The Daily Post
July 25, 2017
The Last Orca to be Born in Captivity at SeaWorld Has Died
Three-month-old Kyara died on Monday.
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Business
Reporting and commentary on Texas businesses and the trends and innovation happening in our state
Business
July 13, 2017
Meet The Guy Recruiting Californians to Move to Texas
...but not the kind that you might think.
BBQ
July 10, 2017
Stubb’s vs. Stubb’s
The BBQ sauce brand owned by McCormick will retain the name Stubb’s, while the restaurant and live music venue in Austin will not.
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Business
July 6, 2017
United’s Latest Customer Service Disaster
The rough stretch for the airline that took over Houston-based Continental continues.
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Business
June 21, 2017
The Whole (Foods) Story
Growing up in a Whole Foods family.
Business
June 16, 2017
Amazon is Buying Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion
”Alexa, buy a massive international supermarket chain.”
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Business
June 15, 2017
American Airlines’ New Planes Will Only be Slightly More Cramped Than Their Current Planes
Yay?
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Business
June 14, 2017
The Shelf Life of John Mackey
The Whole Foods founder revolutionized the way Americans consume food. Now, with profits and the stock price down, and after a series of controversies ($6 asparagus water!), can he reinvent his company before Wall Street swipes it from him?
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Business
June 7, 2017
Two U.S. Senators Urged SXSW to Move Out of Texas to Protest SB 4
The festival—which has had its own issues around immigration this year—declined.
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Business
June 6, 2017
Dallas Is The Home Of The World’s First Energy-Positive Big Box Store
The Dallas location of Austin-based home store TreeHouse generates more energy than it uses—a first for a store of its size.
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Business
June 2, 2017
Southwest is Testing a New Way to Get Off of Airplanes
Sitting at the back of the plane may no longer be a curse.
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Business
May 9, 2017
The Topo Chico Competitor From Austin Start-Up Rambler Is Finally Here
In case you’ve been suffering without it.
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Film & TV
April 25, 2017
What The Film Incentives Program Means to The Texas Film Industry
The Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum takes a quick break from directing ’Lazer Team 2’ to talk about the future of the film incentives program.
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Politics & Policy
April 19, 2017
Party Hopping
As they lose sway among Texas Republicans, big businesses should try something radical: an alliance with Democrats.
Music
March 23, 2017
So, That Was Kind Of A Different SXSW, Huh?
SXSW just had its smallest festival in years. What does that mean for the event’s future?
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Business
March 22, 2017
Black Elk Down
How did a small Houston oil company with grand ambitions get caught up in the biggest Ponzi scheme since Bernie Madoff?
Burka Blog
March 9, 2017
NAFTA Talk Probably Won’t Start Until 2018
Commerce secretary predicts a slow start, but any changes could affect Texas.
Energy
March 8, 2017
The UT Researcher Who Helped Create The Lithium-Ion Battery Has A New Invention
John Goodenough’s new battery could change cars, phones, and more.
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Uncategorized
March 6, 2017
A Tale of Two Legislatures
On Tuesday we'll see bathrooms as a Christian issue in the Senate, while the House tries to reform school finance.
Business
March 2, 2017
Cornyn: Don’t Kill NAFTA
Modernize Free Trade Agreement without abandoning it.
Business
February 23, 2017
Cast Out of Eden
Why were the residents of Lake Diversion forced to abandon their longtime homes?
Business
February 14, 2017
Corpus Christi’s New $740 Million Plant Brings More Industry to South Texas
But, thanks to advanced automation, the direct reduction plant will create fewer than 200 jobs.
Business
February 7, 2017
A 40-Cent per Gallon Price Increase Predicted for Gasoline
If an import tax proposal goes through, refineries would have to pass costs on to consumers.
Uncategorized
February 3, 2017
R.G.’s Roundup: Border Wall, NAFTA, and Media Fatigue
Our favorite political reads of the week.
Uncategorized
January 31, 2017
Abbott Silent on Bathroom Bill, Trump’s Border Wall
Fact checking the governor’s state of the state address.
