Apple phones launch; Chew(y) on this pet vet option; Rich man, poor Browns.

Employing palm scan payment technology, the Amazon One checkout system will be used at all 16 D-FW Whole Foods stores in "the coming weeks." 

Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is racing into Fort Worth, opening Sept. 25 at 2701 Andretti Karting Dr near I35 and Hwy 287. The venue offers nearly 100,000 square feet of experiences for racers and gamers. At the heart of the facility are state-of-the-art professional racing simulators featuring panoramic screens with full-motion actuators designed to replicate the sensation of professional racing.

Online pet food and pet-related products retailer Chewy, Inc., which has branched out to vet clinics servicing dogs and cats, has announced its first two north Texas locations for 2025 — Fort Worth and McKinney. The Fort Worth location will be at 3251 Tracewood Way in the Alliance area.

Quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys agreed to a four-year, $240M contract extension that keeps them together through the 2028 season.  The contract is the largest average ($60M) by $5M and the largest guarantee ($231M) in NFL history, and averted a chance for Prescott to test free agency after this season. 

The Cowboys scored 27 consecutive points and defeated the Cleveland Browns, 33-17, in the season opener. They host New Orleans next Sunday at noon. 

Fort Worth-based TTI has signed a franchise agreement with OPTEK Technology and will stock and distribute OPTEK's comprehensive range of optoelectronic components, including visible LEDs and assemblies, infrared sensors and switches, magnetic sensors, encoders and more.

Apple will launch four new iPhone models today: iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max. The non-Pro models will have faster processors, 8 GB of memory, a new Action button, and support for spatial video recording. The Pro models will feature larger displays, slimmer bezels, 8 GB of memory, improved cameras with a new 48-megapixel ultrawide-angle lens, and a dedicated camera button for enhanced photo-taking capabilities. 

US LBM has acquired Nix Door and Hardware, a provider of custom building products and services to builders, remodelers and homeowners. Nix will operate as part of US LBM’s Texas Building Supply.

TPG, based in Fort Worth and San Francisco, has acquired MIRATECH and is set to accelerate the company’s growth in emissions control and noise reduction technology for critical sectors such as data centers and energy infrastructure.

Bell will deliver the first example of the U.S. Army’s next-generation tiltrotor in 2026, with the type’s first flight coming during the year.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, candidates for President of the United States, debate tomorrow night at 7 pm on ABC. Here are the network's guidelines.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has begun an inquiry into the loyalty programs of American, Delta, Southwest and United airlines. The goal of the probe, DOT said, is to protect customers from potential unfair, deceptive or anti-competitive practices.

The best U.S. colleges are Princeton, Babson and Stanford, according to the Wall Street Journal / College Pulse 2025 rankings. The ranking measures how well each college sets graduates up for financial success. Texas schools that made the top 100 are: Texas A&M No. 28, Rice University No. 29 and University of Texas No. 41.

Just weeks after declaring bankruptcy and looking for a buyer, LL Flooring (formerly Lumber Liquidators) has decided instead to close all 424 stores, including approximately 10 in the Tarrant County market. Officials said a sale of the company's assets would bring more money to creditors.

With the quickly changing college athletics landscape, TCU Athletic Director Jeremiah Donati has named a six-person Strategic Leadership Team.

Aurora Innovation is hosting a partners summit to prepare customers for its driverless trucks and a planned route expansion between El Paso and Phoenix. 

Institutional investor Stonepeak acquired two significant logistics assets in the Alliance market of Fort Worth totaling 1.1 million square feet.

Monday mansion: Still for sale, 12 years later, is basketball legend Michael Jordan’s $15M mansion. The 56,000-square-foot home, with personalized Jordan flags and his name painted on the basketball court, has languished on the market - but he hasn’t lost patience. (WSJ)

Believe it or not: Serial record-breaker David Rush broke one of his own records by using his mouth to bounce a ping-pong ball off a wall 47 times in 30 seconds.

Significant stat: The number of accountants in the U.S. has fallen since 2019 by 18% to reach 1.6 million, per a Bloomberg analysis. An estimated 75% of existing CPAs will retire in the next 15 years, while the number of new candidates who took the CPA exam this year was the lowest since 2006.

Snippets:

• Roaring Kitty posted on X for the first time in two months, sending the price of GameStop stock higher and Chewy lower. 

• What Forbes is saying about Fort Worth’s ability for adaptive re-use of historic office buildings downtown.

• Tervis, manufacturer of drinkware tumblers, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

• Tarrant County commissioners gave election poll workers and judges hourly raises to $15 and $18, respectively. Dallas County pays $18 and $24 an hour.

• A new career for Matthew McConaughey as a college football studio analyst?

Announcements: 

• Seamless: Adds Rachel Hyde and Matthew Locke.

• MatchPoint: Adds David DuBois as Director of Strategy & Development.

• Turnkey Project Services: Announces Phillip Brown Jr. as General Manager of the commercial furniture and facility services company,

• Schaefer Advertising: Adds Katie Betik as real estate account supervisor.

• Forbes: Hires Eric Wood, TCU Director of Counseling, as columnist on "College mental health and emerging adulthood."

• KDC: Promotes Eric Hage to President.

• Mr. Gatti's Pizza: Promotes Travis Smith to EVP and Ryan Morris to SVP of Real Estate and General Counsel.

• The Mindful Project: Adds Acharya Michael Watkins to instructor team.