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Business people Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Business People Saxum, an integrated marketing communications firm, promotes Lindsay Laird to senior account director, Kim Moyer to senior account supervisor and Lindsay Vidrine to senior account supervisor in the agency's Oklahoma City office. White Hawk Engineering and Design LLC elects Kimberly D. Brooks... Read More

Bank of Oklahoma subsidiary focus of Tax Commission audit Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Oklahoma taxpayers may be out up to $160 million because a company is claiming it should have gotten tax credits on an $800 million investment made four years ago. Read More

Taking Stock: Parents should save for retirement, not children's college Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Malcolm Berko: It's a daunting task to invest for a child's college costs. You have a 12-year time frame until the kids are college ready, which isn't enough time for the magic of compounding to work. Read More

First National owners get one-month extension for financing Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 The owners of downtown Oklahoma City's First National Center will get another 30 days to arrange financing of $12 million required to avoid the property being turned over to a receiver. Read More

Oklahoma's new workplace drug testing laws relax employer requirements Published: Sun, May 27, 2012 Workers still have some protections under the new laws. Read More

New Century Center in downtown Oklahoma City owners plan extensive renovation Yesterday Steve Hurst admits that the Century Center Mall is an ugly building, but after representing an investment group in buying the downtown property for $2 million he is eyeing an extensive makeover. The mall, built in 1977 and only briefly a success in the early 1980s, was purchased May 11 by 100 Main LLC. Plans... Read More

Oklahoma real estate notes Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Firm markets space in Oklahoma City's Chase Tower Read More

Smart Moves: Clean homes make quick sales Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Smart Moves columnist Ellen James Martin recommends clearing out clutter before putting your house on the market. Read More

Attention to details makes St. Jude's Dream Home in Edmond special Updated: Fri, May 25, 2012 Tickets are on sale now for an opportunity to win the 3,900-square-foot Edmond house, valued at about $575,000 with four bedrooms, 4 ½ baths, a study, a game room upstairs and a mother-in-law suite featuring a handicap-accessible outside entrance. Read More

Oklahoma City real estate transactions Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Oklahoma City real estate transactions Read More

Listing of the Week: 3-bedroom home near Tinker Air Force Base has pool Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Listing of the Week: The 3,547-square-foot home has an attached three-car garage. Read More

Environmental trustee finds time for reflection at Oklahoma Brownfields Conference Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Marc Weinreich, environmental remediation trustee, made “Recovering from Our Industrial Past: Redeveloping Heavily Contaminated Properties,” a session for reflection, not just more data, at the Oklahoma Brownfields Conference. Read More

Oklahoma Supreme Court overrules state Tax Commission on electric vehicle credits Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Friday's Oklahoma Supreme Court opinion says taxpayers who purchased Tomberlin brand electric vehicles and were denied tax credits should receive them after all. It applies to about 735 people. Read More

Buyers meet sellers, builders to keep Oklahoma City metro-area housing market balanced Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 The supply of homes for sale stood at 5.5 months on April 30, according to The Oklahoman's estimate using statistics from the Oklahoma City Metro Association of Realtors. That level of inventory supports balance in the market, according to Realtors. Read More

Oklahoma's low jobless rate limits unemployment benefits Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 Oklahoma's strong economy and the corresponding reduction in the unemployment rate is reducing the length of time that jobless Oklahomans can receive unemployment benefits. Read More

EPA grant frees up more money for MAPS 3 park in Oklahoma City Published: Sat, May 26, 2012 The federal Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Oklahoma City a $350,000 grant to perform environmental assessments on the site of the MAPS 3 Core to Shore park. The grant will free up more money to be used elsewhere on the park project. Read More

Oklahoma energy briefs for May 25 Updated: Thu, May 24, 2012 Oklahoma energy briefs for May 25 Read More

Oklahoma teams compete in Tri-State business plan event Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 Four Oklahoma teams participated in Tri-State Award business plan competition in Las Vegas. Read More

Canadian County crop duster files lawsuit against developers of planned wind farm in Oklahoma Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 A planned electricity transmission line for the Canadian Hills Wind project will affect the flight operations of a local crop duster, the company said in court filings. But Apex Wind Energy Inc. said it has obtained the proper easements and permission from federal aviation authorities. Read More

Downtown Oklahoma City park moves forward with MAPS 3 board vote Published: Fri, May 25, 2012 The MAPS 3 Citizen Advisory Board approved project requirements Thursday for the Core to Shore urban park. The 70-acre urban park will extend from the south side of downtown to the shore of the Oklahoma River. Read More