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Main Event's current CEO Chris Morris will be named CEO of Dave & Buster's. [Photo: Morris' LinekdIn profile]
Eatertainment Innovators: Dave & Buster’s to Buy Main Event in $835M Deal
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 6, 2022
Coppell-based Dave & Buster's is set to acquire Dallas-based Main Event Entertainment, which will continue to operate as a distinct brand. The combination of the family entertainment innovators is a "transformational opportunity," the companies say.
by David Seeley |
Apr 6, 2022
Former Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips will lead Aurora's trucking and logistics partner programs. The newest one—a Fort Worth-El Paso hauling route for Werner Enterprises—is a key link in the commercial thoroughfare from L.A. to Atlanta. But it's a flat, monotonous run that many truck drivers find unappealing—making it a key test case for the Aurora Driver.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 5, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Custom Engineered Systems Equipment Co. apparatus for monitoring waste removal, Amera loT's apparatus for imprinting private key on IoT, Bank of America's network security system for rogue devices, Baylor Research Institute's nucleic acids encoding anti-CD40 antibodies, D4D Technologies' intra-oral scanning device with active delete of unwanted scanned items, Halliburton's autonomous tractor using counter flow-driven propulsion, IBM's electronic messaging display optimization, Lenovo's presentation of AR content based on identification of trigger accompanying video content, Toyota's creating a valuable video clip using metadata flagging, and Wells Fargo Bank's ATM bill pay.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 5, 2022
The new investors include Calin Rovinescu, former president and CEO of Air Canada, and Mitch Garber, minority owner of the NHL's Seattle Kraken. “eVTOL air taxis is an obvious next-gen hyper-growth area,” Garber said, calling them a way to change "how we move and facilitate a greener efficient global economy.”
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Danny Baker, vice chairman and leader of the Multifamily Investment Sales team in Dallas, CBRE
In DFW, Population and Job Growth are Fueling the Nation’s Hottest Multifamily Market
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 4, 2022
DFW has become the epicenter of growth in North America, Danny Baker says. “We’re in the middle of a population boom that has led to DFW outperforming other markets in terms of job creation and growth as well as the demand for all types of CRE,” says Baker, who helms CBRE’s DFW multifamily capital markets team....
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by David Seeley |
Apr 4, 2022
Comparably’s list of the Top 15 DFW companies is derived from sentiment ratings provided by employees in Dallas-Ft. Worth who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com over the past 12 months. Here's the complete list.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 4, 2022
Wing—the drone delivery unit of Google parent company Alphabet—is partnering with Blue Bell Creameries, easyvet, and Texas Health Resources on the launch. Wing calls the service "the first in a major U.S. metro area," and aims to offer "6 miles, 6 minutes, free delivery."
Wing's test deliveries from Walgreens stores in Frisco and Little Elm graduate to their official launch Thursday as well.
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by Harris Eyre, MD, Ph.D.; Sanjiv Das; and Kacie Kelly |
Apr 4, 2022
Brain health is at the forefront of an economy that's increasingly knowledge intensive. With innovation spanning precision diagnostics and treatment matching to economic policies and innovative investment models, there's a "golden opportunity" to lead the brain health revolution.
"Dallas is uniquely positioned to lead the way for the state, the country, and the world," according to these science, policy, and finance experts.
"Dallas is uniquely positioned to lead the way for the state, the country, and the world," according to these science, policy, and finance experts.
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DI People: American Airlines, Mizzen+Main, Appspace, Copart, Island, Clear Street, and More Make Leadership Moves
by Lance Murray | Apr 1, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Recreational Realty, Island, The Food Hall Co., McKesson, TCU's Ralph Lowe Energy Institute, ClubCorp, Lone Star Analysis, Island, North Dallas Bank & Trust, Ranger Investment Management, Susan G. Komen, and Texas Security Bank.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 1, 2022
We’re fortunate to be living and working in Texas—and specifically in Dallas-Fort Worth—not just for commercial real estate but for quality of life and business as a whole, Alan Shor says....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2022
TIAA is moving to The Star in Frisco, PeopleFun names a female CEO, DIFF readies for its first-ever spring preview of films, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2022
These quotable North Texans inspire, inform, motivate, or simply make us laugh.
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Thomas Crowther, Managing Partner, The Crowther Group [DI composite; Photo: Courtesy Crowther Group]
Building Success: The Crowther Group’s CEO Finds Inclusion and Diversity Fuel Firm’s Growth
by Sandra Engelland | Mar 30, 2022
When it comes to the future of CRE in North Texas, Thomas Crowther is clear: “Every day I wake up in DFW, I’m grateful that I’m in the commercial real estate winner’s locker room.” His Dallas-based commercial construction and design-build firm works with clients across the retail, healthcare, office, restaurant, and education sectors....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 30, 2022
Finnish Ambassador to the U.S. Mikko Hautala and a delegation of business leaders is touring the Texas Triangle to talk economic cooperation and new technologies.
“For us, the key message to Finnish companies and travelers is that there's also the U.S. South, and Texas is the center of that. You have a bigger GDP than Brazil," Hautala told Dallas Innovates.
“For us, the key message to Finnish companies and travelers is that there's also the U.S. South, and Texas is the center of that. You have a bigger GDP than Brazil," Hautala told Dallas Innovates.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 30, 2022
The subsidiary of Dallas-based FB Society developed Legacy Hall at Legacy West in Plano and Assembly Food Hall in Nashville, where small businesses get a chance to grow into thriving restaurant brands.
Its sister company FB Labs is the restaurant innovation lab behind concepts like Whiskey Cake, Mexican Sugar, Sixty Vines, Haywire, and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 29, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Baxter International's home renal therapy machine, Capital One's techniques to deploy an application as a cloud computing service, Digital Seat Media's digital record verification, Frito-Lay's heat seal jaws with asymmetric teeth, Kyndryl's enhanced multi-workspace chatbot, Neurolens' integrated progressive lens simulator, Poly-America's scented drawstring bag, RO5's automated pharmaceutical research utilizing context workspaces, Sortera Alloys' identifying coins from scrap, Texas Instruments' system-on-chip for smoke alarm, and Toyota's health advisory alert systems.
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