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Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg (left), and Frontier CEO Nick Jeffery [Photos: Verizon/Frontier]
Verizon To Acquire Dallas-Based Frontier Communications in $20B Deal
by David Seeley | Sep 5, 2024
A year after fiber broadband giant Frontier Communications moved its HQ from Connecticut to Dallas, the company made even bigger news today with the announcement of its acquisition by New York-based Verizon—America's No. 1 wireless provider and a rival in fiber broadband delivery.
by Lance Murray |
Sep 4, 2024
The Fort Worth facility, along with a new one ShipBob has opened in North Aurora, Illinois, will allow the company to better serve its e-commerce merchants "by tripling our operational space while combining our receiving, fulfillment innovation, and sortation centers into single facilities, paving the way for future growth and continued innovation," the company's supply chain officer said.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 4, 2024
Most people who look out their window are lucky to see a tree. But residents who move into the upcoming One Rangers Way—a $100M, 300-unit luxury apartment project from the Texas Rangers and the Cordish Companies—will get a sports-related eyeful in multiple directions. The project is located several field-goal kicks from AT&T Stadium and across from Choctaw Stadium and nearby Globe Life Field, and close to the looming hubub coming with the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 4, 2024
Modern new buildings often have enormous walls of glass at their entry—but in hurricane zones and wind-blown regions, that can be a recipe for disaster. OBE aims to protect against that with its new StormMax Level E line of glass-and-metal storefronts and entrance systems.
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U.S. Patent No. 12,067,549 was assigned to Walmart Apollo for for systems and methods of image processing and shrinkage evaluation. [Image: USPTO]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- • Capital One's authentication of a driver of a vehicle for a vehicle experience
- • CareView's fall detection using sensors in a smart monitoring safety system
- • G Force Braces' therapy boot with pockets for ice pack and compression bladder
- • Geri Gabi's napkin ring with interchangeable decorative topper and base
- • Joshua RDTechnologies' systems for steam fracking
- • Lifecycle Biotechnologies' oscillating bioreactor system
- • LIVEPERSON's automated response to queries made by interactive electronic chat
- • Samsung's determining relevant gesture signals using multi-dimensional radar signals
- • Toyota's customizable abnormal driving detection
- • USAA's motor vehicle safety systems and methods for protecting bicyclists
Patented: Walmart Apollo’s Image Processing for Shrinkage Evaluation and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 4, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 20, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 3, 2024
Firefly Park is slated to feature 3 million SF of Class A office space, 400,000 SF of upscale retail, dining, and entertainment, 1,200 hotel rooms, 230 townhomes, 1,970 mid-rise and high-rise residential units, and numerous world-class amenities, said Benbrook-based Wilks Development—which has tapped Transwestern Real Estate Services and Kobalt Investment Co. to oversee leasing.
Here's a look at new renderings.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 3, 2024
Archer Review—which led all North Texas companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing list—said the comprehensive tool offers 20 courses that mirror nursing program content from prerequisites to introductory and core coursework to transition to practice topics.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 3, 2024
The investment in Kirkland, Washington-based American Binary marks "a significant step towards fortifying digital security as civilization moves toward the quantum computing era," the Dallas-based private equity firm said.
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[Sources: Tom Windeknecht/istockphoto; DI Studio]
The Last Word: J. Small Investments’ Steven Davis on Life Sciences Companies’ Need for ‘Ripe’ Real Estate
by Quincy Preston | Aug 29, 2024
At Bisnow's Future of DFW Life Sciences Summit, Davis predicted a "snowball effect" of success in the next three to ten years as the life sciences industry grows. Davis has today's "Last Word."
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 29, 2024
It’s been a power week for Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth. The defense giant secured over $5 billion in new and modified F-35 contracts and unveiled Poland’s first F-35A fighter jet, named “Husarz” after the NATO ally’s legendary winged armor cavalry unit.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 29, 2024
Big Ass Fans said it's hiring 100 employees to get the 210,000-SF Fort Worth facility up and running—a number the company anticipates will grow alongside the business.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 29, 2024
The companies' initial fleet of low-carbon hydrogen projects are slated for development in Northern California, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and in Ohio. All sites will employ Nu:ionic’s Teal Hydrogen production equipment, offering "a cost-effective and near-term pathway to low carbon energy solution," according to RW Energy's CEO.
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Adrian Butler, SVP and chief technology officer at Foot Locker. [Sources: Foot Locker, Sorbis/Shutterstock, DI Studio]
Foot Locker To Open Global Tech Services Hub in North Texas
by David Seeley | Aug 29, 2024
Along with announcing its HQ move from NYC to St. Petersburg, Florida, Foot Locker plans to open its global technology and innovation center in North Texas next month, citing the region's "best-in-class technology talent pool."
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by David Seeley |
Aug 28, 2024
Founded in 2023, Frisco-based Startup Runway is an accelerator with a mission of promoting the growth of India-based companies and other international businesses it represents. Now ensconced at Richardson's IQ HQ, it aims to help the city boost its designation as the "International Business Capital of North Texas."
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 28, 2024
McKinney-based StatLab Medical Products is scaling its global reach with a series of strategic moves, including acquisitions and expanded facilities, such as a new one in Arlington. CEO Sung-Dae Hong, who took the helm this time last year, brings decades of experience in driving growth and M&A.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 28, 2024
The expansion adds a 28-bed cardiovascular ICU with cutting-edge ECMO beds and space for future growth in response to increasing need for specialized cardiac care.
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