Several Texas Hotels and Restaurants Earn 2009 AAA Four Diamond Award Designation (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Seventy-three hotels and 34 restaurants in Texas have been awarded the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Rating for the year 2009. San Antonio had the most AAA Four Diamond recognized hotels this year and Dallas had the most restaurants. Lodgings at this level offer an extensive array of amenities combined with a high degree of hospitality, service, and attention to detail.

Black Friday frenzy: A long night’s journey into savings (The State)

Call it crazy. Because the people who spend all night in a Best Buy parking lot to buy cheap computers and TVs call it that. At 8:30 Thursday morning, when most people were putting a Thanksgiving turkey into the oven, Elaine Shropshire of Columbia pulled up to Best Buy on Two Notch Road and unloaded a recliner from her car. Yes, a recliner. And, yes, she questioned her sanity.

CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Nov. 24 to 30, 2008 (CoStar Group)

This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Al Copeland Investments and RedBrick Pizza; new retail developments in TX, PA, MO, OH, IL and NJ; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Macerich and Circuit City...

Tootie Pies Adds HEB Locations (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

The Tootie Pie Company, Inc., a premium baker and seller of high-quality, handmade pies, is pleased to announce that their pies will be sold in 3 new HEB stores, bringing the total HEB locations to 12, including the original 8 HEB Central Market stores and the recently announced HEB Alon Market at 8503 NW Military Hwy in San Antonio, Texas.

Local Retailers See Bah Humbug Holiday (KERA North Texas)

Downtown Dallas kicks off its annual City Lights festival two weeks before Thanksgiving. Main Street, from Pegasus Plaza to Ervay, will light up with holiday decorations, as restaurants and retailers begin extended hours. But KERA's BJ Austin reports the "lights" strung along the street may be the only bright spot in the holiday retail season.

Jean-Marie Eveillard Buys Genentech Inc., AMR Corp., ImClone Systems Inc., Sells Yahoo! Inc., Seattle Genetics Inc., ... (Guru Focus)

At the beginning of the year, Jean-Marie Eveillard did not see many opportunities. Now he thinks that the market is reasonablely priced. Of course stock prices declined even more after he bought some. Jean-Marie Eveillard owns 304 stocks with a total value of $9.7 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells of the third quarter. Jean-Marie Eveillard buys Banco Latinoamericano de ...