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Dallas-Based Technology Media Group Acquired by Atlanta’s Phase 3 Marketing and Communications

by | Mar 30, 2023

Phase 3 Marketing and Communications of Atlanta has acquired Dallas-based digital printing company Technology Media Group Inc (TMG).

Phase 3 Marketing and Communications is an integrated marketing services company that also has offices in Dallas, the New York City metropolitan area, Nashville, and Charlotte. No financial details were released.

TMG’s capabilities will strengthen Phase 3’s fabrication, embroidery, and branded merchandise product offerings, the company said....

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Six Dallas-Area Companies Make Financial Times’ 2023 Fastest-Growing 500 List
by | Mar 30, 2023
FT's new list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the Americas covers a three-year period from 2018 to 2021 when economies were "powering out of the pandemic." This year's list features six companies in Dallas, Plano, McKinney, and Coppell. See how the median revenue of ranked companies almost doubled on this year's list—and find out which local companies made the cut.
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DFW 2023 James Beard Nominees
2023 James Beard Awards Nominees Include North Texas Restaurants, Bakeries, and a Banh Mi Sandwich Chef
by | Mar 30, 2023
Three restaurants, two bakeries, and a chef from Dallas-Fort Worth have been named among the James Beard Foundation's 2023 Restaurant and Chef Award nominees. Considered to be among the nation’s most prestigious honors, the awards recognize exceptional talent in the culinary and food media industries. Here are the six nominees from Dallas, Fort Worth, and Richardson. Bon appetit!
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Texas Tops New List of 10 Fastest-Growing and Most Affordable States in U.S.
United Regions Van Lines, a leading U.S. long-distance moving service provider, has released its research findings on the 10 Fastest Growing and Cheapest States in America for 2023. And the Lone Star State tops the list.
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Dallas Agency Wins Gold MUSE Creative Awards for Dallas Holocaust Museum Campaign, Temple Emanu-El Website

by | Mar 29, 2023
The winning work from Dallas-based agency Tegan Digital was for the first full-fledged branding campaign for the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum and for a website for Dallas' Temple Emanu-El. Tegan Digital competed with world-class brands including Adidas, Corona, and TikTok to bring home the honors.
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Done Deal: CVS Completes $8B Acquisition of Dallas’ Signify Health
by | Mar 29, 2023
The proposed acquisition was announced in September, with CVS Health beating out other big-name suitors in a bidding war last summer. “This transaction advances our value-based care strategy by enhancing our presence in the home,” CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch said. Reuters reported that the deal's closing was delayed by a Department of Justice review over antitrust concerns.
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The Last Word: UTD’s Dale MacDonald on How AI Chatbots Could Impact Your Job
by | Mar 29, 2023
MacDonald was part of a panel discussion at UT Dallas, in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, aimed at clearing up misconceptions about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s gone viral. The panel featured four UTD scientists—Xinya Du, Gopal Gupta, Dale MacDonald, and Jessica Ouyang—and was moderated by Adithi Ramakrishnan, science reporter at the DMN.
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Elon Musk, Other Tech Leaders Call for 6-Month Pause on the ‘Dangerous Race’ to Giant AI Systems
by | Mar 29, 2023
The request was made in an open letter signed by major players including Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, the lab that created ChatGPT and GPT-4; Emad Mostaque, founder of the London-based Stability AI; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. More than 1,000 artificial intelligence experts, researchers, and backers signed the letter, including academics from UT Dallas.
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Ride On: Dallas’ Design District to Roll Out Edgy Skate Rink With Retro Vibe

by | Mar 28, 2023
Coming this fall to the Dallas Design District, Ride On's adults-only “social drink rink” will offer a fusion of tech and nostalgia—with a restaurant, craft cocktails and mocktails, an arcade, and custom-made “RIDE ON” skates for the rink. “We can say there is nothing like this in the world. Trust me, we’ve checked,” says Adrian Verdin, CEO of On Brand Hospitality.
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Daimler Truck Collaborates with Plano’s Siemens Digital Industries Software to Build Engineering Platform
by | Mar 28, 2023
The new platform will enable Daimler Truck to explore commercial vehicle innovation and the efficient product development and lifecycle management of trucks and buses. It will be rolled out globally across Daimler Trucks' engineering hubs, brands, and business segments. "Trucks are the backbone of global supply chains and Siemens will help Daimler Truck to chart the future of carbon-neutral transportation," says Siemens' Cedrik Neike.
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Dallas’ Energy Transfer to Acquire Lotus Midstream in $1.45B Deal
by | Mar 28, 2023
Energy Transfer LP, a Dallas-based midstream energy company, will acquire Lotus Midstream Operations LLC, based in Sugar Land, for $1.45 billion in a deal that includes $900 million in cash and approximately 44.5 million newly issued Energy Transfer common units. The acquisition will add Centurion Pipeline Company LLC, an integrated, crude midstream platform in the Permian Basin, to Energy Transfer's portfolio.
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Innovative Crunch: Dallas Company Launches Line of Pork Rind Croutons
by | Mar 28, 2023
Salad eaters tend to be healthy types, so here's a new idea for them: Why not go for the gusto and sprinkle some pork rinds onto those greens? Dallas-based Recipe Small Batch has made that possible by launching KRUTONES (pronounced Crew-Tone-Ez), a new line of chicharron croutons that come in two flavors: Italian Style and Butter & Garlic.
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HALL Park Adding Autograph Collection Hotel to Frisco Development

by | Mar 27, 2023
Already under construction, The HALL Park Hotel, Autograph Collection, is part of the first phase of HALL Park’s $7 billion new masterplan that's transforming the development from a singular office focus into a dynamic, live-work-play community. Across from the hotel, a 19-story luxury apartment tower, The Monarch, is slated to open in Q4.
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Dallas, Fort Worth Ranked Top 2 Among Largest U.S. Cities for Vacant Land
With 90,739 acres of vacant land, Dallas led all 20 of the most populous urban centers in the U.S. for having the most vacant land available. That's according to a report from CommercialCafe, a commercial real estate internet listing service. Fort Worth came in No. 2 with 90,739 acres of vacant land. Four of the top 5 cities on the list are in the Texas Triangle, with San Antonio at No. 4 and Houston at No. 5.
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Fisher Investments Announces HQ Move from Washington State to Plano
by | Mar 27, 2023
In a terse statement released Friday evening, Fisher Investments announced plans to move its corporate HQ from its 150-acre campus in Washington State to Texas. Along with its subsidiaries, Fisher manages over $197 billion in assets globally, and one of its five U.S. corporate offices is in Plano. According to Oregon Live, Fisher's announcement was made "in protest" of a state Supreme Court decision upholding Washington’s new capital gains tax.
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Dallas Data Center Company CyrusOne Appoints Chief Sales Officer
by | Mar 25, 2023
CyrusOne, the worldwide data center developer and operator based in Dallas, is charging ahead with its growth goals by appointing Brent Behrman as its new Chief Sales Officer. Behrman has held various significant leadership positions at the company since 2016.
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