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American Airlines Raises Nearly $1.5M for COVID-19 Relief
by Alex Edwards | Jun 8, 2021
American Airlines, with more than 11,000 of its AAdvantage members, has raised some $1.5 million to boost the American Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ efforts to fight the COVID.
by Alex Edwards |
Jun 8, 2021
Dallas' Mary Kay Foundation has donated $150,000 to CancerCare to provide direct support to women who are most in need of financial or emotional assistance.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 8, 2021
Irving-based Kimberly-Clark is seeking solutions to the world's single-use plastics problem—aiming for a 50 percent reduction in its use of new, fossil fuel-based plastics by 2030.
Biodegradable plastics startup RWDC, which is based in Athens, GA, and Singapore, raised $133 million in a Series-B round last year.
Biodegradable plastics startup RWDC, which is based in Athens, GA, and Singapore, raised $133 million in a Series-B round last year.
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by Dave Moore |
Jun 8, 2021
Put your problem-solving chops to work. The Children's Health event encourages gamification, augmented reality to solve for age-old pediatric health care problems.
There's even a no-code challenge.
There's even a no-code challenge.
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Five Dallas Innovators You Need To Know Right Now—and Why
by Alex Edwards | Jun 7, 2021
Match Group, Zirtue, Cooksey Communications, Mass Luminosity, and Caliber all tapped new senior leaders this week.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 5, 2021
The Foundry District and its anchoring Inspiration Alley, known as Texas' largest outdoor art gallery, is getting an expansion. M2G Ventures' hallmark development project in Funkytown is a six-acre art and innovation experience.
The district's new lineup includes Sweet Tooth Motel's pop-up concept and a new bike sharing station.
Have a first look in our gallery.
The district's new lineup includes Sweet Tooth Motel's pop-up concept and a new bike sharing station.
Have a first look in our gallery.
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![Patrick Brandt (left) and Aakash Kumar (right), who co-founded labor management platform Shiftsmart in 2015, are among the finalists for the 2021 Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Region Award. [Photo: Courtesy Shiftsmart]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Shiftsmart_entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist_courtesy-2021-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jun 5, 2021
These "audacious business leaders" from 38 companies were picked by a panel of judges. Here are the finalists.
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by Bella Pinera |
Jun 4, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Axxess, TWU, Critical Start, The Container Store, COM Sovereign, Momentous Institute, Bio North Texas, and more.
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First responders meet Andy. [Video still: FirstNet]
Good Boy! AT&T’s FirstNet Sends Labradoodles to the Front Lines for First Responder Support
by David Seeley | Jun 4, 2021
Fluffy and friendly, trained therapy dogs like Andy (pictured) will hit the front lines when disaster strikes, giving first responders moments of respite from tragedy and trauma.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 3, 2021
The fast-scaling company with a vision of becoming a $1B "Starbucks of soap" will use the investment to support more store openings, product category expansion, and growth in e-commerce.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple’s adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity, Flypsi’s telephone network system, Micell Technologies’ coatings containing multiple drugs, Polte’s multi-path mitigation in tracking objects using a distributed antenna system, rewardStyle’s affiliate link generation, Tesla Laboratories’ mobile device as an input device for surveys at a live event, TMGCore’s liquid immersion cooling, Twitter’s swipe-to-like, and USAA’s biometric authentication on push notification.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 1, 2021
BioNTX, Catalyze Dallas, and StackPath all tapped new senior leaders this week.
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UT Dallas' Steve Guengerich said The IQ is "in many respects, the next-generation economic development engine for Richardson — really North Texas." [City of Richardson video still]
Richardson’s Innovation Quarter — aka The IQ — Is Making Big Moves as a Living Lab and Nerve Center
by Quincy Preston | Jun 1, 2021
With five new UT Dallas research centers, an extension of the university's Venture Development Center, and new attractions like TheLab makerspace, The IQ may just realize Richardson's vision to be "the premier tech hub in Texas."
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by Alex Edwards |
May 26, 2021
Space matters, and Vira points to its own new look and capabilities as proof. The company offers custom solutions for any built environment, like retailers, offices, coworking spaces, and wellness brands. With customers like Best Buy, CVS, Amazon, and Samsung, here's why the company told us it plans to prosper in a post-pandemic world.
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by David Seeley |
May 26, 2021
While Apex will continue to observe the two-day settlement standard, it will simulate instant settlement by giving its customers immediate access to the cash value of trades in their accounts.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 25, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s event trigger based on region-of-interest near hand-shelf interaction, American Airlines’ monitoring/alert system for airline gate activities, Danco’s smart water system, Dell’s method to manage file access rights in an information handling system, Discourse.AI’s training of chatbots , Fresh Innovations’ avocado tray, Lintec of America’s tear-resistant nanofiber sheet, IBM’s managing transparent windows, Rain Bird’s volumetric budget based irrigation control, and RFCyber’s payments between two mobile devices.
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