Business

 

 

Sobel Network Shipping Names DFW Branch Manager

by | Dec 6, 2024
Richie Casarez will be spearheading the company's Aircraft on Ground (AOG) department and will oversee all AOG business nationwide alongside his DFW-based team.
MORE
Dallas’ Nanoscope Therapeutics Hires Chief Technology, Manufacturing Officer
by | Dec 6, 2024
Ray Kaczmarek—the former CEO of Genezen—is an expert in gene therapy manufacturing with decades of experience leading operations, technology, and commercial supply strategies at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, Nanoscope said.
MORE
Irving’s United Development Funding IV to be Acquired by NYSE-Listed Ready Capital
by | Dec 5, 2024
United Development Funding IV provides capital solutions to residential real estate developers and regional homebuilders.
MORE
Dallas College Launches Bitcoin Mining Program Featuring Take-Home Mining Machines
by | Dec 5, 2024
Along with hands-on instruction, Bitcoin Mining program participants will receive powerful industry equipment and materials—including their own mining machine to take home.
MORE

Dallas Entrepreneur Seeks to Build Nationwide Compounding Pharmacy Network

by | Dec 5, 2024
Qualthera, a new company founded by entrepreneur Donald Prentiss, has made its first acquisition—Central Drug in Victoria, Texas—and set its sights on Dallas for its second. Prentiss sees an opportunity in the shifting pharmacy landscape, where changes, including downsizing by large chains, have created service gaps that independent pharmacies could fill.
MORE
Torc Robotics To Open New DFW Office and Self‑Driving Trucking Hub
by | Dec 5, 2024
The Daimler Truck subsidiary—founded in 2005 by a group of Virginia Tech graduate students—is transferring its operations from New Mexico and Stuttgart, Germany, to new hubs in DFW and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Coming soon: an autonomous trucking "launch lane" between DFW and Laredo.
MORE
The Last Word: Pizza Hut’s Elyse Slayton on Her Company’s New Tomato Wine
by | Dec 5, 2024
Think wine just comes from grapes? Plano-based Pizza Hut has poured out an innovative twist that may surprise you. Just before Thanksgiving, the company launched Tomato Wine by Pizza Hut, a limited-edition offering it says "captures the essence of your favorite slice in every sip." The splashy launch has proved so popular, you have to get on a wait list to order some.
MORE
Brinker Appoints Industry Veteran as VP of Marketing at Maggiano’s Little Italy
by | Dec 5, 2024
Parent company Brinker International said that in his new role, Mike Wesley will be instrumental in further amplifying and building the Maggiano's brand as it enters its next era of classic Italian American dining, driving key marketing and promotional strategies.
MORE

Collegiate Cricket League Launches Out of Dallas, National Tournament Planned

by | Dec 4, 2024
The CCL's inaugural season will feature student cricket clubs from top universities across the U.S. and Canada—including UT Dallas and UT Arlington—culminating in the first-ever CCL National Tournament with a $50,000 prize and the CCL Trophy.
MORE
The Dallas Foundation Launches Rising GENerosity to Engage the Next Wave of Philanthropic Leaders
by | Dec 4, 2024
The Rising GENerosity kickoff at Dallas’ Park House brought together changemakers aged 25 to 50 for an evening of bold ideas, meaningful connections, and fresh inspiration. See highlights in our gallery.
MORE
Dallas’ Lone Star Funds Closes $3B Acquisition of Carrier’s Commercial and Residential Fire Business
by | Dec 4, 2024
As a result of the transaction, the business will now operate as an independent company under the new name Kidde Global Solutions, Lone Star said.
MORE
Madrid-based SNGULAR Launches New Company Out of Dallas to Revolutionize Construction Management
by | Dec 4, 2024
Dallas-based CEO Borja Roig leads ConnectedWorks, which—after several years of development in collaboration with Madrid's Ferrovial—already has "clients and traction" in countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Chile.
MORE

This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • Abbott Laboratories' automated laboratory inventory management using RFID technology
  • AMS International's ambient light sensing
  • The University of Texas System's method for accurate sequencing of DNA
  • Citibank's validating image content and format using artificial intelligence
  • Huawei Technologies' integration of internet of things devices
  • L3VEL's systems for improving wireless mesh networks
  • OncoNano Medicine's therapeutic pH responsive compositions
  • Raytheon's method to maintain vacuum, or to selectively exclude/admit electromagnetic energy
  • Texas Instruments' bitonic sorting accelerator


Patented: Bank of America’s New Browser Security Extension and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 12, with a total of 122 patents granted.
MORE
Irving’s Heidelberg Materials NA Acquires Giant Cement Holding in $600M Deal
by | Dec 3, 2024
“The acquisition of the GCHI assets will further strengthen our cementitious footprint in the growing Southeastern U.S. and New England markets,” said Chris Ward, president and CEO of Heidelberg Materials North America.
MORE
Pizza Hut Pilots New ‘Digital Forward’ Restaurant Design in North Texas
by | Dec 3, 2024
The Plano restaurant includes self-service kiosks for faster order placement, cabinets for contactless pick-up, and a guest-facing pizza making station to show off the "quality and care" that goes into every Pizza Hut pizza, the company said. There's also a "Hut 'N Go" drive-thru featuring ready-now options.
MORE
East Meets West: Investors, Businesspeople from Japan & Taiwan Take Economic Tour of Texas
by | Dec 3, 2024
The five-day Best of Texas Bus Tour included DFW stops at NTT Data, Toyota Motor North America, and GlobalWafers—with time out for longhorn-riding portraits along the way.
MORE