⬆️Six Flags, GM, Lockheed up, up, up; Cuban & Trump agree on Rx; The GOAT opens shop in Victory Park.

Mark Cuban said his online pharmacy Cost Plus Drugs will participate in the drug price transparency tool, TrumpRx, which allows Americans to shop directly for prescription drugs at discounted rates without insurance. Cuban, keynote speaker at the HLTH conference, also excoriated the pharmacy benefit manager industry for driving up the cost of U.S. medications. 

Germany is preparing to expand its F-35 order with the purchase of 15 jets from Lockheed Martin for roughly $2.9 billion, according to parliamentary documents cited by Spiegel and confirmed by Reuters.

The U.S. Army and Fort Worth-headquartered Bell Textron are aggressively pushing to speed up fielding of the MV-75 tiltrotor by shifting acquisition milestones, moving funding up and concurrently designing and building initial aircraft. It is a plan that adds pressure to the Army’s biggest acquisition program.

CardVault by Tom Brady, a store for sports cards, trading cards and authenticated memorabilia, is opening its first southern storefront just steps from the entrance of American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars. CardVault by Tom Brady brings an immersive retail experience to collectors and fans.

A medical watchdog group filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Tarrant County Hospital District, which operates as JPS Health Network. It alleges the system's diversity contracting policies illegally discriminate on the basis of race.

American Airlines is not getting rid of all its extra baggage. In a move the union is opposing, the airline cut weight-loss drug Ozempic from flight attendants' healthcare coverage.

Partners for 35+ years, Southlake-based Sabre "grudgingly" sues British Airlines for more than $450k over a tax dispute. 

Stocks with local connections on the move:

• Fort Worth-based First Cash Holdings (think pawn shops) is up a whopping 53% this year. Simply Wall St. explores what's next.

• Lockheed Martin raises its 2025 sales outlook to the $74.25–to-$74.75 billion range as it announces a record $179-billion backlog that is driving growth.

• General Motors had its best day in nearly six years and set a 52-week high. Top- and bottom-line beats in the third quarter, amplified by upbeat guidance, launched shares more than 16% higher. 

• Six Flags stock (FUN) jumped 17.73% after activist investment group Jana Partners and NFL player Travis Kelce announced a 9% ownership stake. Jana Partners is pushing for Six Flags to improve its marketing and the customer experience. It also sees ways for the company to modernize technology, refresh its leadership and pursue a potential sale.

The Dallas Mavericks open their season at home tonight against the San Antonio Spurs. Sports Business Journal sat down with CEO Rick Welts to discuss a new arena and other fiscal matters. 

The 2025–26 NBA season started last night with a record-setting, 11-year, roughly $76 billion media rights agreement until the end of the 2035-2036 season. NBC, Peacock, Prime, ABC and ESPN all have games scheduled. 

Primark, an Irish retailer of clothing and home goods, is opening at Grapevine Mills outlet mall Dec. 4.

North Carolina private equity group Prudent Growth Partners has completed its $7.85-million acquisition of Melbourne Plaza, a 47,364-square-foot retail center in Hurst. Located near Northeast Mall, Melbourne Plaza has 17 tenants and is at 97% occupancy. 

DraftKings is making a dramatic move into the predictions market with the acquisition of Railbird Technologies, which is a federally licensed exchange designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Workforce readiness non-profit, NPower Texas, is accepting applications from area military veterans, military spouses and young adults ages 18–26 for its no-cost, 20-week, online Spring 2026 Tech Fundamentals IT Boot Camp.

Believe it or not: Up to $15,000 = What the Pharrell Williams-owned auction house Joopiter will be selling one-of-one tattoo designs to the highest bidder. Each tat is expected to bring $10,000 to $15,000. That’s steep considering it doesn’t include the cost of the tattoo.

Snippets:

• Warner Bros. Discovery is considering a possible sale after receiving unsolicited interest from multiple parties. Netflix and Comcast are among the companies weighing bids for parts of the media and entertainment company.

• Beyond Meat has seen a sudden, meme-like rally in its stock. Bullish retail investor Dimitri Semenikhin looks like he's trying to do for Beyond Meat what Keith Gill did for GameStop.

• Harper Lee wrote more than To Kill A Mockingbird. Eight short stories were found in her apartment after her death and were published for the first time as The Land of Sweet Forever.

Daily digit(s): The Fort Worth Film Commission, a partnership between community, tourism and Fort Worth, launched October 20, 2015. Since that day, film has added $1 billion to the local economy and created more than 50,000 jobs in Fort Worth.

Significant stat: 136 = Newspapers in the U.S. that have closed during the past year. While entrepreneurs are launching digital news sites, they haven’t created enough to cover the losses, the report from Northwestern University said.

Announcements: 

• National Drowning Prevention Alliance: Adds fractional executive Matt Ciardiello as a Director.

• cb Strategic Operations: Launched by Chris Briggs.

• Southside Bancshares: Adds Keith M. Donahoe, Jeb W. Jones, and Raymond C. McKinney to its Board, effective November 15. Approves the appointment of Mitchell Craddock to Chief Operating Officer.

• United Way of Tarrant County: Adds Anthony Hernandez as Vice President for Education and Youth Opportunity, starting October 27. Adds Jennifer Strand as Vice President for Research and Innovation, starting in November.

• Texas A&M University: Names Kenneth Reeves to Board of Advisors at Mays Business School, MS Sports and Business Analytics.

• Tarleton State: The basketball court inside the EECU Center will be named after Scott and Lenna Summy. 

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