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Collin County Business Press-October 6, 2008

Despite a tighter labor market, elevating commodity and fuel prices and sluggish retail sales, the Texas business sector remains stronger than most other parts of the country, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book survey for the Dallas district.
Fed’s Lastest Survey: Texas Economy Stronger Than Most

The Richardson Chamber and City Officials helped celebrate the opening of the new Sprouts Farmers Market with a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of innovative optical and wireless networking solutions, announced today that they are expanding manufacturing capacity at their Richardson, Texas, headquarters.

A Houston investor has made its first North Texas shopping center buy.  A partnership set up by Hartman Management acquired the Promenade shopping center in Richardson.

Texas Instruments Foundation donated $500,000 to the Eisemann Center to help fund the second phase of capital projects at the Richardson performing arts center.

UT Dallas is reinventing how it commercializes its intellectual property by establishing an office to help researchers create companies and move their inventions from the lab to the marketplace.

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has upgraded the standard long-term bond rating and underlying bond ratings for Richardson’s general obligation debt to AAA from the previous rating of AA+, the city has announced.