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Panorama aerial drone view of single-family homes in Dallas-Fort Worth. [Photo: Trong Nguyen/Shutterstock]

The Last Word: Weitzman’s Bob Young On Why Grocers Are Racing to Build in DFW

by | Jan 8, 2026
“Retail follows rooftops, and today’s grocers are expanding.”

Bob Young Executive Managing Director Weitzman …on why Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in new retail construction, speaking at Weitzman’s 36th annual retail forecast at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, via CoStar.

Dallas-Fort Worth now leads the country in retail construction, with a development pipeline more than double that of any other U.S....

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The Last Word: HGP Intelligent Energy’s CEO on Repurposing Navy Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers
by | Jan 6, 2026
The Dallas-led company proposes repurposing USS Nimitz nuclear reactors to power AI data centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the birthplace of the Manhattan Project.
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The Last Word: Embark Founder on Building Family Office and Venture Platform Ashla as a ‘Flywheel for Good’
by | Dec 11, 2025
Paul Allen’s Ashla platform has already backed Dallas ventures including Mother, a modern plumbing company, and Stonethrow, a private family club founded by Nick Clark and Dawson Williams.
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The Last Word: The Good Foundation’s 2025 Gift Guide Features ‘Gifts That Give Back’
by | Dec 9, 2025
The Good Foundation, an Addison-based nonprofit founded in 2017 Ashlee and Chris Kleinert, focuses on community empowerment by serving populations in need of a chance. One way it does that is through its annual Good Foundation Gift Guide, which offers #GiftsThatGiveBack.
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TWU alumna Cindy Weber (left) and Chancellor Carine M. Feyten in the Doswell School's new flight simulator, funded by Weber's family gift. [Photo: Texas Woman's University]

The Last Word: The Pilot Behind TWU’s ‘Air Cindy’ Flight Simulator on Mastering the Airplane

by | Dec 3, 2025
Cindy Weber, who's landed in all 50 states and a half dozen countries, offers advice as TWU's pioneering woman-focused aviation program doubles enrollment.
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The Last Word: Nasdaq’s Rachel Racz on Being Public-Company Ready
by | Nov 20, 2025
At a private dinner at the Petroleum Club ahead of the Venture Dallas Startup Awards—and just weeks before Nasdaq announced its new Nasdaq Texas exchange—Rachel Racz delivered a message that landed in a room full of high-growth founders.
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TXSE's Jeff Karcher on Capital Markets 'Plumbing'
The Last Word: TXSE’s Jeff Karcher On Exchanges as the ‘Plumbing of Capitalism’
by | Nov 19, 2025
In a LinkedIn post, the TXSE global managing director pointed to a recent article from The Daily Economy, a publication of the American Institute for Economic Research, which analyzes the upstart exchange's potential to shake up the capital markets landscape. As the article explains, "Exchanges are the plumbing of capitalism—the place where savings become investment and new industries find their footing."
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The Last Word: DRC CEO Dale Petrosky On What Makes a Great Career
by | Nov 18, 2025
The outgoing Dallas Regional Chamber chief executive received the Dallas Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award after 12 years of helping elevate the region's economic standing.
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