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Sweet Expansion: Wow! Donuts & Drips Unveils New Shop in Plano, Brews Up Plans for Richardson

by | Mar 21, 2024
The Sim family's gourmet donut and coffee shop expands its unique blend of artisanal fried dough and innovative brews to more of North Texas with a grand opening of its third location this weekend.

The first-generation immigrants' journey to entrepreneurship is marked by culinary creativity, from small-batch donuts to a coffee menu that will soon include rare, premium brews costing up to $35 per serving.
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Japanese Life Insurance Co. Acquires Nearly 20% of Dallas Global Investment Manager Canyon Partners
by | Mar 21, 2024
Canyon Partners said that all of the net proceeds from the transaction will be retained on its balance sheet and reinvested in the business, providing funding to seed new products and optimally scale existing products.
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Fort Worth-Based Bell Wins $455M Navy Contract for 12 Viper Helicopters for Nigeria
by | Mar 21, 2024
The Defense Post said the Vipers are expected to enhance Nigeria’s air defense capabilities and help uphold regional stability once delivered.
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Founder and CEO of Frisco-Based Complexity Gaming Buys Esports Franchise Back from GameSquare for $10.36M
by | Mar 21, 2024
Complexity Gaming founder and CEO Jason Lake reacquired his company through the Lake-led investment group Global Esports Properties. The deal, signed earlier this month, is expected to close shortly. GameSquare had acquired Complexity for $27 million in June 2021.
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NTXIA Partners with UTA and UTD To Launch Urban Resilience Fellowship

by | Mar 21, 2024
Through the program, the North Texas Innovation Alliance will connect university students with community and industry partners to develop "innovative solutions to improve the everyday lives of the public." They'll do this across a wide range of sectors, from mobility to cybersecurity to sustainability and more.
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Jerry Jones Makes Additional $100M Investment in Frisco-Based Natural Gas Producer Comstock Resources
by | Mar 21, 2024
Jones, who's already the majority shareholder in Comstock Resources, has agreed to make an additional $100.45 million equity investment in the company via two entities he controls.
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North Texas’ Eden Green Launches Flagship Herb Program with Flexible Microclimate Tech
by | Mar 20, 2024
The company said the program leverages its patented microclimate technology and networked distribution model to improve logistics, reduce environmental impact, and increase access to fresh, affordable herbs.
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Shop Happy: Dallas-Fort Worth Named the No. 8 U.S. Metro for ‘Retail Therapy’
by | Mar 20, 2024
Sure, you could lie on a couch in a shrink's office for 10 years to deal with your fears and anxieties. But why not just go shopping at one of the region's countless shops, stores, and malls?
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Patented: USAA’s Unmanned Vehicle Morphing and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 27, 2024. 169 patents granted include: Adaptive 3D Technologies' use of occluding fluids to augment additive manufacturing processes, Apptricity's flexible radio beacons and flexible delivery structures, Intellective AI's unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system, Micell Medtech Inc.'s polymer coatings containing drug powder of controlled morphology, Microsoft Technology Licensing's autonomous operation of edge-based deployments, and nMetric's cascading notification system.
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Irving’s OnAsset Intelligence Launches Dedicated Aircraft IoT Gateway for Air Cargo
by | Mar 19, 2024
Aircraft gateways deliver a multitude of benefits for shippers, logistics providers, and airlines, OnAsset says—and its Sentry 600 FlightSafe device now extends "real time visibility" for shippers to the aircraft itself, turning it into "a virtual connected warehouse."
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From Dog Food Diet Challenge to State‑of‑the‑Art Expansion: Muenster Milling Boosts Its Freeze-Dried Pet Food Footprint in North Texas
by | Mar 19, 2024
The 92-year-old North Texas brand, propelled into the spotlight in 2020 with its 'viral' 30-day dog food diet challenge, is opening a cutting-edge facility to meet the demand in the freeze-dried pet food sector. As consumers eye health conscious options for their furry companions, it's blending tradition with innovation under new leadership to fuel future growth.
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Out of This World: A McDonald’s ‘Test and Learn’ CosMc’s Location Opens Today in Dallas

by | Mar 19, 2024
McDonald's second-ever CosMc's location opened in Dallas Tuesday, offering customizable drinks like Sour Cherry Energy Burst and Churro Cold Brew Frappé, signature sandwiches, sweet-stuffed "McPops" donut holes, and more "out of this world" menu items. More locations are on the way across the Dallas metro area.
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The Last Word: Live Happy’s Deborah Heisz on Wednesday’s International Day of Happiness
by | Mar 19, 2024
Wednesday March 20 is the International Day of Happiness. Established by the United Nations in 2012, the day promotes happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings, in their families, and in their communities. But for Heisz's Dallas-based media company Live Happy, that's the goal 365 days of the year.
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Spinning Success: Dallas Startup Tuned In Grading Acquired by Music Mogul Steve Aoki Just Two Years Post-Launch
by | Mar 18, 2024
With bootstrap funding of less than $500,000 and a passion for vinyl, Rogers Healy and his co-founders at Tuned In Grading revolutionized music collectible authentication. Now, the beat goes on as the company prepares to merge with Steve Aoki's Audio Media Grading
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Jerry Jones Family-Owned ProStar Energy Solutions Partners with N.C.-Based Crete United
by | Mar 18, 2024
Crete United said that the ProStar partnership—with a range of offerings including HVAC optimization, patented IoT- and AI-powered controls and monitoring, energy procurement, and more—is the company's latest like-minded collaboration, an important step towards its short-term revenue goal of $1 billion.
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