- Business Digest: Schlitterbahn plans new resort hotel on South Padre Island; Dell Inc. announces new president of software group February 3, 2012ENTERTAINMENT Schlitterbahn plans new resort hotel on South Padre Island New Braunfels-based Schlitterbahn plans to build a 221-room resort hotel with an indoor waterpark near its existing waterpark on South Padre Island, the company said Thursday.
- With filing, Facebook bares its business soul February 3, 2012Facebook is baring its business soul. The unveiling came late Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock.
- Planned go-cart entertainment project hopes to build off Formula One's buzz February 3, 2012Construction at an Austin racetrack continues this week, and developers say they are confident that low-slung, European-built cars will be speeding through the twisting circuit in time for the city's big festival.
- Austin tech entrepreneur Andrew Busey joins Austin Ventures February 3, 2012Austin tech entrepreneur Andrew Busey is joining Austin Ventures, where he will focus on early-stage investments.
- AMD vows better reliability, puts focus on chip products for tablets February 3, 2012If Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is to build a brighter future, it must become a far more reliable and dependable supplier to its customers, the company's top executives told industry analysts Thursday.
- Markets quiet as investors await key jobs report February 3, 2012Investors coasted Thursday while they waited for a crucial government report on jobs. Stocks traded in a narrow range, a pause from their strong start this year, and bonds didn't move much, either.
- AMD unveils plans for low power February 2, 2012Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is pushing to develop very low-power processors targeted at the emerging tablet market, the company told analysts Thursday. AMD will introduce Hondo, a small chip that consumes less than 5 watts of power, this year
- Austin-area gas prices jump 12 cents this week, AAA says February 2, 2012Austin-area gasoline prices jumped 12 cents this week to an average of $3.38 per gallon, AAA Texas reported today. The area’s average gas prices have risen 33 cents per gallon in the past six weeks, according to AAA Texas
- Dell names head of new software group February 2, 2012Dell has named John Swainson, a former software industry executive, as the president of its software group effective March 5. Swainson most recently was senior advisor to Silver Lake, a global private equity firm. Before that, he was CEO
- Business Digest: Austin airport tops 9 million passengers in 2011; U.S. auto sales off to fast start in 2012 February 2, 2012AIR TRAVEL Austin airport tops 9 million passengers for first time in 2011 Austin-Bergstrom International Airport set a record of more than 9 million passengers in 2011, up 5 percent from the previous year, according to airport officials.
- Up the Ladder February 2, 2012Community groups The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce has named Adam Hauser vice chairman of the board of directors' executive committee.
- Austin-based Mango Financial adds new investor, signs deal with actor George Lopez February 2, 2012Austin-based Mango Financial has added a new investor and signed a five-year marketing agreement with comedian and actor George Lopez.
- Super Bowl advertisers go after 'second screens' February 2, 2012Call it the "second-screen" Super Bowl. About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things such as text or post on Twitter while watching TV, according to research firm Nielsen.
- Austin chip startup Javelin lands major customer: Samsung February 2, 2012At age 4, Javelin Semiconductor Inc. has landed its first customer and it's a big one. Samsung Electronics Co.
- Automotive parts company to invest $113 million in Seguin plant, create 300 jobs February 2, 2012Seguin won a global competition by persuading Continental Automotive Systems Inc. to expand its local plant with $113 million in new capital investment and 300 jobs added over five years, officials said Wednesday.
- Manufacturing, construction growth strong in early first quarter February 1, 2012U.S. factories grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, boosted by a rise in new orders.
- Austin-based Mango Financial signs on George Lopez for marketing campaign February 1, 2012Austin-based Mango Financial has added an investor and signed a five-year marketing agreement with comedian and actor George Lopez. In a national campaign called “Save with Mango,” Lopez will promote the consumer financial services
- Austin startup's app lets doctors diagnose on the go February 1, 2012The idea for Austin tech startup DocBookMD came three years ago as the founders were celebrating their first wedding anniversary.
- EU investigates Samsung; Germany blocks its tablets February 1, 2012Samsung took a double hit in its battle against archrival Apple on Tuesday, when the European Union announced it would investigate whether it was illegally trying to hinder competitors and Germany blocked sales of some of its tablet computers.
- Will Facebook deliver an IPO surprise? February 1, 2012Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns up at business conventions in a hoodie. "Cocky" is the word used to describe him most often, after "billionaire."
- Austin-based Stratfor faces lawsuit over data breach February 1, 2012Austin-based Stratfor, which lost information on thousands of its customers in computer hacking attacks against its website in December, now finds itself under legal fire.
- Business Digest: National Instruments reports record revenue February 1, 2012TECHNOLOGY Austin's National Instruments reports record revenue National Instruments said Tuesday that it made a profit of $24.3 million, or 20 cents a share, on record revenue of $278 million in the fourth quarter.
- Fresh Plus to open North Austin store this Friday January 31, 2012The Austin-based Fresh Plus Grocery chain will open its third location at 2917 W. Anderson Lane at 8 a.m. Friday. Owners Paul and Irene Beurskens took over the former Sprouts Farmers Market location after it closed late last year.
- 2011 finished up strong for Austin auto dealers January 31, 2012After seeing their share of lean times in 2009 and 2010, Austin-area auto dealers entered 2011 hoping business would pick up.
- Official: State might have gone too far in disclosing tech fund jobs January 31, 2012A member of Gov. Rick Perry's staff testified Monday that the Legislature might have gone too far in requiring technology startups to disclose how many jobs they are creating with taxpayer money.
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