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Fort Worth Manufacturing Company CR Minerals Announces Colorado Expansion

by | Jun 9, 2020
The expansion is expected to more than triple the production output of the facility. Over the next three years, CR Minerals plans to invest over $11 million and add eight jobs to its existing staff.
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Dallas’ 900lbs Partners With Amazon for a Gamified Tutorial on Remote Working, Teaching, and Engaging
by | Jun 9, 2020
To show how Amazon Web Services' cloud computing offerings can increase productivity, 900lbs collaborated with the company to create a web-based educational application.
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TourConnect Launches Tech to Help the Tourism Industry Bounce Back From COVID-19
by | Jun 9, 2020
The Frisco-based company's new back-office tool is designed to help tourism organizations increase efficiency while cutting costs. "Tourism isn't going away," the founder says, but the industry must evolve.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of May 26
by | Jun 8, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple's synchronization sequence design for device-to-device communication, ATT's software demarcation in an edge computing environment, Bank of America's quantum tech for extracting intents from linguistics, Texas Instrument's theft detector, Verizon's collision detection platform, and Walmart's automated tote routing system
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Leaving a Legacy: How Frito-Lay’s Ciara Dilley Champions a Future for Female Founders

by | Jun 8, 2020
We spoke with the VP of Transform & Innovation for Frito-Lay North America on why she thinks supporting female entrepreneurs is more important now than ever.
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DI People: AECOM, Surgical Notes, Mohr Partners, and More Make Moves
by | Jun 5, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from TPG, Education Advanced, UTD, Cyber Defense Labs, Apptricity, and more.
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A New Sabre: Southlake Tech Travel Giant Realigns Business, Implements Remote Work Program, and Cuts Staff
by | Jun 4, 2020
Sabre is preparing itself for a post-coronavirus travel industry. That involves combining airline and agency-focused businesses, adopting a "work from anywhere" policy, and laying off 800 globally.
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Chart Shows Rapid In-Office Spread of COVID: Health, Business Leaders Discuss Safest Return-to-Work Strategies
by | Jun 4, 2020
“This is a marathon, not a sprint,” UTSW's Dr. James Cutrell said. “Six months from now, no one is going to say, ‘I really missed that 50-person (in-person) meeting.’”
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Fort Worth Could Be the Future of Energy 2.0 With a New First-of-its-Kind Partnership

by | Jun 3, 2020
A public/private partnership between Fort Worth and Linear Labs could make the city home to the smart electric motor industry. And, Linear Labs could get around $70M for R&D from the city to do so.
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Transplace Acquires Leading Parcel Management Provider to Expand its Logistics Platform
by | Jun 3, 2020
The strategic move will add seamless parcel and eCommerce capabilities to Frisco-based Transplace's multimodal platform.
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Bank of America Pledges $1B to Help Local Communities Fight Economic and Racial Inequality
by | Jun 3, 2020
The Dallas and Fort Worth market presidents for Bank of America share the increased commitment to communities of color in North Texas.
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The Reopening: Texas Emergency Management Division Offers Tips on Easing Employees Back to the Workplace
Nim Kidd, Chief of TDEM, led a discussion on the best practices and procedures for safely returning to the workplace. Here are four key takeaways.
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The Future of Healthcare: Systematic Mergers and Acquisitions Will Rise, Polsinelli Predicts

by | Jun 2, 2020
The law firm examines the growing trend that programmatic acquirers use in buying and consolidating middle market healthcare businesses in a new white paper.
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You’re Working From Home. AT&T Wants to Help Your Internet Handle It With a New Enterprise-Level Solution
by | Jun 1, 2020
With roomies, kids, and spouses all competing for their share of at-home bandwidth, AT&T's home office connectivity plan (with its business-paid independent connection) might be just the ticket for remote workers.
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top 10 most read stories on Dallas Innovates in May 2020
Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in May
by | Jun 1, 2020
From Amazon hiring in Oak Cliff to great places to work in DFW and Texas, here are our 10 most-read stories in May.
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DI People: Comerica, Bank of Texas, Kimberly-Clark, and More Make Executive Moves
by | May 29, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Wingstop, the City of Dallas, Caddis, Access Physicians, Fort Worth Now, and others.
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