Stagecoach Group PLC, a Scottish bus company, announced Friday that it is buying part of Dallas-based Coach America Inc. for $134.2 million. Stagecoach said the acquisition includes businesses in Texas and California, and will allow the expansion...
The Texas unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in April, down from 7 percent in March and 8 percent a year ago. The state added 13,200 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in April, the Texas Workforce Commission said, and saw an increase of 225,800...
Illinois-based The Marquette Companies has joined California-based American Realty Advisors in a venture that has bought Portofino Luxury Apartments at 11601 Lago Vista W in Farmers Branch for an undisclosed sum. The 224-unit, four-story luxury...
Dallas-based Stockdale Investment Group Inc. has acquired the historic Falk Fabrics retail building at 2633 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas for an undisclosed sum. The building has seven retail stores fronting McKinney Avenue and Boll Street in...
Who knew being a regulator was so desirable? The opportunity to join the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the state’s oil and gas industry, has drawn 10 Republicans and one Democrat into the May 29 primary elections. Four Republicans,...
This week, we're beginning a new weekly feature that will highlight some of the photographs that have been taken for the Dallas Business Journal. Lately, among my favorite assignments have been ones where I've toured the deserted high-rise...
Clay Vaughn and Jeff Eiting, formerly of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, have joined CBRE's Dallas-Fort Worth office tenant rep group. Vaughn, first vice president, and Eiting, vice president, will represent small and mid-cap corporate clients. The...
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) International, which represents Continental and United Airlines’ pilots, said late Thursday that those airline pilots have decided to call for a strike vote. The pilots are calling for this action because...
The parent company of Colorado Community Bank announced Thursday it’s being acquired by Fort Worth-based Carlile Bancshares Inc. Colorado Community Bank, which has 18 locations across the state, is owned by Washington Investment Co. of Yuma....
Plano-based J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) head Ron Johnson is the highest-paid chief executive officer in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to our list of North Texas Public Company CEOs. Johnson's total compensation was $53.28 million...