Local Business News

If you love food and think you have the winning recipe to make San Antonians' taste buds sing then the City's South Texas Women's Business Center (STWBC) has a seminar for you that both is tempting and satisfying.
 

With more and more people looking for a bargain these days, the country’s economic downturn has actually bolstered sales for Too Good To Be Threw, San Antonio’s first and finest resale shop specializing in designer apparel, home decor and fine furnishings.

Fun is sputtering to a halt for some customers of the New Braunfels-based The Family Exchange. Consumer complaints received by the Better Business Bureau allege products ordered from The Family Exchange are not delivered in the expected time frame. Additionally, some consumers allege the business does not honor requests for refunds or repairs under the terms of their warranty agreements.

“Never work with children or animals,” warned an obviously very intelligent person long ago.  Yet, photographer Elizabeth Homan either never received that memo or is simply one who doesn’t necessarily follow the rules.  Not only has Homan built a career photographing kids, families and the rambunctious pet amidst elaborate and non-traditional settings, but she makes it look so easy. 
 

After experiencing exponential franchise growth and creating more than 1,200 jobs in the U.S. since 2004, Massage Heights, the nation's fastest growing membership-based massage therapy franchise, has announced an aggressive international expansion strategy calling for 125 new locations throughout Canada in the next five years.

Most of us have been there at one point or another – standing before hundreds of bottles of wine in a supermarket or big box store trying to pinpoint the exact one that will satisfy our palate, compliment tonight’s chicken dish or stand as the perfect housewarming gift.  The task can be daunting, especially since wines are typically arranged by grape or country o

A three-day celebration marking the opening of a new Frost Bank near Hwy 281 and Evans Road ended Saturday with a highly enjoyable Family Fun Day.  An impressive crowd turned out for this final party, which included a catered lunch, free drawings by a caricature artist and entertainment by the Games2U Mobile Video Game Theater and Scholastic education bus. 

The Mathnasium tutoring center near Stone Oak Parkway and Hardy Oak has announced its summer hours.  During the break from school, the center will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 

Relying on reports from online security experts, Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent e-mails and Web sites trying to take advantage of the current swine flu outbreak.

Four of the nine candidates running for mayor of San Antonio in the May 9 election participated in a sparsely-attended forum at Reagan High School last week.  Trish DeBerry-Mejia, Julian Castro and current council members Diane Cibrian and Sheila McNeil expressed similar viewpoints on nearly all of the questions posed to the panel, with the exception of planned toll roads on Hwy 281 and proposed gambling in San