Reporting and commentary on Texas businesses and the trends and innovation happening in our state
In North Texas, Walmart employees are threatening to strike. In South Texas, people are almost two weeks in to camping out in front of Best Buy. It's just another celebration of holiday season bargain-hunting.
Valley residents will still have to drive to Houston or Austin for their affordably-priced Swedish furniture, but the home decor company is investing big in energy in the windy part of the state.
There's a dark side to feel-good crowdfunding.
Who inject $11 billion into the Texas economy.
Should be a meaty ad campaign as they beef up their marketing presence for tender audiences.
People who paid as much as $3,500 for purebred puppies allegedly found themselves receiving dying animals instead.
Here's the shiniest new thing in Jones' collection of shiny new things.
RadioShack was one of Fort Worth’s most prominent corporate citizens. Now it’s poised to be the latest brick-and-mortar victim of Internet commerce.
Basically, Willie's talents as a songwriter are inversely proportionate to his skill at managing his finances.
The legendary chicken joint that operated over thirty locations throughout Texas in the 60's is making a comeback.
If he did, he'd probably have reconsidered turning over his stadium to the NCAA for the college football championship when the Cowboys could still be hosting a home playoff game.
You can make jokes about the team's 3-4 record, but $109 million in revenue has Texas football laughing all the way to the bank.
Nothing says "finger on the pulse of America's youth" like "video arcades," right?
Does this mean that the Live Music Capitol is finally all grown up?
Every wristband comes with a $30 credit for a service that can't legally be taken to the festival.
SXSW has figuratively taken over the city every March for years, but now it wants legal authority to do it.
Down from 41 last year.
Elon Musk has some big plans.
Holy cow.
A new map from the Tax Foundation shows how far $100 goes in every state.
Spicy ketchup was just the tip of the iceberg.
Online real estate empire Trulia says that they certainly are.
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and the rest of the quasi-legal services that allow everyday drivers to get paid for giving rides to strangers took a big step in Houston last week—and Dallas might be next.
'Booming Austin Fears It Will Lose Its Charms' is a story that could be—and has been—written any number of times over the past 30+ years, the evidence shows.
A tiny Astrodome!
So what does that actually mean?
Weddings are expensive, y'all.
Is Texas big enough for two beavers?
Both cities would love to be the home of what will be one of the larger new factories in the U.S.
After losing out on another Olympics bid, it's time for a little bit of soul-searching in Big D.
The impressive utility of duct tape has long been remarked upon, but please don't experiment with new uses on young children.
Or maybe Cedar Park, or Round Rock—there are still a few TBD's for the just-announced team.
The convenience store is testing a new Doritos breaded cheese thing in Dallas before launching the product nationwide on July 2.
World Cup fever is spreading!
Spoiler alert: It's gross.
One of the weirder glass ceilings gets shattered in Victoria.
Sixty espresso shots, chocolate and white chocolate syrup, protein powder, whipped cream, caramel and hazelnut drizzles, and nut and cookie toppings. And did we mention he got it for free?
Mother! Tell your children to enjoy our local bars and restaurants!
Petty, childish, and oh-so-satisfying.
Print media beefs are a dying art, so cherish this one while it lasts.
And by "big plans," they mean, "better rent a car, international visitors."
San Antonio and Denton are both burning up to host the hot sauce company's new factory, which may be forced to leave its present home in Irwindale, California for creating a public nuisance and causing some local residents to have inflamed asthma and burned eyes. Why are Texas cities eager
Without the inefficiency of air travel and the impossibility of high-speed rail, business travelers might well be looking at a future of riding the bus between Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.
The legal status of "disruptive" transportation apps like Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar is in question. But as federal judges weigh in on the rules that keep them from operating at full capacity in Texas, the bigger question is whether or not these services meet a legitimate need.
The highly influential conservative non-profit expects us to drop to number fourteen in the rankings in the future.
Flight attendants go viral with comedy routines, official Twitter accounts go viral with porn, and emergency landings ahoy. What's going on in the skies?
Them's fightin' words.
The award—a record high for a Justice Department environmental settlement—will go toward restoring sites harmed by uranium mining, chemical manufacturing, waste dumps, and other operations overseen by Anadarko’s subsidiary Kerr-McGee.
Patterson's desire to take the UT brand to China and Dubai may have grabbed the headlines, but the bigger deal could be that he's comfortable dropping the three-year-rule that requires college football players to wait to enter the NFL Draft.
