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Lockheed

Innovation Labs Help Profits Soar Like a Missile at Lockheed Grand Prairie Unit

by | Apr 29, 2019
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control’s Grand Prairie headquarters accounts for only 16 percent of Lockheed's business, but has recently won major defense contracts worth a combined $5B. In Q1, operating profit took off like one of its rockets: up 60 percent.
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dottid real estate
Keller Williams Enters iBuyer Arena, Will Launch Instant Offer Service in DFW
by | Apr 26, 2019
iBuyers are companies that use technology to make instant offers on homes that are for sale. The industry is bringing in billions of dollars.
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My Possibilities
My Possibilities Uses $200K Grant to Fund Solar Power for Campus
by | Apr 26, 2019
My Possibilities will install a 471-panel, 160 kW solar system on the Fischer Family School of Life Skills at the Campus for Higher Learning in Plano, putting the nonprofit on the 'cutting edge.'
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Pieces
Follow the Money: Novo Labs Reaps $2M in Seed Funding; Jacobs Buys Intelligence Company for $815M
by | Apr 25, 2019
You’ll also find news about Transwestern Investment Group, WNG Capital, Blue Star Innovation Partners, Calise Partners, Imaginuity, THMED, and Arcis Golf in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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HCL Technologies Expands U.S. Operations, Launches CyberSecurity Fusion Center in Frisco

by | Apr 25, 2019
The company also launched a university-to-industry collaboration with Collin College and the University of North Texas.
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A iCRYO center is opening soon in Frisco. [Screenshot: iCRYO]
Cowboys’ Jaylon Smith Becomes Equity Partner in Cryotherapy Business
by | Apr 25, 2019
After suffering a devastating knee injury in college, the linebacker says he's seen the benefits of the therapy firsthand.
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Dallas Invents: 115 Patents Granted for Week of April 16
by | Apr 24, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 14 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's augmented reality visual Wi-Fi signal, Bank of America's autonomous software containers, Genband's method for blocking notification messages during screen sharing, Linear Labs' brushless electric motor/generator, Sabre's tokenized data security, Phazr's window-installed wireless communications device, Conduent's method for video-based detection of drive-offs and walk-offs
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PGA
PGA Creating ‘Silicon Valley of Golf’ with New Headquarters in Frisco
by | Apr 23, 2019
The facility, which will have an innovation lab, educational facilities, and two championship golf courses among its amenities, will elevate the game to new heights, CEO Seth Waugh says.
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Hosch & Morris: Dallas is Now Home to One of the First Data Privacy Law Boutiques in Texas

by | Apr 23, 2019
Amidst changing regulations and data privacy concerns, Hosch & Morris PLLC is a newly launched firm that takes a pragmatic, risk-based approach to seeing, reducing, and managing security risks.
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DI People: Stantec, BBG, Methodist Health Systems Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 23, 2019
You’ll also find news from from Veritex Community Bank, MV Transportation, Trinity Metro, Lucid Energy Group, Troxell, Perkins + Will, and Naturalshrimp in this report of executive and leadership moves by companies with ties to North Texas.
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‘EarthX Can Be to Dallas, What SXSW is to Austin’
Trammell S. Crow is a man on a mission. At the nine year mark, EarthX is out to ignite environmental change, prove that 'green makes green,' and connect people to create a more sustainable world—365 days a year.
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Deloitte Seeks Applications for Its 2019 Technology Fast 500 List
by | Apr 22, 2019
The application deadline is June 28 for the awards program that ranks the fastest-growing technology companies in North America.
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Amazon

Robots in Action: Amazon Takes DISD Robotics Championship Teams Behind the Scenes, Gives $10K to STEM

by | Apr 18, 2019
We take you on a photo tour with DISD student inside a robotic fulfillment center, where Amazon encourages students to pursue robotics and engineering careers.
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Karahan
Headquarter of Headquarters: How Fehmi Karahan Turned Ross Perot Sr.’s Vision into a Reality
by | Apr 18, 2019
Legacy West in Plano has become home to the U.S. headquarters of Toyota Motor North America, and regional campuses for Liberty Mutual, JPMorgan Chase, FedEx Office, and others.
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Follow the Money: VC Backs Edgetensor, Stryve Biltong Gets $16.5M, Neiman Marcus Invests in Fashionphile
by | Apr 18, 2019
You’ll also find news about Goldcrest Capital, TPG, PetroCap Partners, Jollitot, Securadyne Systems, Active-Semi International, and Elite Electronics in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Gillian Friedman Fox of the Dallas Symphony on the Intersection of Corporate, Arts and Entrepreneurship
by | Apr 18, 2019
As Director of Contemporary & SOLUNA Programs, Gillian Friedman Fox is partnering with Capital One to showcase the importance of keeping art and music relevant.
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