Texas Business reports:  A Houston firm won a $65.9 million contract for aviation fuel, the U.S. Department of Defense announced. 

Texas Business reports: A San Antonio firm won a $9 million contract to build a commissary, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—EZCOR  Inc., a provider of specialty consumer financial services, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% ownership interest in Prestaciones Finmart, S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (Crediamigo), a specialty consumer finance company headquartered in Mexico City.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—FWT LLC, a manufacturer in the design and fabrication of custom steel structures for the utility and telecommunications industry, plans to expand into Ohio through the purchase of a plant in the Village of Hicksville.

Texas Business reports:  LUBBOCK—Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business students return this week to a “greener” side of the fence as they enter a new building -- focused not on the landscaping, but on the environmentally acclaimed architecture of the new facility.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON— Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. completed $36.7 million in upgrades at several Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District campuses in northwest Houston.

Texas Business reports:  The Army announced today it will close the Dallas-Fort Worth Personnel Assistance Point (PAP) and consolidate operations with the Atlanta PAP by April 1, 2012.  

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—American Eagle Airlines, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, is replacing all of its ATR turboprop aircraft operating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Texas Business reports: AMARILLO – As the water goes, so goes agricultural production, especially corn production in the Texas High Plains. 

Texas Business reports:  COLLEGE STATION – Thanks to rains, more of Texas transitioned from exceptional to extreme drought, or from severe to moderate, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Texas Business reports:  Researchers at Texas Tech University and Iowa State University found that the pork industry can generally use less bedding year-round than it currently does when transporting swine.

Texas Business reports:  ADDISON—ULURU Inc.  extended the previously announced European license for Altrazeal to include the Middle East and North Africa.

Texas Business reports:  Two Texas firms will share a $49 million military health care contract with a Colorado firm and a Georgia company, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.

Texas Business reports:  BRYAN—Skanska USA Building and BOKA Powell LLC completed a 130,000-square-foot, clinical building on the Texas A&M Health Science Center Bryan campus.

Texas Business reports: NORTHRIDGE, Calif.— CSC, a provider of crowd management services, won a three-year contract with The University of Texas at Arlington to provide event staffing at College Park Center, a new $78 million, 7,000-seat events venue. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—The Houston Dynamo and Sunbelt bank BBVA Compass announced they are entering into a multi-year naming rights agreement for the Major League Soccer (MLS) team's new downtown Houston stadium currently under construction.

Texas Business reports:  The Rice University Board of Trustees approved a $44.5 million proposal Thursday to build a new two-story football facility at the south end of Rice Stadium and to improve the stadium facilities and experience. The project is contingent on fundraising. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—London Broadcasting Company Inc., the owner and operator of Texas-based media properties, completed the acquisition of KTAQ-TV. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—The Texas Heritage Songwriters Association (TxHSA) will hold its 7th Annual Hall of Fame Awards Show on March 4th, 2012 at Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater in downtown Austin.

Texas Business reports:  European CEO Magazine's 2011 Global Business Education Awards has named Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business the Most Innovative Business School for the Southern United States Region.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Last month, Latino daily deal site Descuento Libre acquired Mi Cupon Del Dia, a Miami based competitor, just a couple months after acquiring Los Angeles based deal site Groupacho.

Texas Business reports: Texas is investing $500,000 through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in The Advisory Board Company.

Texas Business reports:  Having to dig deeper to fill up the gas tank? You are not alone as gas prices have steadily risen in the past few weeks, but the possibility of gas hitting $5 a gallon by summer as many analysts are predicting is very unlikely, says a Texas A&M University economist who has studied oil prices for decades.

Texas Business reports:  AMARILLO—enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and Cielo Wind Power LP announced that enXco signed a purchase agreement to acquire from a Cielo affiliate the development assets for the Spinning Spur Wind Project.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Global NuTech Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire Texas Gulf Oil & Gas Inc, located in Houston. 

Texas Business reports:  BORGER—Mercuria Energy Trading Inc., based in Chicago, has developed a terminal to ship crude oil on the Panhandle Northern Railway (PNR), which operates on 31 miles of track between the towns of Panhandle and Borger, Texas.

Texas Business reports:  MANSFIELD—Texas Trust Credit Union will soon open another branch in Grand Prairie, its ninth in north Texas, giving area consumers more choice for their banking options.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Asset Revitalization Solutions,  specialists in distressed asset investments and management, acquired $10 million in distressed loans in Florida.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Prosperity Bancshares Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Texas Bankers Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Texas, Austin, Texas.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—The University of Houston Law Center will offer its alumni free, unlimited access to the nation's largest web-based continuing education and professional development service.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. for 13 willful and 17 serious violations for exposing workers to the risk of amputations and other serious injuries from dangerous machinery, as well as other hazards, at the company's Houston facility.

