Report: Texas Emerging Technology Fund registers bump in job
growth        The tech fund’s annual report is based largely on
information provided by the recipients.  Of the 142 firms, the
report says about three times as many boosted their number of
jobs over the past year, compared to those which saw reductions.
Some of the biggest gainers in the fiscal year that ended Aug.
31, 2013, with the city and the amounts of its award, were:  *
Calxeda, Inc., Austin, $1 million, from 76 to 135. [In another
sign of how the information in the annual report is outdated,
the synopsis of Calxeda's status concludes: "Subsequent to the
date of this report, the company announced layoffs,
restructuring and a potential winding down of the company."]
And in December, the firm shut down.  * RadioMedix, Inc.,
Houston, $2.8 million, from 7 to 49.  * Seno Medical
Instruments, Inc., San Antonio, $2 million, from 33 to 60.  * ZS
Pharma, Inc., Coppell, $2 million, from 11 to 41.  Some of the
biggest declines, with the cities and the