FT. WORTH-Dell Computer insists it is moving ahead with a 500-acre Ft. Worth expansion despite this week's 1,700-employee layoff. There's also no sign that a 75,000-sf lease at Alliance is in jeopardy. But as reporters have learned this week, there's always the chance that it's not "the final answer.

ORLANDO-Peter J. Beadrault takes over from Jim Berk who left the locally based movie-themed restaurant chain in 1999 to head Orlando-based Fairfield Communities Inc. Berk leaves Fairfield in March to head another unidentified corporation.

NEW YORK CITY-As real estate e-technology companies come and go, including the current trials of CapitalEngine.com, Julien J. Studley's chief technology officer tells GlobeSt.com that software specialized to only one industry use is a dangerous investment.

DENVER-The Anschutz Corp. is taking a significant stake in the reorganizing California-based Edwards Theatres. It's an undisputed fact in the industry that Anschutz on a fast track and taking control of more theaters than anyone else in the nation.