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Jim Keyes' new book, “Education is Freedom" has a message for CEOs and other change-makers alike.
The Last Word: Jim Keyes on His New Book ‘Education Is Freedom’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 6, 2024
In one of our top stories today, Dallas Innovates' Glenn Hunter spoke with former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes about his new book, Education is Freedom. That CEO acronym in the book makes a key point, he told us.
by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 6, 2024
Amid a general atmosphere of ignorance and fear that’s being stoked by the internet and social media, the U.S. education system currently is under attack as irrelevant or beyond repair, Jim Keyes says. What’s urgently needed, he believes, is replacing this cycle of negativity with knowledge—and a new technology platform that will ‘take American education to the next level.’
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by David Seeley |
Jun 5, 2024
As we noted in our top story today, Lee's TXSE Group plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S. The group says it will provide "a venue to trade and list public companies and the growing universe of exchange-traded products" as a "fully electronic, national securities exchange." That's caused buzz across the Lone Star State—and especially on Wall Street.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2024
Phase I is set to go live in December, followed by a transformative 550,000-square-foot Phase II expansion. The project offers an "excellent alternative" to the tight Dallas-Fort Worth data center market, according to the company's Wylie-based CEO.
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Trend Micro COO Kevin Simzer (left) and Carla Rodriguez, VP and GM, client software ecosystem enabling at Intel [Photos: LinkedIn]
Trend Micro Launches ‘World’s First’ Security Solutions for Consumers Using AI PCs
by David Seeley | Jun 5, 2024
As PC manufacturers race to bring new AI personal computers to market, consumers face risks along with opportunities. Today global cybersecurity company Trend Micro—whose U.S. HQ is in Irving—announced its first consumer security solutions tailored to safeguard against emerging threats in the new AI PC era.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 5, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of May 21, 2024. 121 patents granted include: Bank of America's agent-side chatbot simulator with throttling capabilities, Crestron Electronics' tabletop touchscreen panel, GM Global Technology Operations' perception system with attention module for processing visual data, Health Management Systems' healthcare coverage matching and verification, Netscout Systems Texas' determining geolocation of devices in a communication network, Revision Robotics Surgical Innovations' robotic joint revision system, Sanofi's medicament delivery device, Tango Networks' system, method, and computer-readable medium for provisioning dual-homed voice call continuity, Topgolf International's golf ball dispenser, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America's parking seeker detection system and method for updating parking spot database using same, and United Services Automobile Association's environmental conditions monitoring system.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 5, 2024
Watch out, Wall Street—a Dallas-based stock exchange is bucking its way into U.S. equity capital markets. And it's already lined up around $120 million in funding from BlackRock, Citadel Securities, and other investors including "prominent business leaders from around the country."
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by David Seeley |
Jun 4, 2024
Lee is one of three UT Arlington faculty members who've been awarded $1.6 million from the Department of Energy to help boost the reliability of Texas's electric grid. The team is exploring the use of "behind-the-meter" energy devices that may help cut down on electricity consumption—and even upload energy to the grid itself, writes Fort Worth Report's Shomial Ahmad.
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AECOM president Lara Poloni (left), and Karl Jensen, executive vice president of AECOM’s National Governments business [Photos: AECOM]
Dallas-Based AECOM Awarded Nationwide Contract To Support FEMA’s Disaster Resilience Efforts
by David Seeley | Jun 4, 2024
Lately, a seemingly endless drumbeat of devastating storms across North Texas—including one that claimed seven lives in the region over Memorial Day weekend—has put disaster programs at the top of many local minds. And now a major local company is signing on to help America recover from calamities that could take an even greater toll.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 4, 2024
AVX Aircraft says it was founded with a vision of "bringing advanced vertical lift solutions to the civilian aircraft market." Now it will leverage its vertical lift tech expertise to advance development of ATI Aircraft's TriFan 600 VTOL airplane—which aims to perform everything from charter flights to medevac rescues.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 4, 2024
Jay Shetty, a popular podcast host and author of bestselling books 'Think Like a Monk' and '8 Rules of Love,' will reimagine dating advice on the Dallas-based dating giant's app. In a recent TikTok video, Shetty said, "Dating is hard, I know. That's why I'm so excited to announce I am partnering with Match as their Relationship Advisor."
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 4, 2024
Southwest Heater and Controls was led by Camille Hawkins from 1983 until her retirement in 2012, and is now led by her sons Chris and David. This is the third acquisition by Cincinnati's Thermal Technology Distribution Solutions since its formation in September.
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FORVIS CEO Tom Watson, left, and Hervé Hélias, CEO and Chairman of Mazars Group. [Photos: Business Wire]
Accounting Firm FORVIS and Paris’ Mazars Launch $5B Forvis Mazars Global Network
by Lance Murray | Jun 3, 2024
As a two-firm network, Forvis Mazars is unique in the market and says it provides "the agility, capacity, and coverage" to support clients wherever in the world they operate. The companies' global network formation was first announced last November.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 3, 2024
South Korea-based Hyosung has been a leader in ATM hardware, software, and services in America since entering the U.S. market in 1998. Its new production, warehouse, and storage facility is 66% larger than Hyosung’s prior facilities and aims to help meet its customers' "evolving needs."
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by David Seeley |
Jun 3, 2024
The company's proprietary license plate recognition software and camera systems recently helped a "major grocery chain" enable local police "to arrest suspects involved in a retail crime ring within 72 hours of deploying Insight LPR cameras."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 3, 2024
Up to 18 Arlington business owners will be selected for a new Small Business Development Cohort, with the application window opening on June 4 and closing on June 28, 2024.
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