Subject: Wall Street

• Keepin' the Faith (Or, An Eyeball for an Eye Socket)

  December 18, 2006

• Bye, Bye, Buyout

  August 28, 2006

• Rage Against City Hall

  April 17, 2006

• Mark Cuban Suits Up for Football

  May 30, 2007

• No Longer Belo Market Value

  October 1, 2007

• Two Years Later, the Book (or Chapter, Really) on That ExxonMobil Protest

  January 29, 2008

• In Alaska, Another Irving-Based Oil Company Goes Shootin' at Some Crude

  July 31, 2008

• Last Night: Monotonix at the Lounge on Elm Street

  October 9, 2008

• Where Wall Street Meets Main Street

  October 10, 2008

• Dallas Ad Firm Uses Bailout to Sell Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast

  October 15, 2008

• Applause! Applause!

  Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum pundits pass out plaudits

  October 12, 2000

• Dallas Mavericks' Owner Mark Cuban Charged With Insider Trading

  Uh-oh. Breaking news this morning that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Mavs' owner Mark Cuban with insider trading, stemming from a 2004 sale of stock in an Internet company. Me? I dunno the diff between "insider trading" and a "hot stock tip", but I do this ain't good. And that it will likely end Cuban's pursuit of owning the Chicago Cubs. Right? UPDATE: Cuban responds.

  November 17, 2008

• When Black Friday Comes, I'll Collect Everything I'm Owed

  For a brief moment, we considered getting up early to check out the Black Friday scene -- and Steely Dan's as far as we got. (And, for those in actual need of actual information, this compendium of online sales, sales, sales!) But former Observer-er Ann Zimmerman, now at The Wall Street Journal, has been out and about since dark-thirty contributing Dallas details to the paper's Holiday Sales Blog (catchy title!); looks like the Wal-Marts were jammed in the wee small hours, if nothing else. (Real

  November 28, 2008

• Joe Bob Briggs

  December 1, 1994

• One Scared Puppy

  January 19, 1995

• Redefining reform

  Big business proponents contrive some of the worst bills of the 74th session

  June 15, 1995

• SMU Economics Prof Ravi Batra Says You Need a Bailout, Not Your Bank

  After the jump, SMU professor of economics and prophet Ravi Batra's five-point plan for fixing the U.S.'s busted economy. No doubt, the sixth point of that plan involves writing books about the busted economy, then sending out press releases promoting one of those books exactly two years after its publication. (Kidding, just kidding.) But, look, he's not screwing around: "Without the proposed measures," he says of his proposed measures, "2009 will be a lot worse than 2008." You've been warned. -

  January 5, 2009

• BeloWatch

  December 21, 1995

• Lex and Terry's wet dream

  December 18, 1997

• LiL' Things, big problems

  December 25, 1997

• Stogie's last gasp?

  January 22, 1998

• So Far, Only One Person Wants to Have a T-Bone With T. Boone For a Good Cause

  The Wall Street Journal wonders why there's been just a single bid on the opportunity to power-lunch with T. Boone Pickens, who's selling an eat-and-greet at Nick and Sam's to raise dough for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The auction opened Monday, and thus far only "9***a" has made an offer -- for the minimum asking price of $100,000. Wonders the Deal Journal blog, the slim Pickens raises "questions about investors' appetite for an expensive power lunch in the middle of the credit crunch." Bidders

  February 4, 2009

• Stormy weather

  January 14, 1999

• Major Mistakes

  February 11, 1999

• 10 Questions: Courtney Reum

  Patrick MichelsHe is the man behind VeeV, the world's first Acai spirit, a product just hitting the Dallas market.While one can argue the health benefits of acai berries after they've been distilled into alcohol and bottled, Reum's marketing skill goes without question. They've developed a sustainable farming program, use wind energy to fuel the stills and hope to plant one tree for every VeeV-based cocktail sold at participating bars until earth day.Kind of makes you feel good about drinking.Th

  March 2, 2009

• OK, So Maybe Luxury Is Dead

  Flickr photo: Wednesday181Christmas was not kind to Neimans. Neither were the months before and after.In light of Neiman Marcus reporting a quarterly net loss of $509.2 million this morning, The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how the high-end Dallas-based retailer is attempting to survive what remains of the economy -- besides laying off employees, reducing its inventory and writing down the value of its assets.Karen W. Katz, Neiman Marcus chief executive of stores, said in an interview Mon

  March 11, 2009

• Where's My Money? Just Remember, "A Very Simple Old Scam Can Still Fool Smart People."

