Mitchell Schnurman has been writing about business news in North Texas since 1986 and has been a columnist at the Star-Telegram since 2001. As a reporter, he covered many of the region’s top business stories, including Ross Perot’s exit from General Motors. As a columnist, he championed the lifting of the Wright Amendment and supported the Trinity River Vision project. For the past four years, he’s been named one of the country’s “Best in Business” columnists by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
E-mail: mschnurman@star-telegram.com
Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce overstates its influence
| |Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2012
Beware the hype and spin of corporate welfare.Read more
Sometimes management needs to ignore the data and follow its intuition
| |Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011
Sometimes management has to follow its intuition.Read more
Five questions for the Texas economy in 2012
| |Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011
Healthcare, American Airlines, home building and population growth will help determine how Texas fares next year.Read more
Rivals are targeting American at DFW
| |Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011
With American Airlines, the fortress hub has always lived up to its name.Read more
Bankruptcy likely to raise pay for top American execs
| |Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
Every April, union leaders at American Airlines threw a fit when the company handed out big stock awards to management. In bankruptcy, they'll have a lot more to howl about.Read more
Clouds are gathering over three important industries
| |Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
Aviation, defense contracting and natural gas are wobbly.Read more
By the end of his tenure at American Airlines, Arpey simply didn't have the support to continue
| |Wednesday, Dec. 07, 2011
Many backed away from him on avoiding bankruptcy.Read more
American Airlines pensions a rich target in bankruptcy proceedings
| |Friday, Dec. 02, 2011
If American ultimately abandons the pensions because they're unaffordable, it would be the biggest pension bust in U.S. history.Read more
American Airlines' unions will learn the hard way
| |Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011
American's workers had a choice, but petty politics beat out common sense.Read more
Rise and fall of DFW suburban office park Solana
| |Friday, Nov. 25, 2011
Solana has always been a trophy project. It has a great location, striking architecture, national-name tenants and a knack for making big plays.Read more
