🔧GM strike hits Arlington; Rangers favored in WS; D-FW Airport celebrates 50th

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📣NEWS OF THE DAY:

With home-field advantage, the Texas Rangers are favored to win the World Series at -160 (a $10 bet would pay out $16.25 total). Their opponent, the Arizona Diamondbacks, are +140 to win the title (a $10 bet would pay out $24 total). Odds are as of last night at Caesars Sportsbook. Games 1 and 2 are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Globe Life Field in Arlington.

D-FW International Airport in Grapevine is marking 50 years. William Tate has been Mayor for 43 of those years. He told the Dallas Morning News how Grapevine is a very different city because of the development. It gave up thousands of acres for the airport -- property that generates no tax revenue. “We were a small rural farming community when the airport started and had about 7,000 residents (51k now). We’ve had success, but it hasn’t been easy. If we had that 8,000 acres back on the tax rolls and us being in the center of the Metroplex, we would have probably been a much different city — probably more like Frisco."

Workers at the General Motors plant in Arlington walked out Tuesday. According to the United Auto Workers union, 5,000 members at Arlington Assembly joined the Stand Up Strike shortly after 9 a.m., shutting down production at GM's largest plant. The plant has operated for more than 60 years and manufactures large SUVs for GM's Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac divisions.

There's been a lot of creative and successful hoopla about TCU's 150^th birthday. It's also the 150^th for the Fort Worth Police and Fire departments. “It’s almost like a family. We reach out for support any time we need it, and that works both ways. They reach out to us as well,” said TCU Police Chief Robert Rangel. “There’s an expectation here, that if we’re needed, the answer is yes.”

As part of the 60th anniversary celebration, Fort Worth Country Day has unveiled its largest fundraising initiative in history: the “Forward Together” Comprehensive Campaign, which has already raised $31 million to build a new lower school, improve athletics facilities and more.

The Metroplex Business and Civic Association released a graphic showing that crime for the month of September was vastly lower in downtown Fort Worth than in downtown Dallas.

Top 40 accounting firm Whitley Penn of Fort Worth has acquired San Antonio-based Fisher, Herbst & Kemble P.C. The merger begins Nov. 1.

There are a few Texas sites among the 31 TechHubs announced this week by the Biden Administration, including the SMU-led Texoma Semiconductor Hub - one of just four hubs to focus on innovation in the semiconductor supply chain. A total of $500 million is scheduled to be distributed.

The U.S. Army delivered GE Aerospace’s T901 Improved Turbine Engine to Bell Helicopter for its submission for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program. With the engine’s arrival, Bell is prepared to complete the build for the Bell 360 Invictus competitive prototype and move forward to the next stages of the FARA competition.

Southlake-based Sabre, a provider of software and technology for the global travel industry, has reached agreements with Jet2.com, the UK's third largest scheduled airline, and Air France-KLM. Sabre has a multi-year distribution agreement giving Sabre-affiliated agencies long-term access to Jet2.com content. Air France-KLM agreed on a multi-year distribution agreement and renewal of an existing separate agreement.

Dennis Degner, CEO of Range Resources, said of the company’s third quarter results: "…continued to showcase the resilience of Range’s business. Range’s competitive cost structure, low relative capital intensity, liquids optionality and thoughtful hedging allowed us to generate strong full-cycle margins despite challenged natural gas prices." Cash flow from operating activities was $150 million and cash flow from operations, before working capital changes, was $240 million. Production averaged 2.12 Bcfe per day, approximately 68% natural gas.

Bo French defeated two other candidates and has been sworn in as Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party. He replaces Rick Barnes, who is running for Tarrant County tax assessor-collector.

👟PEOPLE ON THE MOVE:

• Texas Capital: Adds Rylough Washington as Vice President

• FinElevate: Launched by Colin Sandburg

• Thomas Printworks: Hires Toni Shelton as Business Development Executive

✂️SNIPPETS:

• Car owners fall behind on payments at highest rate on record. (read)

• Two economic indicators with spooky significance. (more)

• Annual Zombie Bike Ride attracts thousands as Fantasy Fest begins in Key West. (watch)

On this day in 1978: The movie Halloween premieres. It was directed and scored by John Carpenter and starred Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. Made for $300,000, it grossed more than $65 million in its initial release. Michael Myers' iconic mask was created from a Star Trek Captain Kirk mask purchased for $1.98 from a costume shop. The eye holes were widened and the mask was spray-painted a bluish white.

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