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Beverly Kidd leaving KTVK-TV Channel 3 in Phoenix (Dec 17)
Television newscaster Beverly Kidd is leaving KTVK-TV Channel 3. Kidd anchors nightly news casts for the Belo Corp.-owned Phoenix station. She has been with Channel 3 for 10 years. Her last day will be Dec. 30. Channel 3 announced her departure Friday. Kidd said via Facebook and Twitter that she will be staying in Arizona. That will start speculation about Kidd landing at another Phoenix station. Channel 3 morning personality Tara Hitchcock left the same station earlier this year. Veteran sportscaster Brad Cesmat also left KTVK earlier this year.


DBJ Weekend Tech Watch for 12/17-18: News of Zynga, Facebook, Microsoft and more (Dec 17)
Welcome to the Denver Business Journal's Tech Watch, our roundup of the weekend's tech news from around the nation, featuring reports on Zynga, Microsoft, Facebook, Avnet, Round2, Nexicore, TechCrunch, AOL, T-Mobile, AT&T, Dell, Cablevision, Charter Communications, Verizon Wireless, Cox Communications and more. Up-and-down start after Zynga's $1B IPO $1B antitrust case against Microsoft could face new trial Avnet to buy Round2, Nexicore TechCrunch's ex-CEO Heather Harde to leave AOL Zuckerberg kills bison, head on wall T-Mobile/AT&T merger: dead or stalled? Report: Dell to launch VC arm FDA guidelines seek to improve representation of women in medical device studies Will ex-Cablevision exec become Charter Communications' next CEO? Verizon Wireless buys spectrum from Cox Communications More DBJ Tech Watch DBJ Tech Watch for Friday 12/16: News of Zynga's IPO, Google, Apple and more DBJ Tech Watch for Thursday 12/15: News of Apple, Google, Facebook, Exami...


LSU is the best college football team, but who is the worst? (Dec 17)
College football has devised a complicated system to rank its best teams. A very, very complicated system. The weekly standings issued by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) are based on polls by USA Today and Harris Interactive, as well as six computerized rankings. BCS uses this data to generate an extremely precise score for each team, drilling down to four decimal places. The BCS list is confined to the top 25 teams, but On Numbers has tinkered slightly with its formula to rank all 120 major college football programs...


Avnet to buy Round2, Nexicore (Dec 17)
Avnet Inc. is buying Round2 Technologies Inc. as well as the assets of Nexicore Services out of a bankruptcy court. The company announced both deals in the past week, but did not announce financial terms of either. The purchase of Round2 is expected to close in early January. The company is expected to help Avnet (NYSE: AVT) expand its logistics capabilities with facilities in Texas, Ohio and Georgia. Round2’s revenue was $40 million in 2010. Avnet also will buy Nexicore’s assets after the company had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U...


Waste Management aims for more recycling at Phoenix Open, education plan (Dec 17)
When Waste Management took over sponsorship of the Phoenix Open in 2009, it promised to up its sustainability profile every year. For the next event, running Jan. 30 through Feb. 5, the goal is to have almost no waste. To be accurate, it’s impossible to have an event the size of the Phoenix open, where potentially more than 100,000 people will descend on Scottsdale and wander around a golf course each day for four or more days, to not have any waste. So what Waste Management is proposing is to divert 90 percent of the waste away from a landfill and recycle 70 percent of it...


Kohl’s, Ecotality ink deal for electric vehicle chargers (Dec 17)
Ecotality Inc. has signed a deal to put electric vehicle charging stations at Kohl’s Department Stores in five states, including Arizona. The company did not say which of the Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) stores would get the stations, but the stations are part of San Francisco-based Ecotality’s EV Project, a $230 million effort to put charging stations in 18 U.S. cities in six states. In addition to Kohl’s stores in Arizona, the retailer will have chargers in California, Oregon, Washington and Tennessee...


Electronics rank high on Top 10 gifts list (Dec 17)
Shoppers are plugged in this holiday season as electronics are topping many consumers' shopping lists, according to new a report. The report on consumer data is compiled by SortPrice.com, a price comparison site and social commerce solutions provider. While tech gadgets are high up on the list, it includes all gift items and not just tech toys. Of the 10 items on SortPrice.com’s annual list of the most sought-after gifts this holiday season, half are electronics. Note: Click here or on slideshow for the Top 10 list...


Apple may offer two iPad sizes in 2012 (Dec 17)
Apple Inc. may roll out two sizes of new iPads in 2012, according to a new report from Asia. The two sizes would be a full-size iPad 3 in the first quarter and a 7.85-inch version in the second half of the year. Taipei-based Digitimes cited its unnamed Asian supply sources who said that Apple has been persuaded to come out with a smaller version to counter Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire. It reports, "In addition to purchasing 7.85-inch panels from LG Display, Apple will also buy panels from AU Optronics (AUO), indicated the sources, adding that makers in the supply chain are likely to begin production of the 7...


Texas Business Journals Roundup 12-17 (Dec 17)
Below is a wrap-up of all the big stories filed by the Business Journals across Texas in the last 24 hours. • Golfers spared from Austin smoking ban AUSTIN — City Council exempted golfers and special event attendees from the smoking ban in public parks. Click here for the full story. • Dallas Fed CEO: D.C. has ‘screwed’ businesses AUSTIN — Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO Richard Fisher said Friday in Austin that he blames Washington politics for hamstringing businesses. The federal government needs to reform programs like Medicare and Social Security before owners will invest in expanding their businesses...


Abraxas leads San Antonio stock rally on Friday (Dec 17)
Twelve stocks tracked by the San Antonio Business Journal increased in value at the close of trading on Friday, while two local stocks decreased in value. One stock, Harte-Hanks Inc., was unchanged. Abraxas Petroleum Corp. was the local stock market leader on Friday. The stock rose 7.12 percent to close at $3.31. The company explores for oil and natural gas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 2 points, or .02 percent, to close out the day at 11,866. Friday’s closing tally: • Abraxas Petroleum Corp...