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Irving-Based Care Continuity Raises $10M To Fuel Growth in Patient Navigation

by | Jan 8, 2024
The funding will enable Care Continuity to further its mission of helping health systems, payers, and ACOs employ an efficient patient and member-centered care journey, the company said.
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Plano-Based Paragon Healthcare Is Being Acquired by Elevance Health
by | Jan 8, 2024
Paragon Healthcare specializes in "life-saving and life-giving" infusible and injectable therapies. After the acquisition closes, Paragon Healthcare will operate as part of CarelonRx, the pharmacy services segment within Carelon, Elevance Health’s health services division.
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Pharos Capital Makes Majority Investment in RhythMedix Cardiac Monitoring Platform
by | Jan 8, 2024
RhythMedix’s proprietary RhythmStar device is the first wearable cardiac ECG monitor with built-in 4G cellular connection. The company's management team is reinvesting alongside Dallas- and Nashville-based Pharos, and will remain in their current roles.
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Texas Instruments Launches New Radar Sensor Chips for ‘Smarter, Safer Vehicles’
by | Jan 8, 2024
"From more advanced driver assistance systems to smarter electric vehicle powertrain systems, TI is working alongside automakers to reimagine how reliable and intelligent technology can enable safer vehicles," said Fern Yoon, director of automotive systems at TI. The new tech will be demonstrated Thursday at the 2024 CES conference in Las Vegas.
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U-Haul Ranks Dallas as a Top 10 2023 Moving Destination

by | Jan 8, 2024
Austin and College Station-Bryan are the other two Texas destinations to make the Top 10 list of places people moved to for a new start in 2023.
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Patented: Texas Instruments’ New RGB-Infrared Sensor Processing Tech and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. 153 patents granted for the week of Dec. 5 include: 7-Eleven’s network-enabled fuel dispensing system, Alcon’s retractable cap actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge, Apple’s TDM transmission for inter-RAT dual connectivity UE, Bank of America Corporation’s electronic system for data processing by a self-correcting, deep neural network integrated within a memory resource, Beta Air’s system and method for dynamic excitation of an energy storage element configured for use in an electric aircraft, Cisco Technology’s techniques for selecting network protocols, and more.
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Fort Worth’s TimelyCare Names New Chief Financial Officer
by | Dec 28, 2023

Fort Worth-based higher education virtual health and well-being provider TimelyCare announced that veteran financial executive Cortney Johnson is joining the company as chief financial officer.

TimelyCare said that Johnson has a rich background in financial leadership and will play a pivotal role in guiding its financial planning, strategy, accounting, and reporting to propel the company’s exceptional growth....

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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Appoints Industry Veteran as President, Central Region
by | Dec 28, 2023

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, a leading distributor of beverage alcohol, announced that Matthew Metz has been appointed president, Central Region, effective in February.

The company is headquartered in Miami and Dallas.

Metz will report to John Wittig, Southern Glazer’s chief commercial officer, and will be responsible for leading all business activities in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas markets....

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Wedbush Securities Welcomes New Dallas-Based Managing Director to Strengthen Local Footprint

by | Dec 27, 2023

Rebecca Hern has been named managing director of Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities in Dallas, a diversified independent financial services provider.

Specializing in serving divorced or widowed women and having a unique background as a former personal banker, Hern said the position is a good fit for her as she returns to her hometown....

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Patented: Toyota Connected’s Real-Time Crash Detection and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. 139 patents granted for the week of Nov. 11 include: Coronado Aesthetics’ thermal skin treatment with metal nanoparticles, The Container Store’s monitor riser, PlayMakar’s percussive massager device connecting rod, Loftwall Inc. - Furniture article having panels with embedded magnets, and more.
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Balfour Beatty Announces Executive Appointments for National Executive Team
by | Dec 26, 2023

Dallas-based construction company Balfour Beatty announced it has appointed Richard Ryan to senior vice president, National Safety and Sustainability and Jenni Kelley to senior vice president, chief financial officer of the company’s U.S....

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Coppell’s Dave & Buster’s Announces April Retirement of CFO
by | Dec 26, 2023

Coppell-based Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. Chief Financial Officer Michael Quartieri will retire effective April 30, the owner and operator of entertainment and dining venues announced....

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FedEx’s Ken Spangler on AI: ‘We’re Only in the Beginning of What’s Possible’

by | Dec 21, 2023
In a new podcast hosted by Dave Copps of Dallas-based Worlds, the FedEx executive vice president talks change management, AI’s role in infrastructure, and the importance of a people-first culture.
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Carrollton-Based Concentric Acquires East Coast Power Services Company
by | Dec 21, 2023
Concentric, which calls itself the first national industrial power services organization, said the acquisition expands its capabilities to serve mission-critical businesses such as data centers, hospitals, financial institutions and other facilities.
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Irving-Based Penhall, North American Leader in Specialty Concrete Services, Acquired by H.I.G. Capital Affiliate
by | Dec 21, 2023
Founded in 1957, Penhall is North America’s largest provider of specialty concrete services, including cutting and coring, specialized demolition, grinding and grooving, GPR scanning, and digital X-ray. Its network includes more than 40 branch and service locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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North Texas’ BSN SPORTS Donates $275K in Sporting Goods To ‘Beat the Streets’ Initiative
by | Dec 21, 2023
Beat the Streets fosters youth development for student-athletes in underserved communities via mentoring and life guidance taught in quality wrestling programs. BSN President Terry Babilla says the donation is about not just helping young wrestlers win on the mat, but "in life, too."
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