June 8, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott traveled to Houston on Monday to attend the public visitation of George Floyd, a black man who was killed recently in Minneapolis police custody. Abbott told reporters afterward that Floyd’s death was “the most horrific tragedy I’ve ever personally observed” and signaled an openness to pursuing policing reforms in […]
June 5, 2020 The Charles Schwab Corp. is moving closer to relocating its corporate headquarters to the Dallas-Fort Worth area from San Francisco as the Department of Justice closed an antitrust investigation into its planned $26 billion acquisition of a rival financial services firm. Schwab stockholders also approved the acquisition of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. […]
June 8, 2020 Gov. Greg Abbott surprised the state’s performing arts companies on June 3 by issuing guidelines that pertain specifically to their endeavors. The governor’s new directive also gives the performing arts far more clarity in terms of when to reopen and how. This portion of the governor’s Phase III guidelines takes effect June […]
June 8, 2020 Airline stocks have surged in the last week after optimistic trends in travelers since Memorial Day weekend and steps by carriers to boost schedules. As much as airlines are enjoying the upswing in value, the U.S. Treasury Department may be among the biggest winners after getting concessions during stimulus negotiations that included […]
June 8, 2020 It may seem obvious, with double-digit unemployment and plunging economic output. But if there was any remaining doubt that the U.S. is in a recession, it’s now been removed by the official scorekeepers at the National Bureau of Economic Research. The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee – the fat lady of economic […]
June 8, 2020 Santander Consumer USA Foundation continues its commitment to Dallas ISD students by providing a $150,000 grant to the Dallas Education Foundation-Dallas ISD’s nonprofit philanthropic arm-to support distance learning and virtual classrooms. Dallas Education Foundation Executive Director Mita Havlick said the grants funds will be used to fund the development of the technology […]
June 8, 2020 Much has been said on the topic of how office space could change as a result of COVID-19. More recently, discussions have also begun about a potential flight to the suburbs for companies with urban offices. With social distancing on everyone’s minds, there are a few characteristics of the urban office that […]
June 8, 2020 The month of May was tough for the Dallas area’s technology sector — yet the region remained a standout. The metro stayed at No. 3 in the U.S. for technology job postings, according to a report by CompTIA, which included data from Burning Glass Technologies Insights. The Dallas area had 10,141 while […]
June 5, 2020 Dallas is one of first major cities to produce policing transformations. On Friday, June 5, 2020, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax delivered a set of 11 action steps in the Dallas Police Department (DPD) that are focused on accelerating an effort to foster and build trust among myriad Dallas communities and DPD. […]
June 7, 2020 Their instructions were simple: Paint messages of love, peace and encouragement. Booker T. Washington High School students, Neiman Marcus employees, artists from the community and some random passersby are using the downtown Dallas luxury store’s boarded-up windows as a canvas for positive messages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Students […]