The Journal Record


    Chaparral, United change merger pact
    Chaparral Energy, a privately owned company that reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and United Refining Energy Corp, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange’s American Exchange under the symbol URX, announced this week they have changed their merger agreement.

    Oklahoma City, Tulsa real estate transactions
    The following lists of real estate transactions, available in Adobe PDF format, appear in the Nov. 27, 2009 edition of The Journal Record.

    These Walls: First Bank of Owasso
    Few buildings scream “landmark” like the new First Bank of Owasso headquarters. Officially dedicated this month, the five-story tower of brick, stone and glass stands out against the bedroom Owasso landscape like a waterfall in a desert.

    Finding King Midget no small feat
    Back in 1956 Dick Russ fell in love with a small, convertible two-seater known as the King Midget. Four decades later, he bought one.

    Missouri ordered to pay $152,000 to Okla.-based janitorial company
    A Missouri trial judge Wednesday ordered the state to pay $152,000 for illegally terminating a janitorial company’s state contracts when the firm was targeted by an immigration sting.

    OSBI announces creation of cold case unit
    Having helped solve a handful of cold cases through the years, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agent Gary Perkinson has seen the sense of gratitude on the faces of crime victims and their family members to whom justice has been brought.

    PitchCamp cultivates creativity and fellowship for entrepreneurs
    Creativity can produce significant things in a 24-hour period, even a new business venture. That was the outcome of PitchCamp, held last month at the Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative (okcCoCo). Participants had a day to come up with an online startup business idea, then pitch it to a panel of judges, who awarded the winner a package of services to get that goal off the ground.

    Regulators OK 'OU Spirit' wind farm plan
    The University of Oklahoma’s plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.