Fort Worth Business Press

5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Three of the Southwest’s favorite female artists are joining forces to offer exquisite, unique and meaningful holiday gifts. Full Story »

Open House on Friday, December 4 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Three of the Southwest’s favorite female artists are joining forces to offer exquisite, unique and meaningful holiday gifts. Full Story »

Christmas Hayride & Light Extravaganza! Looking for a unique, fun and FREE evening celebrating Christmas during December? Join us at South Hills Baptist Church for a Christmas Hayride and Light Extravaganza! Fridays and Saturdays in December from 6 - 9 pm. Full Story »

With Thanksgiving in the rear view mirror and Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah just down the road, you may be asking yourself, “Will my significant other and I ever have any time alone?” Full Story »

A large cactus at the front door of Grady’s Restaurant in the Park Hill neighborhood of ‘Cowtown’ readied our palates for West Texas ranch cuisine. At Grady’s they call it upscale cuisine with cowboy charm. Full Story »

The North Central Ballet Company will perform The Nutcracker at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Watauga Public Library. Full Story »

Denbury Resources Inc. will list the Barnett Shale among its assets no longer, as the Plano-based company divests its remaining acreage and purchases for about $431 million a majority working interesting an oil flood play north of Houston. Full Story »

American Airlines said Dec. 2 it and other members of the Oneworld airline alliance along with private equity fund TPG are willing to invest $1.8 billion in Japan Airlines to keep the airline away from a rival group headed by Delta Air Lines. Full Story »

A state representative whose district includes most of Fort Worth reiterated his call for a moratorium on gas drilling, saying more studies need to be done to best understand whether there are safety concerns, specifically benzene pollution, as a result of industry activity. Full Story »

Green Bank of Houston has announced a deal to acquire the Fort Worth office of Jefferson Bank of Dallas. Full Story »

Celebrities come from across the country to ride cutting horses in support of Care ity Foundation’s programs for cancer patients. A concert is provided after the action by top country and western artist for sponsors and box seat ticket holders. Full Story »

A $500,000 pledge from Robert and Edith Schumacher has established the Executive Faculty Fellow in Innovation and Technology at the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. Full Story »

Recovery for the commercial real estate market hinges on three key markers – only one of which looks to be showing any sign of improvement, at least according Texas A&M Real Estate Center Chief Economist Mark Dotzour. Full Story »

Shoppers who spend $200 or more on December 4 receive a $20 gift card to be used for a future purchase – which makes a perfect stocking stuffer or last-minute unplanned gift. Full Story »

1209 S. Main St. Reservations are recommended. walk-ins or if you are billed. Full Story »

Glint Advertising & Design, of Hurst, will double in size come January when it merges with a fellow Tarrant County ad agency and graphic design firm under the former’s banner. Full Story »

Pennsylvania-based Touchstone Wireless repair and Logistics will lay off 200 employees at the company’s Fort Worth location on Cambridge Road beginning in February 2010. Full Story »

State Farm Insurance has more than 17,600 agents nationwide – it’s a big company – but the most productive agent in the entire system runs an office in Arlington: It’s Al Clark, whose $30 million annual enterprise continues to run at a pace five times or more ahead of everybody else in the national top 10. Full Story »

Christmas Carol gets Texas spin at Circle Circle Theatre opened the world premiere of A Lone Star Christmas Carol by Gary Moody and Gary Taylor that runs through Dec. 19. North Texas natives Moody and Taylor, who had worked together on a variety of projects, decided to collaborate on A Lone Star Christmas Carol in 2000. “We thought audiences might appreciate a modern and colloquial translation ... Full Story »

• The Tarrant County Business Breakfast is being held from 7-8:30 a.m. at Radisson South, 100 Alta Mesa Blvd. For information, contact Teresa Pearson at tpearson@fortworthchamber.com or 817-338-3321. Full Story »

His new job: Gary Millington joined Jones Lang LaSalle as a vice president of property management. Millington will lead property management in Fort Worth and will work closely with Greg Grainger to grow the firm’s property management capabilities in the region. Full Story »

Jon Nakamatsu, a pianist who combines local-favorite appeal with international acclaim, will grace a Dec. 5 concert of the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth at the Modern Art Museum, 3200 Darnell — downbeat at 2 p.m. Full Story »

When you knowingly pay someone to lie to you, we call the deceiver an illusionist or a magician. When you unwittingly pay someone to do the same thing, I call him a politician. Full Story »

The days are long gone when nonprofit boards were made up of large donors who expected that little more would be asked of them beyond socializing at the occasional fundraiser. Being a board member can be as demanding and rewarding as any full-time work. Full Story »

Ten years ago, he first noticed it. A yellow ceiling stain. A water leak. Year after year it grew worse. Bigger. Darker. Sometimes during Sunday services he would glance up and wonder how much longer it had. Full Story »