Kings of Swing
Can a golfer change the bad habits of a lifetime? The academy at Golfsmith International made a believer out of me.
Can a golfer change the bad habits of a lifetime? The academy at Golfsmith International made a believer out of me.
It’s junior’s mint, and he’s making the most of it.
He invented the boneless breast and made his chicken a household name. But now his critics are out to roast him.
A true post-boom-and-burst CEO.
The shocking story of Austin’s underworld, and how a state bureaucrat got in too deep.
If casino gambling comes to Texas, it’s a safe bet that the Pratt family of Dallas will be in on the jackpot.
Two Dallas steakhouses are accusing each other of libel, slander, and phony advertising. It should be a juicy case.
With native roots but global goals, investment guru Tom Hicks redefines Texas business for the nineties.
When Houston’s pro sports teams collapse late in the season—as they may do this year—faithful fans like me are never surprised. We’ve almost come to expect it.
Forget what you’ve heard about Mexico City’s “urban hell.” From its well-organized workers to its highly evolved social system, it could be NAFTA’s greatest economic success story.
How two dallas inventors took products worth pennies and turned them into nationwide success stories.
Want to do deals in Mexico? Get ready for hugs, long lunches, and other mysteries of the country’s business culture.
As Corpus Christi oil magnate Robert Rowling has discovered, rebuilding his city is good for civic pride and better for business.
For country club developer Robert Dedman, success is won by squeezing every minute out of every hour of every day.
The boss of American Airlines is mad as hell at cut-rate competitors, selfish unions, and ignorant government regulators—and he’s not going to take it anymore.
The Alamodome is more than an outsized sports arena. It’s a marvel of urban planning that ensures San Antonio’s downtown vitality for years to come.
Scratch the surface of the Texas Lottery and you’ll find political opportunism, a cynical marketing campaign, and endless hype.
The Texas real estate market is healthier than it has been in years, but watch out: The patient could suffer a relaps anytime.
There’s trouble brewing at the Capitol this spring, and it has lobbyists and legislators foaming at the mouth. The issue? Your right to drink a glass of fresh, tasty beer.
Did South-western Bell move its main office to San Antonio strictly for business or because its head honcho is a Texan.
In Texas, lunch is for gossip and dinner is for dates. Breakfast, however, is for wheeling and dealing.
In the heady days of banking, Texans ran the state’s biggest, most profitable institutions. Not anymore.
Up close and extremely personal with Boone Pickens, the takeover titan who changed Texas business.
Temple of doom, Spence for hire,, deals that won’t Hunt, Blount analysis, and the King of the ranch.
Last summer, restaurateurs Shannon Wynne and Gene Street bragged about their new partnership, but now they’re eating their words.
Once, you needed the price of oil to predict our ever-changing economic future. Now you need the want ads, the stock tables, and a whole lot more.
Amy Miller built an Austin ice cream empire based on equal parts business savvy and zaniness. But will her winning formula travel?
He’s no longer at the helm of Neiman’s, but 87-year-old Stanley Marcus still knows how to run a successful business. Just ask him.
“WE CATER TO REAL COFFEE drinkers,” says seventy-year old Joseph Fertitta, the president of Beaumont’s Texas Coffee Company and son of the founder. Texas’ only family-owned Coffee-manufacturing company has been perking along with its Seaport brand since 1921, competing in the national market by virtue of its product’s prodigious strength.
As bills mount, AIDS patients sell their life insurance policies—in Waco.
I pulled more all-nighters writing other people’s papers than I did my own.
Houston’s favorite bouncer keeps the peace with style and a smile.
How the owner of Goode Company in Houston took the three basic Texas food groups—barbecue, Tex-Mex, and burgers—and built an empire.
Staring down a Mississippi monopoly, one Brazoria County company hopes to become a bigger fish in a big pond.
When everything’s at sixes and sevens, give Turk’s tips a whirl.
God save the queen! A Dallas hotel company has won the right to manage London’s most exclusive property.
If Ross Perot is president, he’ll be judged by how well he plays hardball with Congress. Here’s how he played hardball with me.
With the never-ending school finance crisis entering its umpteenth round, Governor Ann Richards and Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock appear to be on a collision course. Richards has decided that the educational problems of public schools should be considered along with their funding problems. Bullock has decided just the opposite. The
The Choctaw Nation’s cavernous hall accommodates a weekly flood of fanatical game players.
When her charitable foundation collapsed amid allegations of mismanagement, the Dallas socialite did the unthinkable: She started a new one.
Today, TGI Friday’s is sedate, but twenty years ago this month, the place started the singles era in Dallas.
A fresh look at the state’s rich reveals that their fortunes continue to climb.
Whenever sports–souvenir companies look at Rangers ace Nolan Ryan, they see dollar signs.
At Conn Appliances, employees—and customers—are members of the family.
To drill for oil in Siberia, you have to overcome three things: the cold, the loneliness, and the Soviet bureaucrats.
Thirty-five years ago, a Harlingen publisher turned in to Hispanic radio, only to become Texas’ least-known media mogul.
A Dallas insurance firm’s big gamble—backing holes in one at golf tournaments—was right on the money.
Deadly explosions at Texas petro-chemical plants have been linked to under-trained outside workers.
An Austin investigator clues accountants in on how to sniff out financial shenanigans.
Williamson-Dickie of Fort Worth has a blue-collar gold mine in Dickies work clothes.