Depending on who's talking, the U.S. is – or isn't – in a recession. This year's list of top corporate employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area reflects a downturn in homebuilding, a drop in discretionary spending and a slight upswing in health care and video game services. Centex Corp. saw a 38 percent drop in employment, from 3,428 employees in 2006 to 1,306 in 2007. Citigroup Inc., among the major banks and securities firms hit by $309 billion in mortgage losses and writedowns, has cut jobs, including 375 locally. GameStop Corp., the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, rose by 875 employees in a year. MedicalEdge Healthcare Group Inc. rose by 1,150 employees. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., with its distribution center, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and Sam's Clubs in D-FW, kept its No. 1 position on the top employers list. It reported 34,871 employees, a 7 percent increase over 2007 figures. AMR Corp., parent company of American Airlines, repeats as No. 2 despite losing 400 employees, from 25,476 to 25,076. There were two newcomers to this year's list: ATC Logistics & Electronics, a subsidiary of Aftermarket Technology Corp., and Idearc Media, which manages and delivers print, online and wireless publishing and advertising services. ATC Logistics & Electronics logged in with 2,720 employees. Idearc, the official publisher of Verizon print directories and home to local search Superpages, has 1,700 D-FW employees. For this list, companies were asked the number of full-time equivalent workers (with part-timers counting as half), based in, but not necessarily living in, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Rockwall and Tarrant counties.04:47 PM CDT on Friday, May 2, 2008
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Texas dominates fastest-growing cities list June 22, 2010 - Star-Telegram Texas notched five of the top 10 spots for population growth among cities with over 100,000 people, according to new census estimates for 2009. Fort Worth ranked fifth, adding 23,276 residents. It was a continuation of Cowtown's 33 percent growth spurt since 2000 as the population grew from 543,338 to 727,525. The next-biggest percentage gainer among cities with over 500,000 people was Atlanta, which jumped 29.2 percent to 540,921. Read more
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A Tentative Sparkle Enlivens Holiday Shopping December 28, 2009 - New York Times The nation’s stores appear to have fared better this holiday shopping season than last year, according to early figures reported on Sunday. Major retailing categories had modest sales increases, while others fell slightly but still showed improvement. Read more
Texas remains fastest-growing state in latest census estimates December 24, 2009 - Dallas Morning News Even the nasty recession couldn't derail Texas' status as the fastest-growing state, according to U.S. census estimates released Wednesday. Texas gained 478,000 people in the 12 months starting July 1, 2008, the Census Bureau said. California had the next-largest growth (378,000), followed by North Carolina (134,000), Georgia (131,000) and Florida (114,000). Read more
D-FW is country's fastest-growing region June 22, 2010 - Dallas Business Journal Of all major markets in the country, Dallas-Fort Worth showed the most growth in recent years, adding 1.3 million people between April 1, 2000 and July 1, 2009, according to a report from the Census Bureau and CNNMoney.com. Read more