Realtor view: What should you know as a first-time home seller?

Remember the first time you bought a home? Were you excited but overwhelmed? It’s not unusual to feel that way as a first-time seller either, and the process is just as involved, if not more so. But knowing what to expect can make the selling process go smoothly. Here are five ways to be a…

AT&T tells Feds it’s ‘simply too costly’ with FCC plan to show more coverage data

AT&T Inc. – joined by T-Mobile – is pushing back against elements of a plan by the Federal Communications Commission that involves getting more data on networks. The FCC is looking to get additional information and maps to show coverage areas of networks as it eyes the issues around the digital divide. A key point…

The Michaels Companies Inc. taps new CFO

The Michaels Companies Inc. has tapped a new executive vice president, chief financial officer, according to a news release.  Michael Diamond will start in the role, effective Sept. 1, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Ashley Buchanan. Diamond has over 15 years of experience leading financial functions. He most recently served as CFO for the…

Meet NTX Inno’s 2020 Inno on Fire Blazer winners

While the pandemic kept everyone physically apart, members of the North Texas business, tech and startup communities tuned in on Thursday evening to celebrate the region’s most innovative and impactful entrepreneurs at NTX Inno’s inaugural Inno on Fire Awards. The event, highlighting early-stage companies making big moves in the scene and helping make DFW into…

Tropical Storm Marco could shift away from Houston, while Tropical Storm Laura strengthens

Tropical Storm Laura is expected to pose a stronger threat to Texas but the intensity of that possible storm is dependent on its track. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

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Television Boxing PBC Fight Night Fox 7 p.m. Fishing Bassmaster Elite Series ESPN2 7 a.m. Golf AIG Women’s Open Golf 8 a.m. Golf The Northern Trust Golf noon … Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Toddler’s mask refusal gets mom, 6 kids kicked off JetBlue flight

It was a traumatizing flight experience that left a mom’s family of seven stranded and forced all the passengers to deplane. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

From housing to education, here are the economic issues impacting Texas women (Infographic)

The average Texas woman may not be who you think she is. The Texas Women’s Foundation, in conjunction with research for Every Texan, set out to define who the average Texas woman is and get a picture of her financial life. Their study found that 14 million women and girls call Texas home in the…

Deals Day: More than 1,800 North Texas apartments trade hands

In this latest edition of Deals Day, more than 1,800 apartment units trade hands. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Daseke makes another leadership change

Daseke, an Addison-based trucking firm, announced another leadership change this week in what has been a year of massive overhaul within the company. Brian Bonner ended his role as executive chairman, and is now an independent director and chairman of the board of directors. Bonner, the former chief information officer of Texas Instruments for over…

UT-Austin students, faculty call on board to cancel in-person classes amid COVID-19 pandemic

Less than a week before classes begin at the University of Texas at Austin, students, alumni and faculty called on System officials to cancel in-person learning in a virtual Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Two Texas A&M sororities now under chapter-wide quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

It’s troubling news for any parent who’s sending their kids to any university this fall.  Just as Texas students head back to their college campuses, two Texas A&M sororities have now been placed in quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak, according to Texas A&M officials. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

‘We are all traumatized’: Mother, 6 kids kicked off flight after toddler refused to wear mask

A mother and her six kids were kicked off a JetBlue flight at Orlando International Airport after the woman’s 2-year-old daughter kept taking off her mask. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

High-profile investor that made a big bet on Grapevine-based GameStop is pulling back

A big name on Wall Street is cooling on a key player in North Texas retail – or at least is showing more enthusiasm for others. Investor Michael Burry, who was portrayed by Christian Bale in “The Big Short,” has reduced his firm’s stake in GameStop Corp. after grabbing headlines about his move last year,…

Small airports ‘shocked’ and ‘disappointed’ after American Airlines suspends service at 15 airports

Steve Stockam and his team at Joplin Regional Airport in Missouri were “shocked” to learn American Airlines Group Inc. would not operate at their airport in October. American is Joplin’s only commercial carrier, which makes the loss sting even more. What added to Stockam’s surprise is the fact that conditions improved in July. Flights between…

Q&A: Texas Trust Credit Union president discusses new role, what’s ahead

Here’s what Texas Trust Credit Union’s new president, Willy Kelsey, has to say about participating in the PPP, outlook on the credit union going forward and more. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Tropical depression forms near Gulf of Mexico

A forecast cone showing the storm’s probable center has Houston in its sights. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Genetically engineered mosquitoes to land in Harris County in 2021 for a “Jurassic Park experiment”

Bots that are bugs? Bugs that are bots? Either way, people are bugging out. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

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. Television Fishing Bassmaster Elite Series ESPN2 7:30 a.m. Golf AIG Women’s Open Golf 4:30 a.m. Golf 9… Top Featured Tags: – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

Will affluent residents leaving California still have to pay the state’s proposed wealth tax?

California’s proposed wealth tax includes an unusual twist — the tax would apply to former residents for 10 years.  The pace of departures among California’s wealthy may have reached the point that lawmakers anticipate a rush to the exits if they adopt a first-in-the-nation wealth tax that’s projected to raise $7.5 billion annually from about 30,000…

Dallas construction impacted less than other metros amid shelter-in-place, JLL report finds

Dallas was the only city in the report from JLL that experienced a single-digit fall in construction volume. Top Featured Tags: – Texas News, – Business Press Release Distribution Service

As COO of Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation, Aida Somun is at the forefront of containing COVID-19 in Dallas

As COVID-19 cases rose in Dallas, PCCI helped the city by providing data about cases, determining where to put testing sites, and assisted in the decision to issue the shelter in place order. Top Featured Tags: – Business, – Texas News Press Release Distribution Service

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