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
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- Energy and Utility Sector Focuses on NQDC Executive Benefits, SERPS,...
- DALLAS, TX, March 17, 2010 - Clark Consulting LLC today released '2009 Energy and Utility Results,' the second of four companion pieces to the fourteenth edition of 'Executive Benefits - A Survey of Current Trends.' Each piece in the series provides a more in-depth look at the survey results for specific industries, including financial services ...
- All Inclusive Excursions, others targeted in investigation
- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged a Dallas-area travel firm and three of its principals with violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act .
- Jody Dean to speak at library fundraiser
- Radio journalist Jody Dean, host of the morning show at KLUV-FM in Dallas/Fort Worth, will speak at a fundraiser for the Weatherford Public Library to be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 1, at Los Vaqueros restaurant, 4971 E. Interstate 20 Service Road in Willow Park.
- Royal Palms Travel hit with AG complaint
- Texas AG files complaint against Royal Palms Travel Inc. Dallas Business Journal - by Kerri Panchuk Web Reporter Send this story to a friend The Texas Attorney General's office has filed a complaint against Dallas-based Royal Palms Travel Inc.
- Santander Consumer USA Makes Auto Loan Processing a Snap with TARGUSinfo
- Vienna, VA and Dallas, TX March 17, 2010 -- In effort to help streamline the approval process for its qualified used car auto loans, Santander Consumer USA Inc., today announced that it will add On-Demand verification from TARGUSinfo on all auto loan applications received from its network of 12,000 dealers and through its online Web site ...
- Notable Upgraded Stocks
- Dallas, Tx - BlackRock, Inc. surged 5.20% to $223.40 after Credit Suisse upgraded BlackRock to Outperform from Neutral with a $280 price target and adding the stock to their Focus List.
- Maxim Group: Maxim Group LLC Announces Completion of $30.2 Million...
- Maxim Group LLC, a leading full service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm, today announced the completion of an underwritten public offering of 10 million shares of common stock for The Cushing MLP Total Return Fund at a public offering price of $8.05 per share.
- ITRA Bucks the Trend and Highlights Growth and Financial Stability at Dallas Conference
- The International Tenant Representative Alliance will discuss recent growth and success stories in a down commercial real estate market at its Spring Conference on March 26-28 at The Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa in Dallas, Texas.
See also
External links
- Official city website
- Dallas Public Library
- Dallas business Chamber of Commerce
