Fort Worth Business Press

Healthpoint Ltd., a Fort Worth-based DFW Pharmaceuticals Inc. company, officially launched its first product onto the consumer market today. Ultracept, an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that can last up to six hours, is available to the public through a Web site. Full Story »

Developers of Fort Worth’s Alliance Town Center have announced the addition of a Kroger Marketplace set to open in the fourth quarter of 2010. Kroger will open a 123,000-square-foot store under its Kroger Marketplace banner, serving as the company’s fourth such store in Texas. Full Story »

Fort Worth West will have a pre-holiday season after hours and networking event in the Beer Garden at Edelweiss German Restaurant, 3801-A Southwest Blvd (on the Weatherford traffic circle,) Nov. 11, 5pm to 7 pm. Half price beer and wine, $1.99 brats on a bun. Full Story »

Help us celebrate Texas Recycles Day with this FREE event! City speakers, interactive presentations and vendors who will help you go beyond recycling in your business! Full Story »

The Fort Worth Chapter of FEI will have it's first meeting of the 2009-2010 year at the City Club at 5:30pm on Tuesday, Sept. 15th. The keynote speaker for this meeting will be Mr. Mike Berry, President of Hillwood Properties. Full Story »

Shares of RadioShack Corp.’s stock jumped Nov. 9 following an announcement the retailer would begin selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone later this month in selected stores. Full Story »

Quicksilver Resources Inc. reported third quarter 2009 net income of $0.7 million compared to the 2008 third quarter’s net loss of $3.8 million. Full Story »

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• Diamond Oaks Country Club is hosting an Open House Golf Tournament at 1 p.m. The cost is $35 per golfer. • The Fort Worth Art Commission is hosting a presentation and public hearing on the draft public art plan for the 2008 Capital Improvement Program for the Fort Worth Public Art program. Full Story »

His new job: Christopher B. Stevens joined UNT Health, the physician group affiliated with the University of North Texas Health Science Center, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, to see patients at the Lake Worth office. Full Story »

The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt – that is, tell lenders that it won’t repay them all they’re owed – was, until recently, a preposterous proposition. Full Story »

No sooner will the Lone Star International Film Festival have wrapped its annual expo — on Nov. 15 — than the city will see another global-scale event taking shape, this one at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. Full Story »

As the residential market continues to grapple with the current recession, the manufactured housing market seems to be going through a cycle all its own – a cycle that experts say is outperforming its site built home sibling. Full Story »

Unless you’ve just returned from an extended stay in Bimini, you know the financial markets for real estate lending are tough. The National Real Estate market is reeling and most of our larger institutional banks have jumped in the back seat and shut off their real estate lending. Full Story »

Like the auto industry, the financial sector and even other areas of commercial real estate, construction of hospital and medical offices, whether new building projects, expansions or renovations, has taken a hit during the recession. Full Story »

The outlook for Dallas-Fort Worth home prices got a boost heading into November with the release of two home price index reports citing the area as one of the best performing in the nation. Full Story »

Texas Clinic at Arlington was approved by the Arlington City Council to construct a new $12 million medical office complex in south Arlington at 400 W. Arbrook Blvd. to create about 200 new jobs. Full Story »

While the pink items in stores may have been moved to the sale shelves, those who focus on breast cancer year-round are continuing their work to educate women about the risks of breast cancer and how best to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease. Full Story »

The Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health released an employer survey on Nov. 4, about 2010 benefit plan designs and the information shows that the large majority of employers do not plan on cutting back their benefits, despite economic pressures. Full Story »

Devon Energy Corp.’s net earnings for the third quarter 2009 dropped 81 percent to $499 million, as compared to $2.6 billion for the same three-month period in 2008, due to declining revenues from oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids sales. Full Story »

Less than a month after the state of Pennsylvania fined a gas exploration and production company more than $50,000 for spilling chemicals during drilling, the American Petroleum Institute has published, for the first time, its suggested guidelines on how best to drill and hydraulically fracture wells without damaging the environment, even while the debate about who gets to regulate hydraulic ... Full Story »

Relieved, excited and even more ambitious. That’s how Fort Worth oil man Jason Hoisager, 29, felt when it became clear he had hit a small oil show – his first as president of his own operation – on a West Texas prospect in Jones County. Full Story »

The news anchor shakes my hand. “So glad you could make it,” he says. Then he turns, still talking, and presses the nozzle on the hand sanitizer. This is the new American greeting. Howdy, neighbor – let me wipe you off. Full Story »

This past year has been tough for many companies that are active in the Barnett Shale play in the Fort Worth Basin. Many companies have had to take dramatic measures to stay in the play. Full Story »

Stress is a normal part of our lives and we all have to learn to deal with it. Stress adds spice to life and challenges us to do our best. But if it accumulates beyond functional limits stress becomes poisonous. Full Story »