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April 19, 2012
Will the Firewall Protecting Oncor From Its Basketcase Parent Company Keep It From Getting Burned?
Oncor, the transmission company that runs power lines and electricity meters, is just about the only good thing Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings has going for it. Energy Future's generation arm, Luminant, the largest unregulated power generator in Texas, has seen its coal-fired power plants preci ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Texas' Biggest Power Supplier Wants to Blame the EPA for Future Blackouts
Oncor, the transmission company that runs power lines and electricity meters, is just about the only good thing Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings has going for it. Energy Future's generation arm, Luminant, the largest unregulated power generator in Texas, has seen its coal-fired power plants preci ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Warren Buffett Calls His Investment in Dallas-Based Energy Future Holdings a "Big Mistake," At Risk of Being Wiped Out
Warren Buffett, the inimitable Jesus of Investing, got it wrong, he admits. Investing in the highly leveraged buyout of Texas utility TXU by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs was a bad bet, plain and simple, he told his shareholders in a letter Saturday. And if things at the former TXU (now ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
News & Notes & A Day in the Park
Patrick MichelsWhere to begin -- Vegas, maybe? Perhaps you've heard: Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's now just one of two finalists for the Clark County School District's top job, since the Floridian in the mix dropped out. Meanwhile, this Thursday, the DISD's ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
On Eve of Judge's Decision Concerning Rangers' Sale, a Debate Over the Consequences
Sam MertenChuck Greenberg, Tom Hicks and Nolan Ryan on the day the Rangers announced a prepackaged Chapter 11 planTomorrow in a Fort Worth courtroom, should all go according to plan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn will rule on whether Hicks Sports Group can move ahead with its sale of the fir ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
A Blockbuster Free-Fall
Near the close of business Wednesday, we posted Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes's admission that the Christmas season delivered little more than a lump of coal for the Dallas-based videotailer, as in: "Our performance during the holidays was well below expectations." When I spoke with Keyes at great le ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Another Year At City Of Ate
We understand City of Ate is an, um, unusual blog.The Dallas market was already well-served, when we started up, by outlets breaking news tidbits, speculating on rumors, providing forums on topics of the day and such. So we conceived of a 'magazine-style' blog--a venue for recurring articles, som ... More >>
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August 3, 2009
While Rating City's Hotel Bonds, Moody's Says Dallas Is "Vying For a Relatively Fixed Number of Conventions" Among "Strong Competition"
Brian HarkinDo you think President Obama ever imagined his stimulus package would help Dallas build a convention center hotel? This guy sure did.As the city's hotel development corporation prepares to sell what is now $505,230,000 in revenue bonds to build the convention center hotel, Moody's Invest ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Moody's Blues: Dallas Independent School District's Bond Credit Ratings Slip
In a subscription-only story published this morning, The Bond Buyer notes that both Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's have downgraded their ratings of the Dallas Independent School District. Both still consider the district a relatively safe investment, but the downgrades reflect a ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2007
Dallas, Near "Rock Bottom," at the Top
In a subscription-only story published this morning, The Bond Buyer notes that both Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's have downgraded their ratings of the Dallas Independent School District. Both still consider the district a relatively safe investment, but the downgrades reflect a ... More >>
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March 8, 2007
Prince Peruna
Knocked off his high horse, Matt Doherty tries to whip SMU back into the race
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June 12, 2003
Men in Tights
We love a good suplex
Music
October 4, 2001
For the Road
On the verge of calling it quits, the Murder City Devils have time for one more
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July 23, 1998
Getting dumped
Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground
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July 2, 1998
Buzz
Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground
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October 31, 1996
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Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

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Will the Firewall Protecting Oncor From Its Basketcase Parent Company Keep It From Getting Burned?

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Texas' Biggest Power Supplier Wants to Blame the EPA for Future Blackouts

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Warren Buffett Calls His Investment in Dallas-Based Energy Future Holdings a "Big Mistake," At Risk of Being Wiped Out

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News & Notes & A Day in the Park

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On Eve of Judge's Decision Concerning Rangers' Sale, a Debate Over the Consequences

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A Blockbuster Free-Fall

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Another Year At City Of Ate

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While Rating City's Hotel Bonds, Moody's Says Dallas Is "Vying For a Relatively Fixed Number of Conventions" Among "Strong Competition"

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Moody's Blues: Dallas Independent School District's Bond Credit Ratings Slip

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Dallas, Near "Rock Bottom," at the Top

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Men in Tights

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