Cover Story
Shortly after 8 a.m. on a hot and muggy morning in late July, thousands of women jammed the foyer outside Hall A of the Dallas Convention Center. They were there for the Mary Kay Emerald Seminar, one of five consecutive three-day conventions the company holds each summer in Dallas. Inside the...
Features
First Presbyterian, DallasMembers: 1,600Staff: 100Annual Budget: $3.5 million(all numbers are approximate)The Rev. Dr. Joe Clifford spent six years in the banking and finance business in Tennessee before he began working with Presbyterian churches. The background’s come in handy, as the pastor...
Features
Dallas has always spent an inordinate amount of time primping before its mirror, making sure the hair is perfect and the wrinkles don’t show.That’s why publicists and media consultants thrive here. Most spin fluff. For years, Dallas publicists concerned themselves with how often they could get...
Hospitality
Even in a wobbly economy, Hilton Anatole general manager Marc Messina is after something lofty....
Car Review
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Downright stunning. That’s what I thought, anyway, on climbing into the 2010...
Technology
Richardson-based AppTrigger was founded in 2001 as VoiceRamp Technologies, which changed its...
Real Estate
I’d lived in North Texas nearly two years—and never strayed from my MapQuest directions—until the...
Restaurant Reviews
WHY SHINSEI: The brainchild of Lynae Fearing and Tracy Rathbun, this Greenway Parks restaurant...
Wine
Dallas entrepreneur Craig Hall is known around these parts for his real estate, financing, and...
Financial Services
1. What exactly is “goodwill,” and why is it shown on companies’ financial statements? When one...
Management
Len Roberts, chairman of the board of Texas Health Resources, has a simple philosophy about...
E-Commerce
To her long list of highbrow clients, Ann Whitley Wood is the Hermès Birkin bag of online...
Letter From The Editor
Mark Dotzour, Ph.D., the chief economist and director of research for the Real Estate Center at...
Nonprofits
Why You Need to Know Her: Because Jackson, 46, is the new leader of an organization that’s...
Aviation
In this short century, Dallas-Fort Worth has had its share of executive disasters.Dave Edmondson...
Financial Services
Perhaps because of its proximity to the collection of corporate offices along the nearby Dallas...
Energy
Rob Snyder of the Dallas-based retail energy provider Stream Energy peeks at his BlackBerry near...