  Bernie Madoff's in jail after pleading guilty to all charges. Closer to home, Allen Stanford's pleading the Fifth. So better now than never, seemed like a good time to catch up with Randy Johnston, a Dallas financial malpractice lawyer and the author of Robbed at Pen Point -- and a guy who predicts we're merely at the tip of the Ponzi scheme iceberg. Says Johnson, just you watch: More Madoffs and Stanfords will emerge as more and more folks withdraw what's left of their their investments. On rad

  March 12, 2009

• Greed Machine

  July 3, 2008

• Psycho Killer, Christian Bale

  May 15, 2008

• Feeling Feverish?

  September 20, 2007

• On the Streets

  The Fort Worth Art Dealers Association says "Buy, Buy, Buy"

  September 5, 2002

• Backtrackin'

  Things you may have missed the first time

  June 7, 2007

• Red light, Green light

  Things get gray when it comes to green

  November 30, 2006

• Wize Guys

  Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything

  February 2, 2006

• My Spell Off-Broadway

  Curtain up! Light the lights! Cue the music! And hey, lady, wanna be in the show?

  February 17, 2005

• Dog Show

  Take the heat from the Kitchen

  January 27, 2005

• We're So Vain

  Circle Theatre's Vanities shows there's life after high school

  January 13, 2005

• Numbers Game

  The Morning News deals with circulation woes

  August 12, 2004

• Nervous

  Budget woes leave DMN staffers uneasy

  July 29, 2004

• Riding Coattails

  Plus: The Snub; A Dog’s Life

  July 15, 2004

• The Claim Game

  Why is everyone trying to decide which reporter "broke" the Enron story? Money.

  April 4, 2002

• A cut above

  American Psycho gets all chopped up, thank God

  April 13, 2000

• Greed is very, very bad

  Boiler Room serves up the sons of Gordon Gekko

  February 17, 2000

• Theme puke

  At Jekyll & Hyde Club, the actors act, the puppets howl, and the food...well, never mind

  January 13, 2000

• Day trippin'

  Dallas' little fish swim with the Wall Street sharks at an online trading house

  November 11, 1999

• Revenge of the bourgeoisie

  DTC's ambitious Sternheim Project roasts the rise of the middle class

  February 1, 1996

• Food For Thought 5.4.09

  "[Sales] may have been negatively impacted by media surrounding swine flu." (Chuck E. Cheese executive Michael Magusiak on the effect of the "pandemic" on the family friendly pizza chain's fortunes, The restaurants suffered a 20 percent drop in same-store sales during the first three days last week...although first-quarter earnings were strong overall, leading to an 11.9 increase in stock values on Wall Street. The company responded by increasing sanitation of games, rides and such. Anyway, it's

  May 4, 2009

• Blockbuster Reports Drop in Total Revenue and, Worse, Same-Store Sales

  All week, Wall Street has been anxiously anticipating Blockbuster's first-quarter results, which were released moments ago. Analysts didn't expect good news from the Dallas-based company, whose efforts to reinvent itself we've documented at great length in recent months. And the news is indeed mixed, at best: From Elm Street HQ comes word that total revenue for the first quarter of '09 was $1.12 billion, compared to $1.39 billion for the same period one year ago. Says CEO Jim Keyes, "Our new fin

  May 14, 2009

• Tracks of My Tears, | Slumming It, | Critics’ Pick: Tool,

  July 30, 2009

• No Justice: We've Bailed Out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind Our Financial Collapse?

  October 29, 2009