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Amazon Has Invested $15B in North Texas—And a Total of $29B Across the State—since 2010

by | Aug 11, 2021
On Wednesday, Amazon announced findings from its 2021 U.S. Economic Impact Report, sharing a by-the-numbers look at its U.S. investments.

With its recently opened fulfillment center in Forney, Amazon now has more than 30 operations facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth—making North Texas its biggest market in the state. The company now has 37,000 direct employees in DFW alone.
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7-Eleven Sends Slurpee Into Space, Achieving Ultimate Triumph of Humankind’s Attempts to Conquer the Cosmos
by | Aug 11, 2021
The brave semi-frozen beverage was launched by Irving-based 7-Eleven from one of its stores in Saginaw, Michigan, to honor that state's record Slurpee consumption. The innovative marketing stunt also demonstrated the last-mile benefits of 7-Eleven Delivery.
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Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of July 27
by | Aug 11, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of content transactional items, Alliance Sports Group's lighting system, Compass Datacenters' air dam for a datacenter facility, Microsoft's distributed processing architecture, Siemens' low pin count reversible scan architecture, and TI's technique to deter theft from automated teller machines.
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Veryable Raises $31.9M Series A Round to ‘Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing’
by | Aug 10, 2021
Veryable takes a new approach to labor: The Dallas-based tech company "variablizes" it. By connecting businesses to independent workers for manufacturing and distribution, Veryable's operations-driven approach can put people back to work and improve productivity and growth for manufacturers and suppliers.
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Follow the Money: MODE Global and Integrity Make Acquisitions, Twenty20 Merges With Skyhawk

by | Aug 10, 2021

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MODE Global acquires RR&F Logistics

Dallas-based logistics and transportation provider MODE Global has completed its acquisition of RR&F Logistics, one of the nation’s leading third-party logistics providers....

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Dallas Is the No. 2 Metro for Tech Job Postings, Per a New CompTIA Report
by | Aug 9, 2021
The Dallas area, which is No. 8 for AI postings, had the largest month-over-month jump in tech job listings from June to July.
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The Perfect Match: Shar Dubey Opens Up About Her Journey to the Top of Dallas-Based Match Group
by | Aug 9, 2021
Dubey was one of the only females in her classes at the Indian Institute of Technology. In her first job at an aerospace company, she became its first woman engineer. Now she reflects on her path to becoming a chief executive.
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Dallas Founder Wes Cummins Sells 272 Capital to B. Riley Financial, Secures Energy Source for His Crypto Hosting Business
by | Aug 6, 2021
Wes Cummins made moves this week with two of his Dallas-based companies, 272 Capital and Applied Blockchain.
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Meet the Unstoppables: Here are the Winners of EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Southwest Award

by | Aug 5, 2021
The 11 entrepreneurs are eligible for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards.
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How L. Michelle Smith is Empowering Women of Color in the Workplace
by | Aug 5, 2021
L. Michelle Smith—CEO and founder of no silos communications, a local tech-enabled media, content, talent development and strategic communications firm—believes women of color have been left out because they have not had access to the tools that most people inside of corporations have been afforded. She's here to offer them, for free, in her new book: “No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself.”
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Corporate Recruitment: On the Road Again
by | Aug 5, 2021
The Dallas Regional Chamber is taking its 'Texas Two-Step' on the road, telling corporate headquarters prospects 'how business growth begins with one move to Dallas-Fort Worth.' As of mid-July, the team is tracking 115 active projects. Of those, 85 originated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hitting the road will add fuel to the fire of recent announcements and current corporate location projects, writes DRC economic development chief Mike Rosa.
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‘Built for the People’: Republic and Dallas‑based Nada Launch Real Estate Index Investing
by | Aug 5, 2021
Cityfund lets people invest in real estate markets like stock, starting with launch cities Dallas, Austin, and Miami.
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Smart Solution: Jacobs Launches Cloud‑Based App to Help Maximize Infrastructure Planning

by | Aug 4, 2021
Running on any device from iPad to Mac or PC, the "spatially enabled" solution from Dallas-based Jacobs is a predictive analytics app that helps communities assess their infrastructure vulnerabilities. Beyond cities and municipalities, it's a smart tool that can help campuses, military installations, and others pave the way to building resilient, cost-efficient infrastructure.
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Rent-A-Center’s FinTech Arm Acima Releases Digital Platform
by | Aug 4, 2021

Acima, the virtual lease-to-own (LTO) fintech arm of Plano-based Rent-A-Center, has released a “game changing” digital platform to help remove transaction barriers between underserved customers and retailers....

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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of July 20
by | Aug 4, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Mirelz's virtual try-on coordination via communications sessions, Stackpath's cryptographic network protocol escalation path, VitalTech Properties' standing desk biometrics, AirWatch's multi-persona management and devices, Atense's storing and using multipurpose secret data, Commercial Metals Company's emissions collection system, Chad Dorsey Design's fireplace surround, Magnus Inventions' picture hanging marking tool, inRegen's bioactive renal cells, and VPay's virtual payment card fraud detection.

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FedEx Office Teams With Accenture and River Logic To Optimize Print Production and Delivery
by | Aug 3, 2021
The goal: creating a "digital twin"—a digitally enabled environment that will make it easier for customers to create professionally printed materials.
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