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Kendra Scott Partners with Dallas’ Balfour in its First-Ever Brand Collaboration

by | Aug 27, 2020
The company wants to “reinvent tradition” by teaming up with powerhouse brand Balfour, the more than 100-year-old premier class jewelry provider, while also pivoting its GEMs program.
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Here’s How Linesight’s New Dallas Office is Using Tech to Accelerate Construction Speed to Market
by | Aug 27, 2020
Dublin-based Linesight is bullish on Dallas-Fort Worth, which ranks as the second-busiest construction market and second highest data center leasing market in the U.S.
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APS named Ice Robotics' high tech cleaner "Whiz." [Photo: Ice Robotics]
This DFW Commercial Cleaner Wants to Disrupt an Industry with Robotics, Green Clean, and Purpose
$25,000 to disinfect an office building? Toxic chemicals sprayed in a daycare? Thomas Holland, founder of APEX Property Services, has heard all the complaints about janitorial services. Now he intends to shake up the status quo. His company—a certified B Corp—is one of a limited number of preferred partners that can apply Allied BioScience's SurfaceWise2, the first antiviral surface coating approved by the EPA last week.
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Allen Tech Hub Among City’s 2 Million Square Feet of New Commercial Development   
by | Aug 26, 2020
Amid Covid-19, that activity is "business resilience on display," the Allen EDC says.

The city's just-announced 105,000-square-foot tech-focused office project is expected to break ground next year. It aims to support a growing technology industry in a city that ranks 28 percent higher in tech-job concentration than the national average.
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Dallas Invents: 122 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 11

by | Aug 26, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Accenture's rendering virtual objects in 3D environments, AirWay Technologies' apparatus for improved breathing, Amazon's parallelized forensic analysis using cloud-based servers, Oceus Networks' secure network enrollment, REWARDSTYLE's screenshot linking, VPay's payment card reconciliation, and Toyota's agreement acceptance for vehicle platooning.
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Holly Reed Exits Texas Central, Joins Ryan as Principal and Practice Leader of U.S. Advocacy Services Practice
by | Aug 25, 2020
Reed's new role at the Dallas-headquartered tax services and software provider will involve representing the firm and its clients at all levels of government.
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Recent Success Should Carry Dallas-Fort Worth Forward
by | Aug 25, 2020
Years of steady economic success and our region's brand as a great location have provided much-needed momentum for 2020, writes Mike Rosa, who leads economic development for the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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Dallas-based Biotech CerSci Acquired by ACADIA Pharmaceutical in $52.5M Deal
by | Aug 25, 2020
CerSci shareholders could net another $887 million in milestones and tiered royalties. The clinical-stage startup, which launched in 2015, is developing a new generation of non-opioid meds to treat acute and chronic pain.
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Allied BioScience’s Antimicrobial Surface Coating Becomes First Approved by EPA to Continuously Protect Against COVID-19

by | Aug 24, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given approval to Allied BioScience for its electrostatic spraying solution, SurfaceWise2. The next-gen coating will give critical protection to Texas-based companies like early partner American Airlines.
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Pet Food Pioneer Freshpet Will Break Ground on ‘Kitchen 3.0’ in Ennis
by | Aug 24, 2020
Located about 40 miles south of Dallas, the new manufacturing facility will create 427 new jobs at full capacity.
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DI People: Texas Instruments, Comerica Bank, Omnitracs, Toyota, and Hunt Energy Make Executive Moves
by | Aug 21, 2020
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Sidley Austin LLP, HealthMine, Hope Cottage, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, TeamSupport, and more.
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Q+A: Balfour Beatty’s Eric Krueger on Maintaining Construction Projects Amidst a Pandemic
by | Aug 20, 2020
Technology, additional health and safety guidelines, and working with industry partners has helped Balfour Beatty keep projects moving, such as JPMorgan Chase’s 12-story office tower and 540,000-square-foot high-rise building in Plano's Legacy West.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 4

by | Aug 19, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell's personal air vehicle with ducted fans, Cambium Learning's tags for unlocking digital content, Capital One's vehicle recommendations by user-valued features, StacyC's convertible motorized running cycle, USAA's indoor drone flight awareness system, and Walmart's workflow coordinator.
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Amazon is Expanding its Dallas Tech Hub by Hiring 600 and Adding 100K SF of Space
by | Aug 18, 2020
Amazon is creating a total of 3,500 new jobs in six cities across the U.S, including 600 in Dallas.
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Toyota Motor North America Makes Four Executive Moves on its Automotive Operations Team
by | Aug 18, 2020
Bill Fay, the senior vice president of automotive operations, will be retiring while three other employees are receiving promotions.
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Robinhood Closes $200M Series G to Improve Core Product and Customer Experience
by | Aug 17, 2020
Following Robinhood's recently announced plans to hire hundreds in Southlake, the fast-growing trading app has increased its valuation to $11.2 billion.
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