Addison News

“We want to establish a national base first before we branch out into local and regional advertising”

Indoor Direct, a digital media network operating in high-volume restaurant chains, announced Tuesday it has launched its network in 70 locations in 13 markets. via Media Week

“My paintings become a piece of wall with lots of texture and color. It is my way of communicating with the world.”

Artfest International, Inc. is pleased to announce its new "High End Jewelry line," The Romanho "Roman" Collection. via M2.com

ADDISON, Texas - Friedman ' s Inc., which operated 455 retail jewelry stores under the Friedman ' s and Crescent brands, will conduct a court-ordered bankruptcy liquidation sale beginning April 5, 2008. via Earth Times

The de Havilland DHC-3 "Otter" overall has "spell-binding" historical documentation, and I am so glad Karl Hayes has done this magnificent job of bringing together all the documentation he could "unearth" into ... via Canoe, Hunt, Fish, and Fly,

Those of you who follow Scot Duke on Innovative Business Golf Solutions will be well aware that Scot has be developing his IBGS as a business operations and development consulting company since 2005. via O'Flaherty Blog

“I've been selling beer all my life”

Remember 2008. The year that marks the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition also could bring the biggest expansion of the craft beer movement Texas has seen since it began to crawl up from the ... via MySanAntonio.com

“We are a first-tier suburb - an in-fill location. "And we are right now in redevelopment mode.”

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com Motorists zipping down the Dallas North Tollway shouldn't have any trouble locating the exit for Addison. via Denton Record-Chronicle

A federal jury in New York on Monday convicted Bradley Stinn, the former chief executive of jewelry company Friedman's Inc., of securities fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy. via Fulton County Daily Report

“The good news is we have an opportunity to reverse this trend”

A private study of 18 Chattanooga neighborhoods has found that there are vacant lots or vacant buildings on more than 23 percent of the parcels in those generally urban areas. via Chattanooga Times Free Press

“I wish we could do more, but I think we're heading in the right direction.”

Two years can seem like an eternity. It was that long ago, in March of 2006, when I bemoaned the resistance that some business types put up against a plan to build apartments for poor residents in downtown ... via The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS, TX, March 21 / MARKET WIRE/ -- SUN Sports and Entertainment Inc. announced today improved changes to its operating plan including a financial restructuring of debt and the placement of new equity ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

Chicks slicing meat when I walked in the door count: 2 People in line count: 452 If there's one thing I like to eat, it's meat. via Dallas Observer

Jordan Fuchs , Storme Sundberg and Toby Billowitz brought Thicket to life as part of the Out of the Loop Festival in Addison. via WFAA-TV Dallas

“I've worked long and hard for this, and so have the people that are behind me at the Samaritan Inn.”

Aaron Whitaker and his teenage daughter had only $36 and a few gallons of gas last year when they checked into a bunk-bed room at the Samaritan Inn, Collin County's only homeless shelter. via The Dallas Morning News

ADDISON, Tex. March 13, 2008 Omniflight Helicopters, Inc., a leading national provider of air medical services, announced today that Eric Pangburn has been promoted to chief pilot. via Rotor.com

The 1,288 foreclosure postings of Tarrant County residential properties for the April auction are down 2 percent from March but still 21 percent higher than April 2007, according to figures released Thursday by Foreclosure Listing Service.

How many this year?

The foreclosure postings for the first four months of the year are 27 percent ahead of the year-ago period. The Addison-based company counts 5,591 Tarrant County homes posted for auction so far in 2008.

How many in North Texas? Read more

Infusion Software, the leading provider of CRM software for True Small Businesses, today - 03/13/2008 - 08:01 AM thincSoft Announces Expanded Integration With Oracle Technology and Applications SEATTLE-- ... via Business Wire

“This has been one of the most consistent clashes in First Amendment law, especially today when information is so easy to come by”

NEW YORK A Texas-based weekly newspaper chain is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit against the city of Plano, Tex., over an ordinance that allows the city to bar delivery of "printed material" if it ... via Editor & Publisher

Centro-matic's Scott Danbom at Saturday night's Granada Theater show. We spent our weekends with indie rockers , geeks and guitarists . via Dallas Observer

“What's up there? Nothin'. Whatcha' climbing it for then?”

He's got the same eyes, build, blinding grin and machine-gun style of joke delivery as his younger brother, Eddie. via Quick