Phony authentics, Quest Diagnostics, Texas on climate: Wednesday's Business Briefing

Your lunchtime look at D-FW business [Your lunchtime look at D-FW business] [Advertisement](  [Dallas News](  Business Briefing [DallasNews.com Â]( Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith shows his Dallas Cowboys football with Legit chip, an embeddable NFC chip that can be used to verify sports memorabilia or other luxury items (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) The big story Emmitt Smith tackles phony sports collectibles with tech Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith has signed hundreds of helmets, jerseys and scraps of paper. But with each autograph he knows is his, the former Dallas Cowboys running back worries about the fakes that may one day be passed on to unsuspecting  fans. So the 48-year-old football star has [created a company that makes those fakes easier to spot](. Now when Smith signs his name, he uses a smartphone to scan a chip on the item or embedded into it.  Through a mobile app, he can register the item so later anyone who buys it can prove it's authentic. He would like to see the tech-enabled system become a new standard for authenticating and tracking sports memorabilia, luxury goods, art and other collectibles. -[Melissa Repko]( Plus: [Find more technology stories](. The latest - Airlines: [American Airlines reverses course]( on plans for tighter legroom. - Real estate: [A new apartment community kicks off]( near Irving's Music Factory. - Retail: [What is Aldi doing]( to secure its Texas identity before its German rival Lidl tries the Lone Star state? - Restaurants: [Burgers cost 71 cents]( for first responders at Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas.  - Philanthropy: [Dallas HGTV star is building](8,000-square-foot mansion in Southlake for charity. Cattle graze near some of the 90 Clipper Windpower turbines at BP's Trinity Hills Wind Farm near Olney, TX on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (Michael Ainsworth/ The Dallas Morning News) FEATURED COLUMNIST: MITCHELL SCHNURMAN Will the market do enough to help Texas with clean energy? [Texas is playing small ball on clean energy](. A few months ago, a bill was introduced in Austin to study energy efficiency in the state and look for ways to improve it. Universities would cover the costs and the findings would be reported to the next Legislature. The bill [went nowhere](. “There was a desire to just let the market do it,” said Gavin Dillingham of the Houston Advanced Research Center. This is what passes for energy policy in Texas in 2017, at least at the statehouse. Plus: [Find more Mitchell Schnurman columns](. Elsewhere in Texas - Transportation: [Ride Austin said it has lowered prices]( to better compete with Uber and Lyft. (Austin American-Statesman). - Energy: [Oil prices and producers are keeping an eyeÂ](on the upcoming EIA report. (Houston Chronicle) - Real estate: The [$300 million redevelopment of San Antonio's Lone Star Brewery]( is in jeopardy. (San Antonio Express-News). - Marketing: [One Houston-area dentist is taking a comical approach]( to cheap veneers to reach customers. (Houston Chronicle). - Banking: Alabama bank [BBVA is moving to San Antonio's downtown area]( to increase its visibility. (San Antonio Express-News)  . company snapshot Quest Diagnositcs The medical laboratory giant [has entered into an agreement to purchase]( two North Texas labs -- Med Fusion and Clear Point -- that analyze cancer tumors, infectious disease and other clinical specimens. A look at the firm adding to its assets: - Headquarters: Madison, N.J. - Employees: 43,000 globally - 2016 revenue: $7.5 billion - 2016 profit: $696 million - Market cap value (as of June 14): $ 14.8 billion - Key brands: AmeriPath, ChartMaxx, Dermpath Diagnostics, Athena Diagnostics, ExamOne, and Care360. - Competitors: Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Danaher Corp. - Bragging points: Touches the lives of 30 percent of American adults each year, operates more than 2,200 patient service centers, and its; logistics capabilities include approximately 3,700 courier vehicles and 23 aircraft. - Stock price ([NYSE: DGX](): 107.45 (as of 11:30 a.m. CDT) Source: NYSE, 2016 Annual Report Follow DFW stocks: [See how top North Texas stocks performed](, as well as the oil and gas markets and major stock exchanges. DFW Top 100 Places to Work 2016: The Dallas Morning News and Workplace Dynamics partner each year to feature the [Top 100 workplaces](, based on ratings by the people who work at them. 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