Wolfgang Puck, Norma's Cafe, CEO diversity initiative: Tuesday's Business Briefing

[Advertisement](  [Dallas News](  Business Briefing [DallasNews.com Â]( Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Luis Matos doled out snacks at a recent al fresco reception for Wolfgang Puck. (Karen Robinson-Jacobs / The Dallas Morning News) The big story Wolfgang Puck hopes new Dallas firms bring hungry execs [The North Texas branch of Wolfgang Puck Catering is looking to double]( in size by tapping into the region's corporate growth. North Texas already has the largest catering operation of the well-known celebrity chef outside of the company's birthplace in Los Angeles, according to the corporate office. But executives with the company want to grow sales beyond the walls of seven venues that already serve up Puck fare including the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Wolfgang Puck offers catering in eight major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. But the corporate influx seen in North Texas is unmatched by the operation's sister cities. -[Karen Robinson-Jacobs]( The latest - Retail: [Neiman Marcus no longer for sale](, CEO Karen Katz says. - Airlines: How far has the Love Field gate dispute between Southwest Airlines and Delta gone? [Basically, back where it started](. - Environment: Proterra, the electric-bus maker for Dallas got a [fundraising boost from Al Gore's firm](. - Real estate: [A California investor is interested in Dallas' landmark Turtle Creek Village complex]([.]( - Jobs: [President Trump is backing up his pledge](of 5 million apprenticeships in five years by promoting the learning program this week. The downtown []Dallas skyline lights up in blue in recognition of National Police Week on Monday, May 15, 2017. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News) d-fw around the web Dallas' police officer ambush led one company to talk race [From the New York Times](: Tim Ryan had been the United States chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers for about a week last year when [five police officers in Dallas were killed by a sniper]( during a protest over police shootings of African-Americans in Minnesota and Louisiana. A company email to reassure the accounting firm’s employees drew a response that stayed with Mr. Ryan. "The sender wrote that when he came to work, the silence about what happened was deafening," Mr. Ryan recalled in an interview. "I knew this was something that hit on our leadership." Less than three weeks later, thousands of employees sat down for a daylong discussion on race, he said. After talking to fellow chief executives about the experience, Mr. Ryan began enlisting many to join a new initiative to foster more open discussion about race and gender in the workplace. That new initiative, C.E.O. Action for Diversity and Inclusion, has 150 names pledged to make it work. Elsewhere in Texas - Health care: [Xenex rolls out new disinfection pod]( for hospital equipment (San Antonio Express-News) - Retail: Houston to be part of [Aldi's nationwide expansion]( (Houston Chronicle). - Energy: [San Antonio-based Howard Energy enters Permian Basin]( in $563M deal. (San Antonio Express-News) - Restaurants: [Metallic balloons cause power outage]( at unfortunate time for El Paso entertainment district. (El Paso Times) - Trade: [Chinese imports killed jobs]( but also lowered prices. (Houston Chronicle)   Owner []Ed Murph at the new location of Norma's Cafe in Plano on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Ryan Michalesko/The Dallas Morning News) who is... Ed Murph, Norma's Cafe owner Born in Dallas, he's the only child of Edward L. and Ruth Murph. He attended Adamson High School but realized college wasn't for him. His career path included stops as a Coke driver, a painter and a sales representative for a communications equipment company. After helping a friend in the nightclub business, he learned that Norma Lee Smith Manis was looking to sell the popular Oak Cliff diner known for chicken fried steak, platter-sized breakfasts and lighter-than-air biscuits. In 1991, Murph launched his first attempt to expand the brand, opening on Belt Line Road in Farmers Branch at the location that is now The Diner of Dallas. "If I had to do it all over again, to be honest, I would have kept that location," he said. [His fifth location opens today in Plano](. Follow DFW stocks: [See how top North Texas stocks performed](, as well as the oil and gas markets and major stock exchanges. DFW Top 100 Places to Work 2016: The Dallas Morning News and Workplace Dynamics partner each year to feature the [Top 100 workplaces](, based on ratings by the people who work at them. 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