Sydney Asher

Mar 26, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Sydney Asher

Through its investment, the company hopes to "strengthen energy security" to make way for future data center growth and AI-development. Read on to find where Schneider Electric is focusing its efforts. Schneider Electric SE this week unveiled in Dallas plans to invest more than $700 million in its U.S. operations through 2027, a decision that is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.

Mar 26, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Sydney Asher

The difference in pay between male and female workers in Texas has grown by a double-digit percentage since 2019, according to a new report. Learn more about the analysis in this story and what it means for the state's economy. The wage gap between women and men in Texas has widened in recent years. The difference in pay between male and female workers in Texas has grown 27% since 2019, according to a report released March 25 by the Texas Women’s Foundation.

Mar 19, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Sydney Asher

Listen to this article 4 minThe airline sent shockwaves last month as it enacted its first wave of layoffs in company history, reducing its corporate workforce by 15%. One month later, Southwest is reducing its staffing even further — and this time it's frontline workers getting the pink slips. Southwest Airlines Co. is laying off 120 employees across four major airports.

Mar 19, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Sydney Asher

Listen to this article 5 minWhen Pascal Desroches joined AT&T in 2021, it had one of the highest debt loads of any non-financial company in the U.S. He's helped overhaul the company's strategy and four years later, the Dallas-based company's share prices are hitting record highs. Read on to find out how he did it, and learn about his philosophy on leading a team throughout change. When Pascal Desroches joined AT&T as chief financial officer in April 2021, the company was in troubled waters.

Mar 14, 2025 | bizjournals.com | Sydney Asher

The company first put its Plano printing facility on the market in September. After a series of potential buyers, the facility has officially sold six months later. DallasNews Corp. closed on the sale of its printing plant in Plano for $43.5 million. The parent company of the Dallas Morning News said in a March 13 statement that it will sell the 620,000-square-foot building at 3900 Plano Parkway to Dallas-based Denago EV, a golf cart and low-speed vehicle manufacturer.