adds HD channels
San Antonio-based AT&T Inc. has expanded its Homezone video service to include 30 national high-definition channels and more high-definition local channels that vary from market to market.
Homezone, launched last summer, combines Dish Network satellite TV service with Web-based features such as digital music and video on demand. It's available in 13 states, including Texas.
Through the end of the month, new Homezone customers can receive its high-definition channels free for a year. After that, the price of the HD package rises to $20 a month.
AT&T introduced high-definition channels last year for U-verse, its cable-like video service that operates over Internet lines.
Beaumont widow sues
maker of diabetes drug
The widow and son of a Beaumont man are suing the maker of the diabetes drug Avandia, alleging it contributed to the man's death from a heart attack.
Larry Alan Stanford, 60, died May 21, the same day an analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine said Avandia was linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death.
Peggie Stanford and her son, Ryan Stanford, filed the lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Stanford had taken Avandamet, a form of Avandia, since early 2005.
A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline said the company will "vigorously defend our medicine."
Texas Pacific trust
to split shares 5-for-1
Texas Pacific Land Trust, which owns land leased to gas and oil companies, will split its shares 5-for-1.
Shares of the owner of land of the defunct Texas & Pacific Railroad Co. rose $10.50, or 4 percent, to $274.50 Wednesday. The shares hit an intraday high of $285, their highest price since 1980.
Texas Pacific said shareholders of record on July 2 will receive four shares to be payable July 12.
The Dallas-based company had 2.1 million shares outstanding as of March, giving it a market value of about $581 million.
SBA hosting workshop
on cost and pricing
The U.S. Small Business Administration and Unlimited Services Systems Management and Consultants will provide a free business workshop, "Cost and Pricing," from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 31 at 17319 San Pedro Ave., Building 2, Suite 200.
Those eligible include 8(a)-certified businesses in the developmental stage of the 8(a) program, companies operating in areas of high unemployment or low incomes, companies owned by low-income individuals and businesses in operation less than four years.
The workshop targets companies in accounting, finance, pricing, cost proposal or contracts administration. To reserve a seat, call (210) 403-5924.
From staff and wire reports
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