Texas Business Report: Dallas Is Always the Bridesmaid
The city lost its bid for the GOP convention and a chance to bring in millions in revenue.
The city lost its bid for the GOP convention and a chance to bring in millions in revenue.
Finance-minded crafters, take note: Michaels has gone public. This and other business news from around the state.
Barely a year after opening the nation’s first smartphone manufacturing factory in Fort Worth, Motorola has announced plans to close the plant by the end of this year.
The FAA signed off on an environmental review that found the proposed spaceport wouldn't adversely affect protected wildlife.
Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but NASA is considering relocating its backup mission control from Alabama to Bryan-College Station.
A stock spike signals to investors that the beleagured retail chain is finally starting to see the ship turn.
Two energy exploration giants are shifting the focus of their Texas operations.
And they might pick up some local talent.
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.
Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth are working with the private transportation company Texas Central High-Speed Railway to pursue its goal of transporting riders between the Houston and DFW metro areas in about ninety minutes.
The Richardson-based accessories maker will partner with Google as part of the tech company's play to get into wearable technology.
Hundreds of ships navigate the 52-mile channel each day, requiring pilots to engage in a maneuver they have dubbed “the Texas Chicken,” in which “two ships to chart a course for a head-on collision, then swerve right, and use each other’s wave pressure to move safely past.”
A winning Super Bowl ad boosts the aging electronics equipment's stock.
The Dallas-based retailer alerted customers that hackers stole as many as 1.1 million credit and debit card numbers, a much larger figure than previous thought.
UT, which is notoriously protective of its Longhorns brand, is cracking down on retailers selling merchandise that riffs on the name of its new head football coach, Charlie Strong.
Some of Texas's biggest corporations are pushing back against tea party Republicans who oppose spending taxpayer money on infrastructure and public education.
The Plano-based retailer is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission for its recent stock sale, a move that surprised investors.
This week the Texans running back became the first professional athlete to go public in a new financial exchange that allows investors to buy and trade shares tied to an athlete’s future earnings.
South Texas inches closer to becoming the home of the world’s first “commercial Cape Canaveral” after legislators pushed forward a bill that helps clear the way for construction of a spaceport on the Gulf Coast.
Could new legislation make cable more appealing than satellite television?
Proposed legislation would limit microbreweries' ability to distribute their product.
If the slate of federal budget cuts goes into effect on January 2, NASA's budget will be slashed by 8.2 percent, and some 5,600 jobs could be lost at Johnson Space Center.
The home of the Houston Texans, which hopes to host the 2017 Super Bowl, may install a $10 million to $30 million high-definition digital scoreboard. Every other NFL team already has one.
The Spinning Spur Wind Project generates enough electricity to power more than 60,000 homes.
Dell's stock hit a three-year low this week.
The technology giant's investment is “the largest in size to be made by a foreign company in Texas.”