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Texas In Line to Receive $1.6B of $54B in National Opioid Settlement Funds
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2023
State governments affected by the opioid epidemic were locked in intense litigation with pharmaceutical companies for years. Now the settlement money is being distributed, earmarked for treatment centers, recovery services, transitional housing needs and more.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 27, 2023
According to a new report from Redfin, Dallas-Fort Worth's gravitational pull continued to exert itself in January. DFW was the No. 6 metro in the U.S. among the Top 10 Metros Homebuyers Are Moving Into, the report shows. And the metro that lost the most residents to DFW-bound homebuyers was Los Angeles. The report says DFW homes sell "for roughly half" of the typical L.A. home, which costs $800,000.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2023
AT&T provided strategic design and technical guidance for the development of ServiceNow Telecom Network Inventory, which aims to give telecom companies a consolidated view of their networks and a consistent workflow to connect and take action on data. "“As we approach our internal deployment, we also look forward to seeing how other operators around the globe might take advantage of it," said AT&T's Jon Summers.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2023
Common Desk, a coworking space company that launched in Deep Ellum and now has nearly two dozen locations in North Texas, Austin, Houston, and North Carolina—has its eyes on The Hill. The Hill Shopping Center, that is—a trendy retail development on Walnut Hill Lane near U.S. 75.
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The Joker Free-Fly Coaster at Six Flags Over Texas opened in Spring 2017. [Photo: Business Wire]
Theme Park Giant Six Flags Entertainment Corp. Names New Chief Marketing Officer
by Lance Murray | Feb 24, 2023
Edithann Velez Ramey has been appointed chief marketing officer of Arlington-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of waterparks in North America. Her appointment is effective on February 27.
The new CMO brings an “extensive track record of creating strategies that attract customers, build loyalty and showcase brand strengths,” Selim Bassoul, Six Flags president and CEO, said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 24, 2023
Former Microsoft executive Robert Bernard has joined Dallas-based real estate services giant CBRE Group as chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of client sustainability solutions, bringing with him more than two decades of environmental sustainability experience....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 24, 2023
McKinney-based Globe Life Inc. announced that Alice S. Cho, senior adviser to the Boston Consulting Group, and David A. Rodriguez, former EVP and global chief human resources officer of Marriott International Inc.,...
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 24, 2023
Klyde Warren Park is the jewel in the crown of downtown Dallas, and now it's gotten some extra sparkle. The park has been ranked No. 5 of all city parks in the U.S. in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice list for 2023. "Perched atop a sunken freeway, this nationally acclaimed 5-acre oasis is just one of the examples of what makes Dallas' downtown area so dynamic," USA Today writes.
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The former Richards Group headquarters building in Uptown Dallas. [Photo courtesy of The Richards Group]
Former Richards Group Building to Be Renovated, Rebranded as One West Village
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 24, 2023
Just north of downtown Dallas, one of the city's most stand-out buildings is getting a new name along with some new internal looks. The former HQ of The Richards Group at 2801 North Central Expressway is being rebranded as One West Village and will begin undergoing renovations soon. Dallas-based CRE company OliveMill Holdings is doing the renovation after acquiring the building last year in a partnership with Dallas' Hunt Realty Investments and New York's Angelo Gordon.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 23, 2023
If you saw HBO's "The Last of Us" this week, you know all about the Death Zone—a perilous place full of zombies and murderous raiders. Well, we've all now entered our own real-life Death Zone, and it's on the calendar—the nearly 100-day stretch between President's Day and Memorial Day weekend is the longest 3-day weekend drought of the year.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 23, 2023
The company's new corporate Upbound name reflects both its growth—the 2020 acquisition of Acima lease-to-own solutions nearly doubled its business—and its mission. "Upbound can help elevate our customers, providing them with greater access and a path towards financial flexibility," says CEO Mitch Fadel. The name change will impact the company's stock ticker, but not its retail-facing businesses: Rent-A-Center and Acima will continue to operate under their existing names.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 23, 2023
Michigan-based RoboTire uses "state-of-the-art robotics and advanced algorithms" to change a vehicle's tires in a fraction of the time it takes humans to do it, "reducing an hour-long experience to under 25 minutes while maintaining the highest levels of safety." The Arlington location is the second of Discount Tire's 1,100 stores to implement the system. And it's not a coincidence—Discount Tire is a RoboTire investor.
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Mr. Cooper Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Carlos M. Pelayo [Courtesy photo]
Home Loan Servicer Mr. Cooper Appoints EVP/Chief Legal Officer
by Lance Murray | Feb 23, 2023
Carlos M. Pelayo has been appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer of Coppell-based Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
Pelayo will lead the company’s legal department and corporate governance functions and will serve on the executive leadership team. Mr. Cooper is one of the largest home loan servicers in the nation and delivers a variety of servicing and lending products, services, and technologies....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Trend Micro says its acquisition of the Delaware-based company will extend its orchestration, automation, and integration capabilities. It will also enable enterprises and Managed Security Service Providers to improve operational efficiencies, cost effectiveness, and security outcomes.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Dallas-based Ranger Investment Management LP has appointed Brown McCullough as portfolio manager and Devin Holland as partner and senior analyst of the employee-owned boutique investment manager specializing in small- and micro-cap U.S. growth strategies.
“Devin and Brown are consummate professionals and important contributors to our investment process on behalf of clients,” Conrad Doenges, chief investment officer, partner, and portfolio manager at Ranger Investments, said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm The BLVD Group has opened its new office in Dallas, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s continued growth and expansion....
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