Cover Story
Ebby Halliday, who turns 98 this month, has built one of the country’s largest residential real estate companies with gumption, hard work, and entrepreneurial skill. But, as shown in the following edited excerpt from a new book titled Ebby Halliday: The First Lady of Real Estate, it’s never...
Features
The John McCaa you don’t know is a self-described “art freak” and onetime R-rated standup comic who was raised in Spain, vacations annually in Italy, and likes nothing more than losing himself in the beat of his in-home drum set. What’s more, he’s a man who “can listen to an opera and break...
Features
Marisa Treviño wanted to have a voice all her own. And she emphatically wanted to reach Latinas/Latinos in English, not Spanish. Because, as she sees it, that’s where the power lies.“To get ahead in this country, you have to know English,” she says. “You just do.”Her forum is latinalista.net,...
Features
On the surface, EDS founder Ross Perot Sr. and international interior designer Trisha Wilson have about as much in common as khaki fatigues and an Armani suit. Yet their lives share a common thread: their origins were so humble that failure wasn’t an option.D CEO has examined the lives and...
Features
There’s no question that the headlines of 2008 were dominated by presidential politics: the rivalry between Clinton/Obama; the national debut of Sarah Palin; and, of course, Obama-mania. But for Texans, and North Texans especially, 2009 is proving to be a year filled with politics focused on...
The Ticker
MATTHEW BERKE Title: Founder and president, LPB Energy ManagementDetails: Canadian-born Berke got...
Meet the CEO
A veteran business executive with a background in the legal, financial services, insurance, and...
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Companies
Arguably, starting a bank in today’s economy is like selling iceberg timeshares from the bridge of...
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WHY GO FISH: We’d been having fun with our cheeky waiter throughout our meal at Go Fish Ocean...
Departments
“The credit markets have to open up before the end of 2009, or we’re going to really be...
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1. "Painting entitled “Meditation”“The painting is by Phillipe Semprez, who also designed my...
