Five stories that have North Texas talking: How Exxon compares among top energy companies; nearly 400,000 Texans could lose health insurance; Dallas will close 20 miles of streets next month; and more.
Exxon Mobil has been dethroned.
For 12 years, the Irving-based oil and gas giant ranked first on of the top 250 global energy companies. This year, it was knocked down to ninth place. Russia鈥檚 took the No. 1 spot.
Platts measures the financial performance of the world鈥檚 leading energy companies based on their asset worth, revenues, profits and return on invested capital. The list only includes companies that have assets greater than $5.5 billion. Here's .
As , Exxon鈥檚 has had a hard year: Its longtime CEO left to serve in the Trump administration; it in its alleged climate change fraud case; it was by the Treasury Department; it was ; and it dropped in this year鈥檚 , too.
Exxon could rebound in the rankings in the future with its increasing in West Texas, according to .
San Antonio-based Valero was the only other U.S. company in the top 10, dropping to No. 8 from third in last year鈥檚 rankings. [Platts, Yahoo! Finance, Texas Monthly]
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- More than 390,000 low- and middle-income of losing their health insurance after Congress failed to renew authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by the Sept. 30 deadline. [The Texas Tribune]
- for families living in homes owned by HMK Ltd. to move out or face eviction. The 305 low-cost rentals, mostly in , have been at the center of a conflict between the landlord and the city.
- Biking around Dallas and living to tell the tale is no small feat. Bumper-to-bumper traffic, distracted drivers, constant construction and general inaccessibility create a perfect storm only few can brave. Next month, .
- If you bring four cans of food to donate to the North Texas Food Bank on Wednesdays to the State Fair of Texas, you get $4 admission. On Thursdays, bring an empty 20 oz. bottle of any Coca-Cola product and receive $7 admission. .
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