The galactic new Dallas Cowboys stadium currently under construction in Arlington has to be seen to be believed. This architectural marvel, with the world's largest flying trusses, reportedly will have a football capacity of 80,000 fans---and well over 100,000 for events. Owner Jerry Jones is building a monument for the ages, certain to attract the eyes of the world well before the 2011 Super Bowl here.

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Greeting from the Big D and the North Texas Metroplex ("metropolitan complex").

The giant earners here start with Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. John D. Rockefeller would be proud: the one-time Standard Oil is number one in Texas. Nationally, the energy giant is second behind Wal-Mart on revenue, but its $40.6 billion in profits crowns the Global 500.

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That's the official motto of Dallas, but it flies equally well for Texas, America's mammoth second largest state and with a history and spirit of independence to match. Originally a territory of Spain and then Mexico, Texas became its own nation in 1836 before joining the U.S. in 1845; having flown under six different flags, Texas and its people have a fierce attitude of hard-won pride.

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I won't say clairvoyant quite yet, but having quoted Hank Greenberg yesterday in connection with weathering market storms, here comes the ex-AIG chief lashing out against the company's record $7.81 billion first-quarter net loss.

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Acting on Alexander Hamilton’s view that “…there must be a line of separation between honest men and knaves, between stockholders and dealers in the funds, and mere unprincipled gamblers,” a group of 24 men formed the predecessor to the New York Stock Exchange, this week on May 12, 1792.

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This time last year, oil was $62 a barrel. On Friday, it finished at double that amount, with the national average for a gallon of gas hovering around $4. In the same time period, the dollar dropped 15% against the euro. Consequently, reports the NY Times, hedge funds, pension funds and other institutional investors are going short on oil to offset losses in stocks, bonds and other dollar-backed assets.

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Staying with travel and leisure from yesterday, Royal Caribbean’s Richard Fain, chairman and CEO since 1988, is proving an able sea captain in this choppy economy.

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In the most recent issue of Corporate Leader, we feature Adam Stewart, the boy-wonder CEO of Sandals Resorts. Promoted to the post nearly two years ago at the ripe young age of 25, his responsibilities, at first blush, might seem heavy boots for such young feet: the all-inclusive Caribbean resort chain comes with 8,000 employees, 22 properties, 3.1 million guests per year and nearly $1 billion in annual revenue.

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71 years and billions of cans later, it's hard to argue with the success of Jay Hormel's "Miracle Meat". Another "spam" just reached a milestone, but it’s no cause for celebration. 30 years old, and e-mailed spam is more rampant than ever. E-mail security company Sophos says that 95 percent of all email today is spam; Symantec estimates between 80 percent and 85 percent, but whatever the number, it's gum in the works.

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When it came time for Contessa Premium Foods to build a new frozen-food manufacturing plant last year, CEO John Z. Blazevich decided he didn’t want the 115,000-square-foot, $40 million factory to be just another light-industrial structure at the edge of Los Angeles. He wanted it to stand as a visible example of his $250 million company’s environmental values. He decided to put his money where his mouth was, shelling out an extra $6 million to make the facility the first in the world to gain a Leadership in Environment and Energy Design (LEED) certificate. Here's how he did it -- and the unexpected dividends of his trailblazing leadership.

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