December 8, 2020 In February 2020, Virgin Hyperloop went shopping for sites that would serve as test track and assembly center. In response, the Dallas Regional Chamber and the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) reached out to the Texas Research Alliance (TRA) to pull together North Texas’ research universities, to demonstrate the range […]
December 7, 2020 The North Texas tech sector ran into some headwinds last month. Yet it wasn’t alone. The Dallas area had nearly 9,400 IT job postings during November, a decline of more than 1,500, according to a CompTIA analysis of open-position data from Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights. That’s a decline of 14 percent […]
December 7, 2020 Top financial firm Goldman Sachs Group may be upping its game in Dallas. The New York-based company already has major operations in downtown Dallas and in Richardson. And in recent months, D-FW commercial real estate brokers have said Goldman is looking to expand further here. Goldman is looking at locations in Florida, […]
December 8, 2020 Facebook’s latest expansion of its huge Fort Worth data center will bring the project to more than 2.6 million square feet. In the last few months, the social media giant has filed building permits to make way for its planned expansion of the three year-old tech campus in the AllianceTexas development. The […]
December 8, 2020 American Airlines will offer pre-flight testing for domestic flights to give a jump start to travel within the United States with a growing number of states imposing quarantines on out-of-state travelers. American Airlines is expanding its at-home testing program through LetsGetChecked for customers traveling anywhere in the U.S. Fort Worth-based American had […]
December 7, 2020 Before Catherine Troisi’s book club began discussing the finer point of “Becoming Duchess Goldblatt,” her fellow readers only wanted to know one thing. And it had nothing to do with the memoir of an 81-year-old social media personality. Their main question was: When could they get the COVID-19 vaccine? The infectious disease […]
December 7, 2020 Workers at small businesses in five Texas communities will have the chance to participate in a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot program, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Monday. The pilot program, which officials plan to significantly expand across the state, will be administered with help from chambers of commerce in the communities – […]
December 6, 2020 The point of getting a job is so you can buy the things you need. It sounds simple, but many find themselves having a hard time finding money to support themselves. When you make less than $50,000 a year and you’re a person of color, there’s a steeper struggle to bring in […]
December 4, 2020 Bank of America is partnering with several colleges and universities in Texas, including Dallas College- El Centro Campus, to help students of color enter the workforce. Bank of America is giving $1 million to El Centro as part of a four-year, $25 million nationwide initiative to advance technical and programmatic work at […]
December 5, 2020 The Dallas Regional Chamber needed someone sitting at the senior executive table with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Now they have two. In October, the organization hired two senior vice presidents who will focus on how the chamber and its members can be more active in their diversity, equity and […]