Musk can't mask disdain for F-35; Alphabet soup? H-E-B in HEB; 1 if by rail, 2 if by air (Jordan's)👟.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is expanding its cancer services in the Fort Worth Medical District with construction of a two-story, $177-million Radiation Oncology campus to house the city’s first MRI-guided precision radiation treatment. It is projected to open in 2028.

Fort Worth-based real estate developer Wilks Development, the company re-doing the downtown Public Market, has acquired One Ridgmar Centre, a 10-story, 177,199-square-foot, Class-A office tower at 6500 West Freeway. It plans to immediately invest $1 million in renovations, with an additional $8 million during the next five years. Holt Lunsford was the seller. At closing, Wilks secured more than 30,000 square feet of new leases. Among the new tenants is Fort Worth-based Equify Financial, LLC.

Robert Allen, President & CEO of the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership (EDP), said wins that Fort Worth landed in 2023 and 2024 generated $3.2 billion in capital investment and more than 5,700 jobs for the region.

In a self-reported response to the Dallas Business Journal, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership and the city's economic development department were ranked No. 1 with $2 billion of 2023 deals. Fort Worth also had the largest budget at $43 million. See the top 5 here.

Arlington-based REV Entertainment's Sports Marketing division has signed a strategic partnership with Conference USA to explore the league's revenue opportunities, including naming rights and sales strategies.

Three men have been charged with a pair of felonies after allegedly stealing more than $300,000 in Air Jordan shoes from a BNSF train stopped in the Mojave Desert.

H-E-B Grocery’s third Tarrant County store is in the works at 2105 Rio Grande Blvd, on the Bedford/Euless border. Due mid-2026, additional features in the $40.8-million project are a gas station, car wash, and pharmacy. To avoid a case of alphabet soup, here’s what H-E-B decided when it announced a store in HEB.

Cyclx is partnering with Agilyx, ExxonMobil and Lyondell Basell on a $136 million Cyclyx Circularity Center expected to be operational in 2026. It will be located at an existing distribution center in Fort Worth and will help to create further necessary infrastructure for a plastic circular economy — a pathway for recycling for further use so as not to damage the environment.

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History will unveil its renovated Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater on December 14. It replaces the IMAX Omni Theater, which closed in 2020 because of the pandemic. Advanced technology that will immerse guests in an 8K digital experience is featured.

President Biden pardons his son, Hunter Biden. The “full and unconditional pardon” comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

MilkShake Factory, known for handspun milkshakes with house made ice cream and small batch chocolates, will open its first Texas location Saturday at Grapevine Station, 1000 Texan Trail. There will be a MilkShake Factory t-shirt giveaway for the first 100 guests.

It will be quite the animated weekend Friday through Sunday at the Fort Worth Convention Center as Anime Frontier includes premieres of seven series from Crunchyroll, and Aniplex of America will show the North American premiere of Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl.

The United States Air Force awarded an $89-million contract to Fort Worth-based Elbit Systems of America to equip its F-16 Block 40/42 fleet with a new head-up display that enables pilots to access critical information during flights.

The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants' Thanksgiving game racked up 38.5 million viewers. It's the most-watched broadcast of the 2024 NFL season and fourth-highest for a Thanksgiving game. No. 1 is Cowboys-Giants 2022 matchup with 42.06 million. 

Tickets to the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge are available. The tournament is Monday, May 19 through Sunday, May 25, 2025.

The Potter's House Bishop T.D. Jakes updates his church after last week's "health scare". He calls it a "life-threatening calamity."

Texas Wesleyan University, the highest-scoring football team in college history, lost its first-ever playoff game, 42-33, to Benedictine College in the NAIA Football Championship Series.

How Mansfield representative David Cook went from Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s ally to lead the movement to replace him.

Snippets:

• Stock up: Disney's Moana 2 has record opening weekend domestically and internationally. 

• According to the Financial Times, eight of the top 17 cities in the U.S. for doing international business are in Texas. 

• Depends on where you sit: American Airlines seat re-configuration on largest planes squeezes lavatory space. 

• Popcorn profits:  For every $10 that moviegoers spend on hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, and soda, it only costs AMC $1.84 in food and beverage costs.

• It's Cyber Monday, and two Chinese platforms are in the retail fray for holiday gifting.

• Starlink gets approval to provide cell service with T-Mobile, but FCC defers action on waiver of power limits.

Today’s trivia: The country’s only privately-owned subway line used to run through downtown Fort Worth. Here's why.

Daily digit: Fort Worth’s Christmas tree tradition was started by Amon Carter in 1947. This year’s 82-foot Norway Spruce is the tallest live Christmas tree in Texas. It’s taller than the official 20-foot White House Christmas tree and larger than the 74-foot tree in New York City’s Rockefeller Center, according to Sundance Square. The tree-lighting ceremony is at 6 pm tomorrow.

Significant stat: Americans filed a record 5.5 million new business applications in 2023, per the U.S. Census Bureau. That's up from about 5.1 million in 2022 and 3.5 million in 2018 (pre-pandemic). About 1.8 million of 2023's new businesses are highly likely to hire workers, per the bureau.

Announcements:

• TechFW: Hires Blake Aldridge as Office and Community Manager.

• Fort Worth Chamber: Hires Dayna Stanfield as Executive Assistant.

• Texas Department of State Health Services: Selects Samantha Grimsley (Weatherford) as the Emergency Services Education Program/Educator of the Year.

• The Moonshot Initiative: Honors White Settlement police Sgt. James Stewart for efforts in preventing financial abuse of elderly.

• Rowan University: Hires one-time Texas Wesleyan marketing leader John Veilleux as Chief Marketing Officer. 

• African Think Tank: Promotes Paul Nelson to Executive Regional Director.

• Dunaway: Hires Kyle Loving as Corporate Counsel.

• Women’s Business Council-Southwest: Names Suzanne Cruz-Sewell Board Chair, Leigh Ann Vernon First Vice Chair, Rachel Sanchez Second Vice Chair, Pamela Bryant Treasurer and Graciela Hastings Secretary. 

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