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May 16, 2012
Try Not To Breathe Too Much Today, DFW
Take a look outside your window. You've probably gotten used to that omnipresent, smoky haze that hangs over the Metroplex like a pall of economic viability -- upwind power plants a'chugging; cars snaking down tangles of toll roads and highways; shale gas production amid the cities and 'burbs slowed ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Fracking Boom a Ponzi-Inflated Bubble About To Pop? Rolling Stone Sure Thinks So.
Is the United States the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas?" as President Barack Obama has said. Or has the energy industry used fuzzy math to hype its estimated reserves to entice buyouts and Wall Street investment? Tough to say for sure, but last month the U.S. Energy Information Administration scaled ... More >>
Calendar
February 2, 2012
The Art of Prohibition
Is the United States the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas?" as President Barack Obama has said. Or has the energy industry used fuzzy math to hype its estimated reserves to entice buyouts and Wall Street investment? Tough to say for sure, but last month the U.S. Energy Information Administration scaled ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Want to Understand Politics, the Economy, Everything? Follow the Levees.
Figured it out. I can tell you why the Republicans keep assassinating their own nominees. It all goes back to the Trinity River levees. What? You think I can't connect those dots? Stand back. Right now the GOP rivals are reducing Newt Gingrich to road-kill in Iowa with Super-PAC attack ads o ... More >>
News
October 20, 2011
What's Occupying Tom Leppert
The Senate candidate doesn't like mobs of protesters. Someone alert the Tea Party.
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Dallas Gets Occupied
Doubtless you've heard about Occupy Wall Street, the protests against corporate greed and Wall Street bailouts (among other things) that have been going on for the last three weeks in New York. The protesters call themselves "the other 99 percent" or just "The 99," and this morning in Pike Park o ... More >>
Film
May 20, 2010
A Week Into Cannes and Our Critic Sends His Best Regards
Doubtless you've heard about Occupy Wall Street, the protests against corporate greed and Wall Street bailouts (among other things) that have been going on for the last three weeks in New York. The protesters call themselves "the other 99 percent" or just "The 99," and this morning in Pike Park o ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2010
Malcolm Gladwell Sends Convention Planners Packing With a Recession Lesson: It Takes Humility to Be a Winner.
Photos by Patrick MichelsThe Professional Convention Management Association closed out its national gathering at the Dallas Convention Center this afternoon with a slick keynote luncheon that telegraphed to the hundreds of event planners: Watch closely, this is how it's done.The food presentation, s ... More >>
Music
November 26, 2009
Real Estate, M.L. King and The Juniors, Sideshow Tragedy
Saturday, November 28, at City Tavern
News
October 29, 2009
No Justice: We've Bailed Out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind Our Financial Collapse?
Saturday, November 28, at City Tavern
News
July 30, 2009
Tracks of My Tears, | Slumming It, | Critics’ Pick: Tool,
Saturday, November 28, at City Tavern
Blogs
May 14, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2009
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. ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 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 ... More >>
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March 2, 2009
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 sustainab ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2009
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 ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2009
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 p ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2008
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 g ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2008
Dallas Ad Firm Uses Bailout to Sell Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast
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 g ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2008
Where Wall Street Meets Main Street
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 g ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2008
Last Night: Monotonix at the Lounge on Elm Street
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 g ... More >>
Blogs
January 29, 2008
Two Years Later, the Book (or Chapter, Really) on That ExxonMobil Protest
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 g ... More >>
Home Entertainment
September 20, 2007
Feeling Feverish?
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 g ... More >>
Music
June 7, 2007
Backtrackin'
Things you may have missed the first time
Blogs
May 30, 2007
Mark Cuban Suits Up for Football
Things you may have missed the first time
Blogs
December 18, 2006
Keepin' the Faith (Or, An Eyeball for an Eye Socket)
Things you may have missed the first time
News
November 30, 2006
Red light, Green light
Things get gray when it comes to green
Blogs
August 28, 2006
Bye, Bye, Buyout
Things get gray when it comes to green
Blogs
April 17, 2006
Rage Against City Hall
Things get gray when it comes to green
Culture
February 17, 2005
My Spell Off-Broadway
Curtain up! Light the lights! Cue the music! And hey, lady, wanna be in the show?
Calendar
January 13, 2005
We're So Vain
Circle Theatre's Vanities shows there's life after high school
News
August 12, 2004
Numbers Game
The Morning News deals with circulation woes
News
July 15, 2004
Riding Coattails
Plus: The Snub; A Dog�s Life
Calendar
September 5, 2002
On the Streets
The Fort Worth Art Dealers Association says "Buy, Buy, Buy"
News
April 4, 2002
The Claim Game
Why is everyone trying to decide which reporter "broke" the Enron story? Money.
Culture
October 12, 2000
Applause! Applause!
Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum pundits pass out plaudits
Film
April 13, 2000
A cut above
American Psycho gets all chopped up, thank God
Film
February 17, 2000
Greed is very, very bad
Boiler Room serves up the sons of Gordon Gekko
Dining
January 13, 2000
Theme puke
At Jekyll & Hyde Club, the actors act, the puppets howl, and the food...well, never mind
News
November 11, 1999
Day trippin'
Dallas' little fish swim with the Wall Street sharks at an online trading house
News
February 11, 1999
Major Mistakes
Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?
News
January 14, 1999
Stormy weather
Hot new computer game maker ION Storm appears to have all it needs for success -- top talent, plenty of money, and legions of anxious fans. So why is its future so cloudy?
News
December 25, 1997
LiL' Things, big problems
Why no one is winning the battle of the baby superstores
Music
December 18, 1997
Lex and Terry's wet dream
Can two transplants from the land of Lynyrd Skynyrd and fart smells find the key to radio fame at Dallas' Q102?
Culture
February 1, 1996
Revenge of the bourgeoisie
DTC's ambitious Sternheim Project roasts the rise of the middle class
News
December 21, 1995
BeloWatch
DTC's ambitious Sternheim Project roasts the rise of the middle class
News
June 15, 1995
Redefining reform
Big business proponents contrive some of the worst bills of the 74th session
News
January 19, 1995
One Scared Puppy
Why Dallas' Greyhound Lines is fighting for its life
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