Shell announced record earnings in 2022, joining its oil industry competitors Exxon Mobil and Chevron, who also posted record profits last year. The London-based company reported $41.6 billion in...
Casinos Gambling Big on Texas
As the 88th session of the Texas Legislature is off to the races, an army of lobbyists and mountains of money are placing their bets that the state will open the door to gambling. The Las Vegas...
AA Flight Attendants Picket at Airports
Flight attendants for American Airlines (AA) picketed at airports across the country on Tuesday. Contract negotiations between American Airlines and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants...
Spotify Lays off 6% of Staff
The latest tech company to announce a substantial round of layoffs is streaming giant Spotify. The music service said it would cut its workforce by around 6% as part of broader cost-cutting...
Musk Defends ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet in Court
Elon Musk was in federal court on Monday, defending a 2018 tweet that suggested he was taking Tesla private, which went viral across investing circles. Musk testified that the Public Investment Fund...
Fireball Cinnamon Hit with Lawsuit
A class-action consumer fraud lawsuit has been filed against the makers of a popular alcoholic beverage. The lead plaintiff, Anna Marquez, filed the lawsuit against the parent company of Fireball...
Local Kroger Fuel Station Talks Tabled
During a January 17 meeting, Keller City Council postponed a decision on whether to allow fuel pumps at the Kroger store at 2061 Rufe Snow Drive until its February 7 meeting. The ordinance in...
Co-CEO Steps Down from Netflix
After 25 years, Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings has announced that he is stepping down. The news came as Netflix unveiled its quarterly earnings, which showed a rise of over 7 million subscribers by...
AI Passes Business School Exam
An artificial Intelligence (AI) tool has successfully passed an exam at Wharton Business School, according to a new research paper from the university. The technology is a chatbot, a "software that...
T-Mobile Hack Exposes 37M Customers
A hacker has collected data from 37 million T-Mobile customer accounts. T-Mobile announced on Thursday that the hacker retrieved data including names, birthdates, and phone numbers but clarified...
Texas Instruments Names New CEO
Texas Instruments has named a new CEO. The Dallas-based company is promoting a 24-year company employee named Haviv Ilan as its new president and CEO, according to a company announcement. Ilan will...
Consumer Prices Ease, Remain High
U.S. inflation has been decelerating since its 40-year high in June 2022, but consumers today are still reeling from the high prices of many goods and services. Inflation fell by 0.1% in December...
NHTSA | No Ford Explorer Recall Needed
After a six-year investigation into exhaust odors in Ford Explorer passenger cabins, the U.S. government road safety agency has determined that the SUVs in question do not contain high levels of...
Microsoft to Lay off 10,000 Workers
Microsoft is laying off 10,000 members of its workforce, according to a statement from the tech giant. The company had initially onboarded 50,000 employees during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Firm Hired to Assess Southwest’s Meltdown
Southwest Airlines Co. has hired an outside consulting firm to comprehensively assess the carrier’s year-end meltdown and post-recovery efforts to recapture customer loyalty and prevent future...
Boeing Wins $425M NASA Contract
Boeing has secured a contract with NASA to build the next generation of aircraft. The Chicago-based aviation company will receive $425 million of taxpayer money from NASA under a Funded Space Act...
Uncertain Future for Vegan Grocery Store
The owners of Dallas’ only vegan grocery store are looking for someone to buy the store to avoid permanent closure. Lucky Mouth Grocery was opened in 2020 in the Bishop Arts District. It is the...
New Dallas Chick-fil-A Opens
A new Chick-fil-A opened its doors last week in downtown Dallas. Welcoming customers since January 19, the Chick-fil-A at 1401 Elm St. joins a crew of 140 North Texas Chick-fil-A locations. This is...
Contractor’s Error Caused FAA Outage
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that its computer failure and subsequent outage were due to an accidental error. The FAA halted flights for 90 minutes due to a...
Vista Bank to Acquire Charis Bank
Vista Bank’s parent company, Vista Bancshares, has agreed to purchase Charis Holdings Inc., the parent company of Charis Bank, in an all-stock transaction, according to the Dallas Business Journal...
LinkedIn Sees Engagement Spike
With many looking to LinkedIn for their next career move, the social media platform built around careers and helping people find and land jobs has seen record highs in users, especially with all the...
