Inflation came in hotter than expected in January, a sign that the Federal Reserve will continue to hold interest rates high for longer. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key inflation gauge, rose...
Dallas Love Field Warns of Limited Holiday Parking
Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL) has cautioned holiday travelers to be wary of increased roadside traffic and the limited availability of garage parking ahead of the busy Thanksgiving season. “All...
Twitter Blue Launch Hits Trouble Early
Twitter's paid subscription service was rolled out on November 5, only to be rolled back in and out multiple times over the span of a week. With the purchase of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, the...
How Meat Delivery Company ButcherBox Earned $600M
ButcherBox is a high-quality meat and seafood delivery service that just surpassed $600 million in revenue — a huge feat for a bootstrapped business. CEO and founder Mike Salguero saw a problem with...
Fatburger Rolls into North Dallas
The recently opened Fatburger location in Plano is making big waves in North Texas as the Los Angeles-based company seeks to carve out its spot in the burger market. Founded by Lovie Yancey in 1947,...
Bootstrapping a Unicorn in Dallas
Some billion-dollar ideas may be bootstrapped, others might be unicorns. But rarely are they both. Axxess founder John Olajide has come a long way, from living with his family in one of the poorest...
Rapid Robotics Tackles Labor Shortage with Automated Technology
Modern automation has come a long way since Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in 1913. Today, automation is considered ancillary to most manufacturing activities. Automated processes minimize...
Fidelity Offers Cryptocurrency Option for 401(k) Investments
In a controversial but impactful move, the largest 401(k) administrator in the United States is adding a cryptocurrency option to its investment menu. In early 2022, Fidelity Investments became the...
Poll | 59% of Hiring Managers Feel Pressured to Prioritize Race
Hiring managers across numerous sectors have reportedly begun excluding members of racial and gender majorities in the public pursuit of a more diverse workplace, based on a recent survey. These...
Starbucks Workers Strike on Busy Red Cup Day
Some Starbucks workers undertook their most extensive coordinated campaign against management to date, with planned strikes occurring at more than one hundred U.S. locations on Thursday. Unionizing...
Dallas-Based Voz Media Provides Alternative Spanish News
Voz Media is an American company founded in early 2022 that aims to be the alternative source of information for the millions of people in the U.S. that get their news in Spanish. Its website states...
Apple Will Spend $450M on Emergency Satellite Texting
Apple is committed to enhancing its emergency satellite texting features and will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to do so. The tech giant announced Thursday that it will spend $450 million...
Stripe Founders Politely Lay Off 14% of Employees
Tech company Stripe recently announced that it would be laying off 14% of its workforce. The announcement came via email in the form of a memo written by brothers Patrick and John Collison, who...
Tipping Software Drives Increase, Dallas Customers React
Tipping software at businesses is more common than ever, fueling the generation of billions of dollars in the United States each year. However, some Dallas customers think the practice has gone too...
FTX Crypto Exchange Crashes, Questions Arise
FTX and its sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, filed for bankruptcy on Friday, November 11. Seemingly overnight, the cryptocurrency trading platform, once worth $32 billion, is virtually...
New Mini Amusement Park Entertains Northeast Dallas
A new micro-amusement park is opening in the Dallas Shops at Park Lane, just north of Northwest Highway and east of Central Expressway. Two Bit Circus is opening this Friday, November 18, and will...
Hasbro Stock Falls After Overproduction of Popular Game
Hasbro shares dropped 9.86% after a Bank of America analyst downgraded the stock, claiming that the company had been over-producing the popular card game "Magic: The Gathering" (MTG). Hasbro...
Amazon to Lay Off 10,000 Employees
Amazon announced it would be laying off 10,000 employees starting this week, which account for approximately 1% of Amazon's total workforce. The layoffs, affecting employees in both corporate and...
Walmart Sales up 9%, Observes Changing Consumer Habits
On Tuesday, Walmart revealed that its sales jumped by almost 9% during its fiscal third quarter, indicating changing consumer habits. News of the impressive earnings release boosted the company’s...
Bezos To Give Away Most of His Fortune
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced that he plans to give away the majority of his wealth, currently estimated at $122 billion, to help solve various environmental and societal challenges. Bezos...
Sprouts Farmers Market Grand Opening Announced
Sprouts Farmers Market is opening a new Dallas location in mid-November alongside a host of opening-themed events. Sprouts Farmers Market -- a national grocery chain that specializes in fresh,...