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Big Lots may not have a suitor after all.

International soccer superstar Lionel Messi will face the Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium in downtown Houston in an early-season matchup.

The Houston-based company, run by billionaire Dan Friedkin, acquired the European soccer giant after first entering a period of exclusivity in June.

Enterprise Products Partners bought a Houston-based Delaware Basin company for $950 million, marking its entrance into a new region.

Officials pointed to NRG Park’s age and how much traffic it receives on an annual basis as reasons a massive investment is needed.

Private equity firm Quantum Capital Group formed a new company to acquire the assets in one basin, while an existing company gets those in the other.

Kodiak Gas Services grew its headcount 33% after acquiring CSI Compressco LP for $854 million in April. Now, it has expanded its headquarters.

Houston’s largest credit union is leasing eight floors — over 100,000 square feet — at an office tower at the Post Oak Central development.

The property will serve as the company’s operational hub, supporting the import and distribution of frozen seafood products sourced globally.

Tvardi Therapeutics, a Sugar Land-based pharmaceutical company co-founded by a former MD Anderson president, will hit the stock market early next year.