By Maxine Shapiro, KERA 90.1 business commentator

Dallas, TX – Out and about in North Texas. What's new and what's coming. I'm Maxine Shapiro with KERA Marketplace Middays.

By Maxine Shapiro, KERA 90.1 business commentator

Dallas, TX – Let's all take a good deep breath as we go into this week. In fact, let's take lots of deep breaths. It's imperative that we stay focused. I'm Maxine Shapiro with KERA Marketplace Middays.

By Suzanne Sprague, KERA 90.1 Reporter

Laredo, TX – Suzanne Sprague, KERA 90.1 Reporter: Straddling the Rio Grande in southern Texas, Laredo is the largest inland port in the western hemisphere. But it is also a city divided. Laredo, Texas, sits on the American side. Nuevo Laredo is just across the river in Mexico. But most people here think of "Los Dos Laredos" as one city. Betty Flores is mayor of the Texas side.

By Bill Zeeble, KERA 90.1 reporter

Dallas, TX – Bill Zeeble, KERA 90.1 reporter: Like many children of parents involved in WWII, Kathy Lovas, a photography and visual arts teacher at the University of North Texas in Denton, says her late mother never really talked about her wartime experiences. But she did keep a diary.

Kathy Lovas, artist, art instructor: September 23rd,1942.

By Suzanne Sprague, KERA 90.1 reporter

Dallas, TX – Suzanne Sprague, Reporter: There was a lot of shoulder-shrugging and head-scratching at yesterday's economic forum sponsored by the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert McTeer headlined the event. He's like a local version of Alan Greenspan, so his analysis was guarded. But he's relying partly on anecdotal data to make sense of what's going on now.

By Jennifer Nagorka, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX – A few weeks after September 11, our neighbor across the street dug a hole in his front yard, planted a 12-foot flagpole, rigged a floodlight to shine up at it, and raised a large American flag. His gesture wasn't born of the easy patriotism that led so many people to slap flag decals on their cars. He had two children at West Point - one a senior who has since graduated, and one who is a junior this fall. Our neighbors know something about sacrifice and service.

By Maxine Shapiro, KERA 90.1 business commentator

Dallas, TX – It's Friday so "It's Only Money," a review of the big and not-so-big stories of the week. I'm Maxine Shapiro with KERA Marketplace Middays.

By Maxine Shapiro, KERA 90.1 commentator

Dallas, TX – It's not easy when accusations are given and denials are made. The current corporate climate calls for truths to be revealed either by an outside source or more ethically from within. But when a company flatly rebuffs what has been exposed, who do you believe? I'm Maxine Shapiro with KERA Marketplace Middays.

By Marisa Trevi?o, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX – I could tell the joke hit a nerve with my fellow Latinos because the laughter was spontaneous - and uneasy. We were crammed into a tiny auditorium to see a comic from L.A., and the Chicano comedian had just acted out a scene about authorities who mistake a Latino for Osama Bin Laden.

By Maxine Shapiro, KERA 90.1 business commentator

Dallas, TX – No doubt about it, video and computer games are a growing business. It's an industry that generates over $6 billion in sales. No wonder higher education is considering it as a degree. But can it do so while the moral controversy looms overhead? I'm Maxine Shapiro with KERA Marketplace Middays.