Dallas, Texas

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.

1 The local economy
2 Recent Dallas business news
3 See also
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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.

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Recent Dallas business news

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Mark McClure International's 'Ruthless Entrepreneur" Set to Go Primetime: Austin, TX, January 06, 2009 -- -- Mark McClure , creator of the Ruthless Entrepreneur system of sales and marketing for business owners, entrepreneurs and salespeople worldwide, recently wrapped the pilot for ...
Motio's IBM Cognos BI Products and Services Continues to Set the Bar Higher: Motio, Inc., the recognized leader in providing advanced software for IBM Cognos BI deployments, continues their strong growth by providing Enterprise-grade applications that help monitor, secure, and customize ...
Is 2009 the 'Perfect Storm' for Expanding Passenger and Freight Rail...: Government and industry leaders will discuss the future of railroads in the Lone Star State at the 5th Annual South Central Rail Corridor Conference at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Dallas on Thursday and ...
U.S. Steel cuts production, jobs: About 50 jobs at the U.S. Steel plant in Lone Star will be cut as the company stops making certain steel pipes used in the automotive and mining industries.
Triangle Capital enters 2009 well armed: RALEIGH With nearly $50 million in cash and regulatory approval to raise more capital by selling shares, Triangle Capital Corp.
Dallas-Fort Worth apartment demand plummets: The Dallas-Fort Worth apartment market suffered a huge hit in the final months of 2008.
Proposed horse racing track near Lancaster has big backers: A prominent Dallas businessman and a state legislator have entered the field to build a horse racing track just outside of Lancaster.
Joe Straus could be next House speaker: Rep. Joe Straus all but laid claim to the powerful office of House speaker Monday, holding a triumphant news conference in the state capitol and laying out his vision for a new era of bipartisan leadership in ...