June 2, 2021 Twenty-two public companies headquartered in North Texas earned spots on this year’s Fortune 500 ranking of the nation’s biggest revenue-generating businesses. McKesson, the Irving-based pharmaceuticals distributor that played a key role in moving vaccine supplies across the country, surpassed perennial leader Exxon Mobil as the highest-ranking local company on the list. McKesson […]
June 2, 2021 Today, FORTUNE announced the 67th FORTUNE 500, its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, ranked by revenue for the 2020 fiscal year. The revenue threshold for 2021 FORTUNE 500 list was $5.4 billion, down 5% from last year. In total, FORTUNE 500 companies represent two-thirds of the U.S. GDP with […]
June 1, 2021 The Dallas Business Journal is honoring companies and business leaders who have courageously led the region through a challenging past 12 months. This year, for its second class of Most Inspiring Leaders, the Business Journal honors six companies and nine individuals who made extraordinary contributions to DFW business. We are honoring companies […]
June 1, 2021 More than 50% of the U.S. population has received at least one Covid vaccine shot, federal data shows, as nationwide case counts continue to fall. Moderna on Tuesday applied for full Food and Drug Administration approval of its Covid-19 vaccine. Surveys have shown that FDA approval could inspire more people to get […]
June 1, 2021 Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is staking its claim to the booming Texas banking market. PNC completed its $11.6 billion acquisition Tuesday of Houston-based BBVA USA Bancshares Inc., including its banking subsidiary BBVA USA, based in Birmingham, Ala. Over half of BBVA’s 641 national branches are in Texas. That means that, […]
May 27, 2021 Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan cited potential excesses in the housing market and other inflation signs as an indication that the central bank should start slowly pulling back on its asset purchase program. With the Fed still buying at least $120 billion in bonds each month, a total that includes $40 […]
May 26, 2021 Poker nights, yoga classes in the park, birthday parties and family reunions: All of them can become free COVID-19 vaccine clinics under Texas’ mobile vaccination program that expanded on Tuesday – part of an effort to increase vaccine rates as supply increases and demand across the nation slips. Groups of at least […]
May 25, 2021 The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program has gone from zero to 50% in less than six months. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Biden administration said, half of the country’s adults are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. “This is a major milestone in our country’s vaccination efforts,” Andy Slavitt, a White House senior […]
May 25, 2021 North Texans know how to get companies started. In a study that examines drivers behind entrepreneurship, the Dallas area tied for No. 1 in a couple of key areas, putting it with metros that include San Francisco and New York. Austin also ranked high. The research looked at factors that include psychological […]
May 24, 2021 In the first week that Texas adolescents were eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19, after a year of pandemic-induced isolation from their families, peers and classrooms, more than 100,000 kids ages 12-15 poured into pediatricians’ offices, vaccine hubs and school gyms across Texas to get their shots. One of them was Austin […]