❎Mayor wants to stay, Landeros to leave; AA fined $50 million over disability care; FBI has big miss on crime stats.

Trinity Metro has hired Anette Landeros as its Chief Strategy Officer, a position created to reflect Trinity Metro’s commitment to taking its innovation and strategic planning to the next level. Landeros has been President and CEO of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Before that, she spent 12 years with the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Office of the Inspector General. She starts in December.

GBT Realty Corp. is developing Burleson Commons, a 50,632-square-foot shopping center. GBT acquired the six-acre land parcel for $2.3 million from Orscheln Farm and Home in August. A 23,256-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market and 8,000-square-foot Five Below will anchor the center. Completion is projected in June/July 2025. 

TCU Athletic Director Jeremiah Donati announced updates to priority points for NIL contributions. Donors to the Flying T Club NIL collective will earn TCU Frog Club priority points.

Crystal Window and Door Systems TX has broken ground near Heritage Parkway and U.S. 287 South on a manufacturing facility and regional corporate headquarters. The development is supported by $121 million in capital incentives, including the Texas Enterprise Fund, and promises to create 504 new jobs.

Anta, a Chinese shoe brand, has deals with two Dallas Mavericks players - Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. Thompson is launching a new sneaker design that features Mavericks colors. His 10-year deal with Anta is worth $80+ million before bonuses and royalties, per Forbes.

Citing "numerous serious violations" of the laws protecting airline passengers with disabilities during 2019-2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation fined American Airlines $50 million. 

Southlake-based Sabre has a distribution agreement with Premier Inn, the UK's largest hotel brand.

U.S. home sales are on track for the worst year since 1995. September sales fell 3.5% from a year earlier. In 2023, home sales hit their lowest point in 30 years. (WSJ)

Earnings reports:

• Tesla stock was up nearly 22% Thursday. On the earnings call, CEO Elon Musk took a victory lap for the record quarter, saying low costs of making a car helped boost margins, and the Cybertruck achieved a positive gross margin for the first time. He said its energy storage business is "growing like wildfire." 

• American Airlines raised its profit forecast for the year as CEO Robert Isom said the company's sales strategy shift earlier this year is paying off.

• Strong pawn results lift First Cash's quarterly results. 

The U.S. Attorney's office honored Tarrant County Assistant DA Michael Ferry and DA Investigator Kevin Brown for their work on the 2019 investigation into the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in Arlington. 

Walmart will begin delivering prescriptions across the U.S. by the end of January as the retailer strives to keep pace with Amazon for healthcare dollars. Prescriptions will be delivered in as little as 30 minutes and should be available for more than 86% of American households, according to Walmart.

The FBI recently revised national crime statistics for 2022 to show a 4.5% overall increase in violent crime, instead of a 2.1% decrease the agency first reported last September, per a recent RealClearPolitics report.

Watchmaker Timex is celebrating 170 years by selling 1,000 limited-edition Waterbury timepieces for $1 apiece. The sale occurs on its website Nov. 16.

A Dutch prototype is stretching the bounds of an already innovative market by introducing a completely novel idea: A 387-square-foot, surprisingly stylish tiny home made out of a decommissioned wind turbine.

Runaway jack-o-lantern: Dashcam video shows an Ohio police officer arriving on the scene where a massive inflatable pumpkin was blocking a road. As he tried to remove it, the pumpkin swallowed him whole.

Daily digit: 2,471 pounds = Weight of the winning pumpkin at the 51^st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.

Announcements:

• Visit Fort Worth: Hires Alex Redlin as the Director of Public Relations and Content Strategy.

• Whitley Penn: Promotes Joe Lavis to Partner in Charge of the Dallas office.

• Stanley Black & Decker: Adds John Garrison, former President and CEO of Bell Helicopter, to its Board.

• Citadel Partners: Names Andy Goldston and Mac Morse Partners.

• Texas Quantitative: Launched by David Steed and Dowell Stackpole.

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