Austin Business

Austin-based Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. said today that it has agreed to a $97 million sale to Canadian golf retailer Golf Town, a deal that will create the world’s largest specialty golf retailer. Golf Town, which has 54 stores

Yahoo's embattled chief executive, Scott Thompson, stepped down Sunday after just four months on the job, sending the flailing company into limbo once again even as it faces intensifying competition from the likes of Facebook and Google for the attention of Web users.

Selling a product in China might seem daunting for a small company. But Earl Kluft found it can be done with the help of a guide through the unknowns of doing business in a foreign country.

The idea for a package-free organic grocery store started years ago when brothers Christian and Joseph Lane were discussing a simple business idea: refilling beer and wine bottles.

The public will have a chance on Tuesday to meet the four finalists in the Waller Creek Conservancy design competition.

Advertising AdExcite, a video network firm with offices in Austin, has named Keith Eddleman director of technology.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs' settlement with Amazon.com hailed by the company's allies and rivals alike is an unprecedented solution to a vexing standoff.

TOKYO - It looks just like iRobot's Roomba vacuuming machine, except the new circular roaming vacuum cleaner from Sharp Corp.

If all goes according to plan, "Trinity" the most important product Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will unveil in 2012 will be launched this week with much fanfare and no glitches, gotchas or supply shortages.

American-Statesman: How did the idea for Latakoo originate? Paul Adrian, CEO/co-founder: We're a group of former journalists and technologists.

ExxonMobil gives 
$1.19 million to UT The ExxonMobil Foundation donated $1.19 million to the University of Texas to match donations made by the company's employees and retirees during the past year.

NEW YORK - Moving digital files between your work and home computers can be a pain. Add smartphones and tablet computers to the mix, and you've got yourself a giant headache.

Walk through Pioneer Bank's offices in Dripping Springs, and it's not hard to get lost in the old, romantic notion of local bank as pillar of the community.

The Protestant Reformation began in October 1517. That was when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.

When the board of directors of Austin-based Silicon Laboratories Inc. decided in March to push for faster growth, it named Tyson Tuttle to succeed Necip Sayiner as chief executive.

Larry Crabb, owner of San Gabriel Construction, came upon a Queen Anne-style gem when he found the 1895-built W.Y.

The 1879-built Dilley-Tinnin house in Georgetown, while listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, has been updated and expanded by Suzi and A.C.

Facebook can be a terrific way to connect with friends and family, a colossal drain on time and productivity, or a little of both.

A decline in gas and energy costs drove a measure of U.S. wholesale prices lower in April. Outside that drop, prices barely rose, new data show.

ECONOMY Weaker China data signal slower growth SHANGHAI - Weaker data from China and India on Friday may signal a further softening of the global recovery, undermining hopes that the dynamic emerging economies of Asia can help prop up growth.

Clingy kids. Noisy neighbors. A snoring spouse. Whatever the reason, many folks don't get enough sleep these days.

In a significant deal for Austin-based NetSpend Corp., the company has signed an agreement to sell its Visa prepaid debit cards at more than 7,000 Family Dollar stores across the country.

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked down last week after a sharp drop the previous week.

Apple is the world's most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world's best-known stock index.

Some politicians could be said to distort reality, but Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell has been augmenting it days before the Saturday election in which he is vying for another term.