http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Houston Business Journal : breaking news from Houston http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily41.html?ana=from_rss AT&T Inc. said Thursday that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force, as the telecom giant moves headlong into a slumping U.S. economy. (T) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:50:26 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily40.html?ana=from_rss Edge Petroleum Corp. has delayed today’s annual company meeting and vote on its proposed merger with Chaparral Energy Inc. (EPEX) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:55:06 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily37.html?ana=from_rss ConfiCasa Mortgage International LLC has opened an office in Manzanillo, Mexico. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:07:00 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily38.html?ana=from_rss Cadre Services Inc. has expanded its Northern Louisiana operation with a new facility in Bossier City. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:04:04 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily39.html?ana=from_rss Continental Airlines Inc. will begin a daily nonstop service to Frankfurt, Germany from Houston on Nov. 1, 2009. (CAL) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:01:47 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily35.html?ana=from_rss The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered Allied Waste Industries Inc. and Republic Services Inc. to sell some waste-hauling routes and landfills in Houston, Fort Worth and Lubbock before the two companies can merge. (AW) (RSG) (WMI) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:30:02 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily34.html?ana=from_rss AssetNation Inc. has acquired Asset Auctions LLC. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:00:03 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily32.html?ana=from_rss NASA has awarded a $28.2 million contract to TXU Energy to provide electric services to Houston's NASA Johnson Space Center and 12 other space centers, according to a U.S. Department of Defense press release. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:00:01 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily36.html?ana=from_rss Sara Lee Corp. has agreed to sell its direct-store delivery foodservice coffee business, which includes a Houston coffee manufacturing plant, to Farmer Bros. Co. for $45 million. (FARM) (SLE) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:22:24 GMT http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/12/01/daily33.html?ana=from_rss Introgen Therapeutics Inc., an Austin-based biopharmaceutical company that has most of its manufacturing operations in Houston, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is looking to sell its therapeutic product portfolio. (INGN) Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:20:40 GMT