Texas Business

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- On Saturday, May 14, 2011, Buffington Homes was awarded the Grand MAX Award for Volume Homebuilder of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin, the highest honor a homebuilder in Austin, Texas can receive. This year's ceremony marked the 20th year of recognizing marketing and advertising excellence by the Homebuilders Association of Greater Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Buffington Homes, the leading builder for Austin Texas new homes for sale and central Texas new homes for sale, is excited to be building new homes in Pflugerville's fastest growing community, Villages of Hidden Lake. Buffington Homes offers new homes in Villages of Hidden Lake from the $130s to $300s.

BALLINGER, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Mueller, Inc., a leading manufacturer of steel buildings and residential metal roofing, wants to extend a helping hand again this year to a Texas non-profit in need of a new facility. The campaign is called 'Helping Hands.' One organization will be selected to receive a new Mueller steel building up to 4,000 square feet through applications received by June 1, 2011.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Buffington Homes is the market leader for energy efficient new homes for sale in Austin TX. As of April 1, 2011, all new homes for sale in Austin built by Buffington Homes are Energy Star rated and certified by a third party inspector.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Dawn Westerberg, president of Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, will be presenting at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Spring Conference. She will give two presentations 'The Hub - Is Your Online House in Order,' 'How to Monetize Social Media: B2B Case Studies,' and facilitating a hands-on lab with attendees interested in learning more about Twitter.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- A collective group of animal organizations - Animal Owners Association of Texas, Professional Canine Breeder Association, East Texas Dog Lovers and individuals - have come together to stand against a bill that they say is unconscionable.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Foundation today announced plans for the ninth-annual NCLB Golf Classic, benefiting St. Anthony School and Community Center. Dallas-area golfers are encouraged to join the tournament to help make a difference for this South Dallas charter school, which provides top-notch education for underprivileged students.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Sharewell Energy Services, a division of Sharewell L.P., announced today that it just completed the drilling of a well in the Rocky Mountain area with its proprietary Electro-Magnetic Measurement While Drilling System (EM MWD) (Electro-Trac™) to a depth in excess of thirteen thousand feet (13,000 feet).

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- A great number of accidents and injuries could have been prevented if someone had simply 'spoken up.' The prevalence and magnitude of this problem often gives rise to public frustration and, at times, indignation. To better understand why employees so frequently choose not to say anything in the face of potential disaster, The RAD Group conducted a large scale study of 'Safety Interventions.'

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Being recognized for its commitment to providing superior technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC has joined Information Technology Alliance (ITA), a highly regarded group of top VARs, CPA firms and technology product/service providers.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Buffington Homes, the leader in new home Austin Texas and Central Texas construction for over forty years, is excited to announce the release of their Capital Series in Meadow Park. This boutique community offers the excitement and convenience of metropolitan living with the affordability of suburban pricing and one of the lowest property tax rates of any community in Buda.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Guinness and Bass have customized beer-layering tools and now, thanks to JMB Brewcraft, other breweries, pubs, beer festivals and more will also have a cool, new item to share with their brew-buying public: the all new, customizable black and tan spoon.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Great News Houston! ABC Home & Commercial Services now has the latest and greatest for early warning detection of bed bugs. It is a bed bug detection canine named Frisbee.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- As fuel prices continue to increase and consume work truck fleet fuel budgets, Energy Xtreme's Utility Series of Idle Reduction solutions pave the way to lowering fuel consumption and dependence on foreign oil. The company's work truck line of products was recognized by National Truck Equipment Association.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- DeRosa Mangold Consulting, a full-service Value Added Reseller of accounting software and a Sage Platinum Partner, was recently recognized with the Sage President's Circle Award for superior performance in fiscal year 2010, which ended September 30.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Michael Baisden's attorneys, Daryl K. Washington and Aubrey 'Nick' Pittman, announced on Monday, a jury in Houston Federal Court reached a verdict in the copyright lawsuit filed by nationally syndicated radio and TV personality Michael Baisden. The mixed verdict allows for the return of Baisden's copyrighted rights and allows the best-selling author to proceed with upcoming movie and television projects.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Music Computing today announced a strategic partnership with California-based PR and brand marketing company, Neotrope® to launch a program to help promote indie bands and musicians who purchase Music Computing's products during 2011.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, an integrated marketing and public relations services firm based in Austin, Texas, was selected by JMT Consulting Group to develop and present a webcast on social media for the firm's customers and prospects.

HOUSTON, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Charles Michaels of Ezilon Inc. announces the company's drive and dedication to supplying the foremost local and regional directory listings is now increased through the launch of its newest site covering major cities in the United States.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Dawn Westerberg Consulting LLC, an integrated marketing and public relations services firm based in Austin, Texas, announced today it has been retained by e2b teknologies, a business CRM/ERP software and consulting services company based in Ohio.

SUGARLAND, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Jaime Viancos is the owner and operator of the website Community Journey, as well as a devoted world traveler. For those seeking advice and insight on traveling the world, his site provides all that and more. He hopes to enlighten those who desire to travel, but simply cannot.

AUSTIN, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Dawn Westerberg Consulting, an integrated marketing services firm based in Austin, Texas, announced today it has been retained by Oasis Solutions Group, a business management software consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky.

DALLAS, Texas /eNewsChannels/ -- Cogent Technology Group announced today that they are now offering a Data Distribution Service (DDS) of ERCOT Nodal data to market-participants in the ERCOT service region of the Texas electricity market. The service utilizes Cogent's Data Flow Manager (DFM) software to manage the extract data made available to market-participants on the ERCOT MIS portal.