Texas Edition

Jamie Dimon Talks Up Texas as Pols, Others Boast About the ‘Boom Belt’

The state gets some love from pols and Wall Street
Greg Abbott, from left, Paul Atkins, Jim Lee, Jim Esposito, and Ron DeSantis during the Boom Belt event in Miami on April 7.Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg

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What do you get when you assemble Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida, Texas Stock Exchange CEO Jim Lee, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins and Citadels Securities’ Jim Esposito?