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The Texas Stock Exchange marked the transfer of Texas Capital’s Texas Equity Index ETF (TXSE: TXS) and Texas Oil Index ETF (TXSE: OILT) with a market close bell ringing ceremony at the company’s Dallas headquarters Sept. 16. [Photo: TXSE]
Texas Stock Exchange Parent Raises $155M in Third Round
by Sandra Engelland | Sep 30, 2026
One year after SEC approval, TXSE Group has raised a total capital haul of $430 million to take on NYSE and Nasdaq.
by Sandra Engelland |
May 6, 2026
Over three years, grants funded by The BlackRock Foundation will be used to help train more than 12,000 Texans for high-paying electrical careers, boosting the workforce needed to support Texas’ rapid growth, BlackRock said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2026
In a Bloomberg interview with Julie Fine, the former congressman laid out TXSE's timeline: trading this summer, listings in Q4, and first IPOs in Q1 2027.
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Reports: Texas Stock Exchange Settles Trademark Dispute Over ‘TXSE’ as Backing Grows to $270 Million
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 16, 2025
The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange has resolved a trademark dispute with the Toronto Stock Exchange over its “TXSE” branding, The Texas Lawbook reported. Separately, Bloomberg reported that total funding for TXSE Group, the exchange’s parent company, has reached $270 million with new backing from Goldman and Bank of America.
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Gigapower CEO Francisco Maella [Composite image; Sources: Gigapower/DI Studio]
AT&T- and Blackrock-Launched Gigapower Appoints New CEO
by Lance Murray | Nov 4, 2025
Francisco Maella, the former CEO and CTO of Dobson Fiber, succeeds Gigapower's founding CEO, Bill Hogg. Since its 2022 launch, Gigapower has connected more than 150 municipalities to high-speed broadband across nine states, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Minnesota.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 15, 2025
A consortium of big industry players called the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) and other partners are snapping up Aligned and its 50 data center campuses across the U.S. and Latin America. AIP's first-ever investment aims to help meet "the growing demand for the infrastructure required as AI continues to reshape the global economy," said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 1, 2025
Toni Broberg will lead Gigapower’s strategic engagement with local, state, and external stakeholders and support its broadband infrastructure expansion and public policy initiatives.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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The 72-story Bank of America Plaza, known for its changeable green-lit outline, dominates the Dallas skyline as the city's tallest building and the third tallest in Texas. [Image: Jaclyne Ortiz/Shutterstock]
Report: Visionary Developers Plan ‘Moonshot’ Transformation of Bank of America Plaza in Downtown Dallas
by Quincy Preston | Sep 20, 2024
First reported by D CEO, Mike Hoque and Mike Ablon have the iconic 72-story tower and four surrounding city blocks under contract, planning a $350 million redevelopment that includes a luxury hotel, street-level enhancements, and a potential new financial district in downtown Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 5, 2024
As we noted in our top story today, Lee's TXSE Group plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S. The group says it will provide "a venue to trade and list public companies and the growing universe of exchange-traded products" as a "fully electronic, national securities exchange." That's caused buzz across the Lone Star State—and especially on Wall Street.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 5, 2024
Watch out, Wall Street—a Dallas-based stock exchange is bucking its way into U.S. equity capital markets. And it's already lined up around $120 million in funding from BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and other investors including "prominent business leaders from around the country."
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 24, 2022
The wholesale fiber services provider, Gigapower LLC, will be led by CEO Bill Hogg.
AT&T will be a joint owner and anchor wholesale tenant. As a commercial open-access platform, Gigapower will allow multiple ISPs and companies to rent or lease its fiber network on a wholesale basis.
AT&T will be a joint owner and anchor wholesale tenant. As a commercial open-access platform, Gigapower will allow multiple ISPs and companies to rent or lease its fiber network on a wholesale basis.
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