month.Read more