Texas Business reports:  WACO—The Baylor film and digital media division of the department of communication studies will show its first Texas Independent Film Network movie screening of the spring semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Room 101 of Castellaw Communications Center, 219 Baylor Ave.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Nathan Grace Real Estate, an independent real estate company based in Dallas, added the Dallas real estate group, Christy/Norcross/ Thomas (CNT). 

Texas Business reports:  LOS ANGELES—Thomas Properties Group’s affiliate, TPG/CalSTRS  LLC, has completed the sale of the 806,004 square foot, three-building property known as Brookhollow Central in Houston.

Texas Business reports:  Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has published its quarterly Keller Center Research Report, an online compendium of academic articles focused on residential real estate research and summaries of scholarly journal articles and books relevant to real estate sales agents.

Texas Business reports:  A Round Rock firm sold $20 million for software licenses and support to the U.S. military, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Texas Business reports: Graphene is largely transparent to the eye and, as it turns out, largely transparent to water.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Alliance Tech, an Austin -based business intelligence solutions provider focusing on technology and marketing metrics for trade shows, conferences and events, has been selected as a technology partner by the South by Southwest    Conference & Festival, March 9-18, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

Texas Business reports:  AMARILLO—enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, and Cielo Wind Power LP announced that enXco signed a purchase agreement to acquire from a Cielo affiliate the development assets for the Spinning Spur Wind Project.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Energy Transfer Partners LP closed its previously announced agreement with AmeriGas Partners LP to sell its propane operations, consisting of Heritage Operating LP and Titan Energy Partners LP in exchange for approximately $2.85 billion.

Texas Business reports: LUFKIN—Lufkin Industries Inc. completed the acquisition of Datac Instrumentation Limited and RealFlex Technologies Limited.

Texas Business reports: A Fort Worth firm won a $16.1 million contract to provide an aircraft with support to Lebanon, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Oceaneering International Inc. won a three-year Field Support Vessel Services contract from BP PLC.

Texas Business reports: A Houston-area firm won a $118.3 million order for mine resistant vehicles for the Marines, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.

Texas Business reports:  A Round Rock firm sold $20 million for software licenses and support to the U.S. military, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Texas Business reports: A $40 million contract for “Sport On Target” support of U.S. special forces will be performed in Dallas and Florida, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Texas Business reports:  NEW YORK—Mall media provider, EYE (EYE_OutofHome), appointed David Aronson to the role of regional sales executive for the Texas region.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—UT Southwestern Medical Center announced that John Warner, who has been instrumental in the design and planning of the new University Hospital currently under construction, has been named chief executive officer for UT Southwestern Hospitals, effective Feb. 1.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—WhaleShark Media Inc., a marketplace for online coupon codes and deals, named Matt Howitt as the vice president of engineering, reporting into the company’s chief technology officer, Paul Rogers.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—American Airlines appointed Lauri Curtis as vice president—onboard services.

 Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Trilogy Software today appointed Richard Ellenberger to the role of managing director, Trilogy Telecom, Technology, and Media Division, and Ian Dix, to the role of senior vice president, market management and development, also for the new Trilogy TTM division.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Multimedia Games Holding Company Inc. announced Dennis Neilander, 50, has been retained as a consultant for compliance and gaming regulatory matters and has assumed the role of Regulatory Compliance Committee Chairman, subject to any required regulatory approvals.

 Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Former TxDOT deputy executive director Steve Simmons, PE has joined Huitt-Zollars Inc. as vice president and will focus on the firm's highway practice.  

Texas Business reports: Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost at Baylor University, announced the appointment of former U.S. Congressman Chet Edwards as The W.R. Poage Distinguished Chair for Public Service.

Texas Business reports:  SUGAR LAND—US Dataworks Inc., a provider of payment processing solutions, announced Marc Palombo joined the company as senior vice president of sales. 

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—FWT LLC, a manufacturer in the design and fabrication of custom steel structures for the utility and telecommunications industry, plans to expand into Ohio through the purchase of a plant in the Village of Hicksville.

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS—Huntsman Corporation acquired EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., a polyurethanes systems house in Istanbul, Turkey. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Westlake Chemical Corporation is increasing the capacity of the previously announced chlor-alkali plant to be located at its vinyls manufacturing complex in Geismar, Louisiana.