Real Estate
January 30, 2017
Let’s See What Houston Rentals On Airbnb Cost During The Super Bowl
Holy cow.
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Business
January 25, 2017
Towering Debts
in a state known for austerity, how can Texas's largest cities be nearly broke?
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Business
January 25, 2017
The Woman Behind the ’Boys
How Charlotte Jones Anderson, the chief brand officer and executive vice president for the Dallas Cowboys, helped build the organization into a $4 billion behemoth.
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Sports
January 24, 2017
The Dream Of The San Antonio Raiders Is Officially Dead, But Why?
The NFL isn’t coming to San Antonio. Instead, the Raiders filed paperwork to move to a town less than half the size.
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The Daily Post
January 11, 2017
Forget Cattle Rustling—Watch Out For Bee Rustlers
$90,000 of bees were stolen from a Danbury resident as bee rustling is on the rise.
Made in Texas
December 21, 2016
Keith Kreeger Studios
A hot kiln can be entrusted with earthenware, stoneware, porcelain, and . . . brisket?
Business
November 23, 2016
The Pot of Cold
How Yeti turned the lowly cooler into a hot commodity—and a white-hot IPO.
Made in Texas
November 23, 2016
Hatton Henry
A fourth generation of Texas leatherworkers saddles up.
Scandal
November 23, 2016
Enron and On and On . . .
Sherron Watkins, fifteen years later.
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Business
November 23, 2016
Crossed Stitches
Beverly Pennington was a Pinterest-perfect entrepreneur whose patchwork quilts—made from people’s most treasured T-shirts—found thousands of devotees all over the country. But when the quilts stopped coming, leaving the shirts in limbo, her customers pieced together a plan to fight back.
Sports
October 6, 2016
The Travis County Surf Park Is Going To Open After All
Yes, you read that correctly.
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Sports
October 4, 2016
Is the Threat of the Rangers Moving From Arlington to Dallas Real?
A massive stadium bond raises the idea that Dallas could claim the Rangers as their own.
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Business
September 29, 2016
Fort Worth-Based Pier 1 Is Fighting Off A Takeover
The next time you buy an ornamental serving platter as a wedding gift, it may come from new owners.
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Art
September 28, 2016
This Houston Tattoo Parlor Is Run By a Police Sergeant
Prison Break Tattoos, designed to look like a jail cell, caters to law enforcement and first responders.
Business
September 26, 2016
The White House’s SXSL Highlights How Much Obama And SXSW Have In Common
”South By South Lawn,” or SXSL, takes place next month with Leonardo DiCaprio, the Lumineers, and the cast of Stranger Things.
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Business
September 23, 2016
The Texas Rangers Announced A $250 Million Entertainment District Next To Their Stadium
...with a $100 million taxpayer commitment.
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Business
September 21, 2016
Are You Ready to Meet Your Fixer Uppers?
How Chip and Joanna Gaines are renovating Waco’s reputation, one home at a time.
Business
September 21, 2016
Body of Work
Meet James Bryant, the National Embalmer of the Year.
Business
September 21, 2016
Smith Map Studio
Go west—and east and north and south—young man.
Media
September 9, 2016
Let’s Talk About That San Antonio Mattress Store’s 9/11 Ad
Miracle Mattress's 9/11 ad didn't go over well, to say the very least.
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The Culture
September 7, 2016
Deep-fried Couture
How Longview inspired fashion designer Brandon Maxwell.
Music
September 6, 2016
Drake Is Opening A Club In Houston
Drake, Canada’s biggest Texas hip-hop fan, is putting his money where his mouth is.
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Business
July 20, 2016
Countdown to Liftoff
Sleek, shiny rockets on sleepy, shifty sands: as SpaceX prepares to build in South Texas, I wonder if my old stomping grounds can handle the inevitable collision of cultures. I sure hope so.
Made in Texas
July 20, 2016
Nathaniel’s Custom Hats
A chapeau of one’s own.
Energy
July 20, 2016
Electric Mayhem
Every month, the customers of the state’s smallest energy transmission utility open their bills—and can’t believe what they see.