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Pei Wei Pokes at Panda, Hopes to Be “The Wei Forward” With Clean-Label Initiative

by | Oct 15, 2018
The DFW-based restaurant chain has launched its transparency campaign, calling out competitors to reveal their own ingredient labels in a series of cheeky tweets.
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ICYMI: AT&T Starts Streaming, Mavs Hire Breaks New Ground, TREC Gets $900K, and DFW Tops Rankings
by | Oct 13, 2018
From startups making headlines (Hypergiant) to our weekly Top 10 (The Green Future), here's your briefing on the innovation, ideas, and impact driving business and culture in North Texas.
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‘Big Ideas in Biotech’: Federal Conference to Focus on Research, Tech Grant Programs
by | Oct 12, 2018
For researchers and early-stage biotech companies looking for federal grant funding—this could be the opportunity to find it.
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Ticket Subscription Service INWEGO Launches in DFW
by | Oct 11, 2018
For $39 a month, the mobile app gives you instant access to unlimited local events. Dallas—with its numerous music venues, killer sports teams, and abundant food festivals—was the next logical launch.
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Follow the Money: Hail Merry Gets $1.08M, PostItPlayit Raises $1.59M, Celanese to Buy Polymer Maker

by | Oct 11, 2018
You'll also find news from AT&T, GridLiance High Plains and Kainos Capital. Here are notable funding and acquisition deals with North Texas ties.
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JPMorgan Chase Awards $400K Grant to Fund TREC Neighborhood Planning Program
by | Oct 10, 2018
The PRO Neighborhoods grant will be used to create a roadmap for bolstering equitable progress in three vulnerable Dallas neighborhoods: the Forest District in Southern Dallas/Fair Park, “The Bottom” neighborhood in East Oak Cliff, and West Dallas.
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North Texas Rises to Become One of Top U.S. Data Center Markets
by | Oct 10, 2018
Because of their unique value on the tax rolls, the stringent requirements to build them, and the technology needed to equip them, data centers have created a class of their own in real estate.
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Dallas Invents: 92 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 2
by | Oct 10, 2018
Patents were granted for Apple's voltage regulator; Dell's distributed authorization; ROKA Sports' swimwear design & construction, iHeartMedia's listener survey tool; Shavelogic's razor tray; and more.
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DI People: J.C. Penney Names New CEO, Synergy Medsales Taps CFO, Katten Adds 3 Partners

by | Oct 9, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Equest, 1st Global, and Bone Solutions in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Munck Wilson Mandala Welcomes Trial Partner Jenny Martinez
by | Oct 9, 2018
Law firm Munck Wilson Mandala has added notable trial attorney Jenny Martinez to its complex commercial litigation roster. With 20 years of high stakes litigation experience and an impressive record of trial wins, Martinez will be a senior partner in the firm’s complex litigation department.
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How Tech Firm PRG Spotlights Megastars and Won an Emmy
(Hint: It’s an Art and a Science.)
by | Oct 8, 2018
Production Resource Group—a global tech provider with R&D operations here in Dallas—is one of five to be recognized at this year's Engineering Emmy Awards.
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JLL Acquires Addison-based Proptech Firm ValuD
by | Oct 8, 2018
The acquisition will allow JLL to provide clients with next-generation technology for real estate and property management.
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Green Building Public and Education ‘LEED-ers’ in Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Oct 5, 2018
Developers, designers, and cities are pushing sustainability forward in North Texas, creating friendly and beautiful structures.
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13 Pioneering DFW Projects in LEED
by | Oct 5, 2018
Developers, designers, and cities are pushing sustainability forward
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Access to Opportunity: Capital One’s Reimagine Communities Symposium
by | Oct 4, 2018
The panels centered around a core topic: harnessing technology to increase access to opportunity. If you couldn't make it, we rounded up key takeaways that could drive the region—and the country—forward.
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The Green Future of North Texas
by | Oct 4, 2018
We may have room to grow in the rankings, but don't write Dallas-Fort Worth off as a leader in sustainable building practices. Industry experts say the region is underrated. Here’s how North Texas builders, designers, and cities are pushing green practices forward.
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