Dallas, Texas
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Dallas is the third-most-populous city in the state of Texas and the ninth-most-populous in the United States. The city is large in geographic area as it covers 385 square miles (997 km²) and is the county seat of Dallas County. Dallas is one of 11 U.S. global cities as it is ranked "Gamma World City" by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network.
As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Dallas population was 1.1 million (though a 2006 estimate placed the population at more than 1.26 million). The city is the main cultural and economic center of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (colloquially referred to as Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex), which is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of 5.7 million in 12 counties. The 16-county metropolitan area designated by the North Central Texas Council of Governments had a population of 6.2 million in 2006.
The local economy
Dallas and the surrounding Metroplex are very important economically. The city is sometimes referred to as Texas's Silicon Valley or the "Silicon Prairie" because of a high concentration of telecom companies. Originally seeded with a nexus of communications engineering and production talent following World War II by companies like Collins Radio Corp., the epicenter of the area's telecom industry is along the "Telecom Corridor" which is home to more than 5,700 companies [18] and regional offices for Alcatel, AT&T, Ericsson, Fujitsu, MCI, Nokia, Nortel, Rockwell, Sprint and Verizon. The headquarters for Texas Instruments is also located there.
AMR Corporation (parent company of American Airlines), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Radio Shack, and Pier 1 Imports are based in Fort Worth. id Software is based in Mesquite. ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark, Michael's Stores, and Zale Corporation are headquartered in Irving. Electronic Data Systems, Frito Lay, Dr Pepper and JCPenney are headquartered in Plano. FUNimation is headquartered in North Richland Hills. Educational Products, Inc. is headquartered in Carrollton. Sabre Holdings, the owner of the Sabre System, is headquartered in Southlake. Halliburton Energy Services was once based in Dallas, but moved to Houston in 2003.
Recent Dallas business news
Links to recent headlines via Topix.net
- Slowly, But Not Quite Surely, Dallas ISD Backs Off Efforts to Seize, Raze Jubilee Park Homes
- Shawn Busari and her family grew up in this house, which DISD wanted to take for a mere $50,000. a It's been almost six months now since Jubilee Park residents began protesting the Dallas Independent School District's plans to seize their businesses and homes by any means necessary to make way for a new O.M. Roberts Elementary.
- Disd drops efforts to seize 4 homes for expanded campus 4:59 PM CT
- Four families in Jubilee Park learned this week that Dallas ISD is dropping efforts to seize their homes for an expanded campus for O.M. Roberts Elementary School, their attorney said.
- Historical society gets Hart history lesson
- The Farmersville Historical Society met Aug. 16 at the Carlisle Civic Center. There were twenty members in attendance, with three guests.
- Disd drops efforts to seize 4 homes for expanded campus 3:22 PM CT
- Four families in Jubilee Park learned this week that Dallas ISD is dropping efforts to seize their homes for an expanded campus for O.M. Roberts Elementary School, their attorney said.
- Dallas' Nina Vaca named chairwoman for U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., has named Dallas business woman Nina Vaca chairwoman of its board of directors.
- Stock News on Tuesday's Most Active Stocks
- Dallas, Tx - Sprint Nextel Corporation was among the notable bluechip stock movers and jumped 4.10% to $4.06 following a decline of about 6% during the last week.
- Stock Alert on Double Digit Stock Movers
- Dallas, Tx - ZBB Energy Corporation jumped 37.38% to $0.62 on higher than the average volume following a 40% fall in the past one week.
- Biggest Stock Losers on News (MCCC, ISLE, WINN) :by PennyStockPickAlert.com
- Dallas, Tx - Mediacom Communications Corporation plummeted 15.33% to $5.80 after Rocco B. Commisso, the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer announced that he has withdrawn his May 31, 2010 non-binding offer to purchase all of the shares of Mediacom not currently owned by him.
See also
External links
- Official city website
- Dallas Public Library
- Dallas business Chamber of Commerce
