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Todd Little, Executive Director of the North Central Texas Council of Governments [Photo: Ellis County]
NCTCOG’s TXShare and Civic Marketplace Launch Competitively Bid AI Contracts for Local Government Use
by Lance Murray | Jul 23, 2025
Under the initiative, government agencies nationwide can now rapidly deploy vetted, competitively awarded AI solutions and services, covering more than 70 individual use cases, without the need for new RFPs and with built-in options for supporting small and local companies, NCTCOG said.
by Lance Murray |
Jul 23, 2025
With the theme “Shared Vision, Stronger Partnership,” the Taiwan Expo 2025 will celebrate the growing collaboration between Taiwan and the U.S. across innovation, cultural exchange, and global industry transformation. To be held Aug. 14-16 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, the event is free and open to the public.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 23, 2025
Fort Worth-based PAK Quality Foods has acquired the assets of Las Colinas International Inc., better known as Formosa Foods, the company announced Monday.
The deal brings together two regional distributors and expands PAK’s reach beyond Texas and eastern New Mexico.
Dallas-based Formosa, founded in 1979, is a family-owned company that supplies foodservice, retail, and institutional customers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas....
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by David Seeley |
Jul 23, 2025
Founded in 2024 by Dallas investment industry veterans Mark Adams and Joe Sando, Fortuna Funds launched the Fortuna Hedged Bitcoin Fund (HBTC) ETF in March, calling it "the first-of-its-kind hedged cryptocurrency fund."
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Pluralsight CEO Erin Gajdalo [Photo: PRNewswire]
Four Years After $3.5B Buyout, Pluralsight Is Moving Its HQ to North Texas and Expanding Tech Training Access With $2M in Grants
by David Seeley | Jul 22, 2025
Since being acquired for $3.5B in a 2021 take-private deal, Pluralsight has changed ownership, cut jobs, and cycled through two CEOs. Now it's relocating its headquarters to Westlake and sharpening its focus on global upskilling under new leadership.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
Andrew Reutter's addition marks a significant step in Fort Worth-based Higginbotham's strategy to invest in talent that will drive the firm's continued evolution and power its next phase of growth, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
Brett Theisen was previously chief revenue officer at QAD, a global software company specializing in enterprise resource planning and supply chain solutions for the manufacturing sector.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
Beneficient—a tech-enabled platform that provides exit opportunities and primary capital solutions and related trust and custody services to holders of alternative assets—has appointed Texas Business Hall of Famer Thomas O. Hicks as chairman and James G. Silk as interim CEO.
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Christopher Wenaas (left) and Galen Riddle [Photos: LinkedIn]
Eyeing Growth, Building Controls & Solutions Adds 2 to C‑Suite
by Lance Murray | Jul 22, 2025
Farmers Branch-based BCS—a leading value-added distributor of energy management, building automation, and gas detection solutions—has promoted Christopher Wenaas to COO and hired Galen Riddle as CFO.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
Headquartered in Troy, Ohio, Precision Aero Corp. is a leader in the manufacturing of fusible plugs and specialty aftermarket components for safety-critical aerospace applications.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
The first-of-its-kind collaboration turns "the most comfortable seat in the house into the most comfortable boots," Chili's said. A Booth Belt is available, too, featuring "exclusive chili pepper stitching."
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 22, 2025
The acquisition includes the purchase of Friendly's, Clean Juice, Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Smoothie Factory + Kitchen, Souper Salad, and Humble Donut Co. Amol Kohli, leader of the group acquiring BRIX, began his career as a 15-year-old Friendly's waiter.
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The acquisition adds its tamper-resistant sweat patch drug testing to the Colorado company’s compliance-focused product portfolio.
Fort Worth Drug Detection Sweat Patch Company PharmChem Acquired by Alcohol Monitoring Systems
by Lance Murray | Jul 21, 2025
The acquisition adds its tamper-resistant sweat patch drug testing to the Colorado company’s compliance-focused product portfolio.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 21, 2025
The firm’s newest leader will partner with Bobby Kunkle in Dallas to deliver high-profile interior buildouts and capital improvement projects across Stream’s national footprint.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 18, 2025
The luxury retail giant brings on a former NMG finance executive to the Saks Global Management Team as it accelerates its transformation strategy.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 17, 2025
With a Dallas office now established, CrossCountry Consulting is scaling its presence across DFW, Houston, and Austin-San Antonio. The firm says demand for CFO-focused advisory services is accelerating across the Southwest—and it’s staffing up to meet it.
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