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Curt Crofford, Managing Director, Pennington Creek Capital [Photo: Business Wire]
Chickasaw Nation Taps Hicks Equity Partners Exec To Lead Pennington Creek Dallas Office
by Lance Murray | Mar 15, 2024
Longtime Hicks Equity Partners Managing Director Curt Crofford will lead the new office. Coupled with the recent launch of Good Springs Capital in mid-2023, Pennington Creek continues the expansion of the Chickasaw Nation’s diversification efforts.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
Lisette Mendez, Ben Kazora, Riyaz Muhammad, Arek Skuza, and Vikesh Gumpalli join a board of 40 other members representing all sectors of the North Texas technology industry for Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
Kosta Kartsotis, longtime CEO of Richardson-based watchmaker Fossil, is stepping down from that position and from the company’s board of directors, effective immediately.
Chief operating officer Jeffrey Boyer has been named interim CEO and moves onto the board, according to a company news release....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2024
AN USA, a UK-based sports nutrition, health & wellness company with an office in Plano, has appointed Aaron Heidebrecht as CEO of its North American business.
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The April 8 total solar eclipse will be an amazing, even life-changing event for North Texans—that is, if clouds don't get in the way. [Photo: Pitris/iStock]
The Last Word: Meteorologist Jay Anderson on the Possibility of Clouds Hiding the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse
by David Seeley | Mar 15, 2024
Dallas has a 60% average chance of cloud cover on April 8, according to a New York Times report based on data from April 7 through April 14 over the past 20 years, using measurements collected by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite. "Average cloudiness" refers to the portion of the sky covered by cloud. So that means 60% of the sky might be covered in clouds that day, on average, with 40% open to blue sky and hopefully the eclipse itself.
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Donatos Expands to Texas, As 4 Franchise Groups Bring Its ‘Edge-to-Edge’ Pizzas to Dallas‑Fort Worth
by David Seeley |
Mar 15, 2024
Serving its signature "edge-to-edge" pies since launching in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963, Donatos Pizza is entering the Texas market for the first time. Four different franchise groups throughout Dallas-Fort Worth plan to initially open "up to 20" new Donatos Pizza restaurants, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2024
Local Tech Hub consortium members made their pitches remotely Thursday to representatives of more than 100 companies and academia attending the meeting in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. SMU's Suku Nair said the pitch is just one example of how the Tech Hub's impact has "regional, national, and global significance."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 14, 2024
Wells Fargo's new campus in Irving's Las Colinas was "topped out" recently on its way to a planned end-of-2025 opening. Here's what KDC CEO Steve Van Amburgh has to say about the project's "timeless, organic, and sustainable design."
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Decorative concrete light poles are among the products offered by Ameron. [Photo: Ameron Pole Products]
Dallas-Based Arcosa to Acquire Ameron Pole Products for $180M in Cash, Expanding Infrastructure Offerings
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2024
Arcosa Inc., a Dallas-based provider of infrastructure-related products and solutions, will acquire Ameron Pole Products LLC from NOV Inc. for $180 million in cash.
Arcosa President and CEO Antonio Carrillo said the acquisition of Ameron is “an excellent strategic fit” as the company continues to “effectively deploy capital into Arcosa’s growth businesses.”...
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2024
Gauge Capital, a middle-market private equity firm based in Southlake, Texas, has announced the successful closing of its fourth fund, which was oversubscribed with roughly $1.4 billion in commitments....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2024
Once Vista's renovation of the old Social Security building at 3225 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. is complete, the new location will serve not only as Vista's largest and latest banking center, but will also provide office space to house the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce as well as Southern Dallas Progress and the SDFP Innovation Center. A Financial Literacy Center will also serve the community.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 13, 2024
In 2022, we told you about two next-gen, robotics-packed Walmart facilities that were coming to Lancaster, just south of Dallas: a 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center and a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center. The first opened last year and the second is still under construction. When it's completed, it will complete a trifecta of transformation in the region, including a retrofitted 1.2-million-square-foot distribution center in Sanger, north of Denton.
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John Billingsley [Photo illustration sources: Tronic; JBB Technologies; DI]
North Texas’ JBB Advanced Technologies Sells Tronic in $12B Deal
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2024
The stratospheric deal for the Web3 digital marketing innovator was announced by John B. Billingsley, chairman and CEO of Carollton-based JBB Advanced Technologies, and attorney and business investor Christina Marshall, owner of Tronic Ventures. It comes two years after Billingsley sold his renewables-focused Tri Global Energy for $270 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2024
The North Texas Innovation Alliance has begun offering quarterly "hands-on innovation experiences" at "the brightest and most innovative projects across North Texas" for NTXIA members. The Immersive Innovation field trips kicked off with a tour of the NSF's newly opened eCAT Center at UNT. Here's where the NTXIA is going next.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2024
Celebrating craftsmanship playfully, Michael's new "Respect the Handmade" campaign features handcrafted crochet chickens, sock puppets, and talking dogs busting a move to a cover of Aretha Franklin's anthem song.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2024
Colorado City-based Notes Live aims to break ground late this year on the Sunset Amphitheater at a 46-acre site northeast of U.S. 75 and S.H. 121. The "world-class venue" will hold up to 20,000 and feature over 250 luxury fire pit suites, reserved seating options, and a landscaped grass berm, all under an "iconic roof structure."
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