Nordstrom Rack will close its downtown Portland location in January 2026, affecting 37 employees. The company aims to assist with their transition and may offer transfers to other stores.

The Fort Ben Winter Market returns this Thursday at Lawrence Community Center, featuring a variety of local vendors offering handcrafted goods and treats from 4 to 7 PM.

RH Outlet will occupy part of the former Nordstrom anchor at Arden Fair Mall, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. Job listings show a hiring address on Arden Way.

Fort Worth's Beck School of Construction opens applications for local small construction businesses, aiming to enhance their industry growth, with a deadline on December 31.

Huntington plans to cut roughly 63 Dallas jobs as it folds Veritex into its operations, according to a state WARN filing. The move follows the bank’s recent merger and early-stage systems conversion.

Somnigroup proposed an all‑stock bid for Leggett & Platt that values the Carthage maker at $12 per share and asks for a board response by Dec. 22.

Carmi Soul Food Restaurant on Pittsburgh's North Side is closing after 13 years, planning to continue serving the community through catering and pop-ups.

MGM Resorts International is rebranding NoMad Las Vegas to The Reserve at Park MGM, with a completion date set for December 17. The revamped hotel will join Marriott Bonvoy Autograph Collection in 2026.

Starbucks settled a workers' rights lawsuit with New York City for $38.9 million, benefiting 15,000 workers affected by unstable scheduling practices and violations of the city's Fair Workweek Law.

Houston boutique Mr. Larkin landed on The New York Times' list of 50 best clothing stores, the only Houston shop to make the cut.

Goldman Sachs has agreed to buy Wheaton‑based Innovator Capital Management for about $2 billion, folding a local ETF specialist and roughly $28 billion of assets into its asset‑management arm.

The Grant Bar in Millvale closed after 90 years, sparking community nostalgia. Financial issues and owners' age led to its closure despite being a beloved local institution.

DeGolyer & MacNaughton, a Dallas petroleum consultancy, will perform most of OPEC+'s capacity reviews that will shape production quotas due in 2027. The decision puts a local firm at the center of global oil math.