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Sabre Appoints Former Travelocity Exec as Chief Marketing Officer

by | May 15, 2025
Sabre said that as part of its executive leadership team, Jennifer Catto will shape its global marketing strategy and brand, helping to drive growth, deepen customer engagement, and position Sabre for the future.
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Dallas-Based Verde Valle Foods Acquires L.A.’s A Dozen Cousins
by | May 15, 2025
Verde Valle Foods manufactures, sells, and distributes rice and beans, and is also home to Isadora, a pioneer in ready-to-eat beans and authentic Mexican meals. It was the first brand to introduce beans in a pouch.
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Fort Worth-Based Crestline Raises $3.5B for Its Fourth Flagship Direct Lending Fund
by | May 15, 2025
Crestline said its direct lending strategy provides tailored financing solutions to sponsor- and nonsponsor-backed companies across North America.
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New Mexico’s NTx Bio To Build $31M Biomanufacturing Facility in North Texas
by | May 15, 2025
Founded in 2015, Rio Rancho, New Mexico-based NTx Bio manufactures pharmaceutical-grade raw materials for use in the development of RNA- and protein-based therapeutics.
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Arlington Is Showing How Drones and Autonomous Vehicles Can Deliver Food to Those in Need

by | May 14, 2025
Autonomous ground vehicles from Arlington-based Mozee and delivery drones from Miami's Aerialoop are fanning out across Arlington this week, delivering around 150 boxes of nonperishable food from the Tarrant Area Food Bank to participating Arlington households.
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Brinker Int’l Promotes Leader to EVP, COO & Chief People Officer for Chili’s and Maggiano’s
by | May 14, 2025
A 29-year Brinker employee, Aaron White began her Brinker career as a Chili's server and bartender and has most recently served as executive vice president and chief people officer.
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Arkos Health Announces CEO Transition
by | May 14, 2025
Eric Tanner succeeds Jerry Williamson, who will transition to executive director of the board and chief strategy officer.
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Dallas-Based EoS Fitness Acquired by San Francisco’s TSG Consumer
by | May 14, 2025
EoS has more than 175 locations open and on the way across the U.S. CEO Rich Drengberg will continue to head the company with his tenured leadership team and will retain a vested interest in the go-forward company, TSG said.
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Dallas-Based ‘Wellbeing Shots’ Co. Ryde: Launches Nationally With Heidi Montag Campaign

by | May 14, 2025
From its U.S. headquarters in Dallas, Ryde: is rolling out its 2-ounce wellbeing "shots" nationwide this week—with help from reality TV star Heidi Montag, who stars in a series of wildly over-the-top comedy spots spoofing the wellbeing industry.
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The Last Word: Hikaru Nakamura on the USA vs. India Chess Showdown in North Texas Oct. 4
by | May 14, 2025
The chess world will turn its brainy gaze to North Texas on October 4, when "Checkmate: USA vs. India" hits the boards at Esports Stadium Arlington. The global chess showdown will feature five-time U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura taking on the current World Chess Champion, India's Gukesh Dommaraju—along with other headline-grabbing pairings.
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Patented: Apple’s Dynamic Network Hardware Activation System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 8 with a total of 132 patents granted.
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Dallas Insurance Innovator Bestow Closes $120M Series D Fundraising Round
by | May 13, 2025
The round—co-led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Smith Point Capital and including a $50 million credit facility—"strengthens Bestow's position as the preferred partner for life insurance and annuity providers seeking to modernize and scale," said Bestow CEO Melbourne O'Banion.
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Dallas’ Landsea Homes Acquired by California Company in $1.2B Deal

by | May 13, 2025
As a result of the acquisition by New Home Co., the combined company will be a privately held, top-25 national homebuilder across 10 high-growth markets— with New Home President and CEO Matthew Zaist leading the company.
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Alpine Group Texas April 23 launch event: Alpine Group SVP Barry Brown, Alpine Group CEO and Managing Principal Keenan Austin Reed, U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, and Alpine Group Principal and Chairman Rhod Shaw,. [Photo: Alpine Group]
D.C. Strategy Firm Alpine Group Expands to Texas, Cites DFW’s ‘Powerhouse’ Role in Business and Policy
by | May 13, 2025
The Alpine Group—whose regional clients include AWS, Siemens, and Match Group—sees Dallas-Fort Worth as a hub for federally connected growth in AI, energy, infrastructure, and financial services. The government affairs firm is opening its first office outside Washington—marking North Texas as a front line for industry leadership and federal strategy.
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A slide showing Tremedics' award-winning technology for treating narrowed aortas in children (left). Their special dissolving stent (right) opens blocked blood vessels and then disappears as the child grows, eliminating the need for repeated surgeries and potentially helping thousands of the 40,000 U.S. babies born with heart defects annually. [Image source: Tremedics]
Fort Worth’s Tremedics Wins $25K Healthcare Award at MassChallenge RESOLVE ’25 in Boston
by | May 12, 2025
Tre Welch, Tremedics Medical Devices Inc., Leon Jacobson, Ted Price, Nerveli Inc., Sarah Iselin, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, TechFW, MassChallenge, ClearLeaf, Feathery, Algas Organics, Coastal Protection Solutions
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With $3.7B Under Management, VisionPoint and Navitas Merge to Launch Balefire
by | May 8, 2025
Dallas-based VisionPoint Advisory Group and Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Navitas Wealth Advisors have combined in "a merger of two equals," with partners and employees in 19 states and clients in 39 states.
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