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BNSF reportedly won't accept any new oil tank shipments

Requests to add a dozen new trains, or 1,000 new oil tank cars, have been "blocked out" by Fort Worth-based BNSF, sources told Reuters.

Washington Bureau

Has big business hijacked regulatory reviews meant for small business?

A new report from the Center for Effective Government concludes that small business panels that review proposed regulations at EPA, OSHA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau simply give big businesses another shot at weakening public protections.

Meetings will show stations, routes for Dallas to Fort Worth bullet train

The high-speed rail project from Dallas to Fort Worth will be about 32 miles long and will include at least one station between the two metropolitan areas.

DBJ Confidential

Ascend Marketing acquisition of Yellowfin boosts digital design strengths

Grapevine-based Ascend Marketing’s acquisition of Yellowfin Design + Strategy in Austin gave the North Texas company a foothold in the state capital. But possibly more importantly, it bolstered Ascend’s digital marketing and design capabilities and branding services.

DBJ Confidential

Allen West to focus on policy over politics, fund-raising at NCPA

Minimizing bureaucracy and focusing on policy over politics will be the goals of former Florida congressman Allen West when he takes the helm as the CEO of the Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis.

Texas energy group, land commissioner seek injunctions to halt enforcement of Denton frack ban

The association, which represents 5,000 oil and gas companies, seeks a declaration that the ordinance is invalid and unenforceable.

ExxonMobil commits $25M to MIT energy research, technology initiative

With the financial support, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university will establish 10 graduate fellowships annually in energy research.

Washington Bureau

What Republican control of Senate would mean for business

Republicans have a good chance of winning control of the Senate Tuesday. For business, that means possible changes to Obamacare, momentum for tax reform and likely passage of new trade deals.

Washington Bureau

EPA: Record Hyundai, Kia fine shows it can enforce greenhouse gas rules

Hyundai and Kia agreed to pay $350 million to settle charges that the auto makers overstated greenhouse gas emissions reductions and fuel economy on some of its vehicles.

Strategies: How we decontaminated Dallas' Ebola hot spots

How we decontaminated the apartment of Thomas Eric Duncan, hospital isolation rooms affected by Dallas Ebola cases

DBJ Confidential

System provides potable, portable water powered by wind and solar

The SunSpring system can purify up to 5,000 gallons of water per day running entirely on batteries charged by renewable energy.

DBJ Confidential

Experts will debate fracking Monday in Farmers Branch

Pro-fracking filmmaker Phelim McAleer will debate Calvin Tillman, the outspoken former mayor of DISH who took on the oil and gas industry in that town.

DBJ Confidential

Texas governor candidates Abbott, Davis talk education, immigration

Here’s where Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis stand on the issues of public education, immigration and higher education.

NTx Apps Challenge awards $80K worth of prizes to contest winners

The 10-week contest, which culminated at the Addison TreeHouse on Oct. 17, was created to inspire Web entrepreneurs to build sustainability apps that would address four municipal growth challenges: water conservation, waste and recycling, smart energy and transportation.

Possible Ebola patient transferred from Baylor to Presbyterian hospital, then released

Baylor University Medical Center became the second Dallas Hospital to receive a potential Ebola patient.