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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
[Illustration sources: DI Studio; istockphoto; OpenAI 2024]
The Last Word: American Airlines on Creating Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce-Themed Flights to Super Bowl LVIII
by David Seeley | Jan 29, 2024
Fort Worth-based American Airlines loaded up on new flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII after Sunday's Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship win over the Baltimore Ravens. And they're tailor-made for fans of Taylor and Travis.
by David Seeley |
Jan 26, 2024
It's officially unofficial that the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final—the greatest sports event on earth to be viewed by billions of people worldwide—will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 25, 2024
In just 10 weeks, Dallas-Fort Worth will have a front-row seat for the April 8 total solar eclipse, when the moon will cover the sun and offer, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight. But Jo But Trazila says 10 weeks from now is not when you should be thinking about getting safe viewing glasses.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 24, 2024
Goliath Games—a Netherlands company with North American headquarters in Richardson—is known for its popular games such as Rummikub, Sequence, and Pop! the Pig. But now it's getting into toys, too, and Weiss is heading up the play.
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IF/THEN statues on display in Pacific Science Center's "Science for Everyone" exhibit. [Photo: PSC]
The Last Word: Jordana Dahmen on Sparking STEM Passions With Barbies and the IF/THEN Initiative
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 22, 2024
In 2021, Dallas saw the launch of an extraordinary exhibition under the banner of the IF/THEN initiative, aimed at promoting women in science, technology, engineering, and math. The centerpiece: a collection of 120 life-sized, 3D-printed statues representing a diverse group of women STEM professionals.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 19, 2024
“GLP-1 drugs, medications like Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs that are actually diabetes drugs, provide me with retail insights,” said Pil, according to a takeaway featured in D CEO. “We can look through Chase’s anonymized data by individual—we bank more than 95 million individuals in this country—and I can identify people who are on Ozempic based on their spending patterns."
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by David Seeley |
Jan 17, 2024
Samuel is just one of several healthcare CEOs and executives interviewed about federally sanctioned hospital-at-home programs in a new article by Texas CEO Magazine.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 16, 2024
LG’s new 100,000-square-foot Fort Worth plant will have an annual capacity of 12,000 units, while operating with “100% green power,” the company said, adding that it will bring “dozens of new tech jobs” to North Texas—reinforcing LG’s commitment to the region as an innovation and manufacturing hub of the future.
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The Last Word: The Trust for Public Land’s Robert Kent on the Dallas Greening Initiative
by David Seeley | Jan 11, 2024
Today the Dallas City Council was set to learn the locations of the first five green spaces to be created through the mayor’s Dallas Greening Initiative, the DMN reported—with a new green space slated for all 14 city council districts over the next few years.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 10, 2024
He's been flown into space on his own Virgin Galactic space plane. He's crossed the Atlantic and Pacific in a hot air balloon, and set a speed record for crossing the Atlantic in a powerboat. But billionaire Richard Branson's biggest daredevil acts have arguably been founding businesses—from Virgin Records to Virgin Atlantic to Virgin Mobile to Virgin Hotels and many, many more.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 9, 2024
Former longtime Dallas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson died on New Year's Eve at the age of 89, and President Biden was one of those who paid their respects at a prayer service honoring her Monday night.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 8, 2024
“I think DFW represents such a strong market for Plug and Play,” Saadawi told Dallas Innovates. “it’s kind of remarkable that we haven’t been there this whole time.”
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Integrity Co-Founder and CEO Bryan W. Adams with his family and some of the over 20,000 toys donated to Childrens Health [Photo: Integrity]
The Last Word: Integrity Foundation’s Mary Elyse Farah on 26K-Plus Toys Donated To Children’s Health Patients
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 20, 2023
For the third year in a row, the employees of Dallas-based insurtech company Integrity have supported the “Integrity Gives Back” Toy Drive to replenish the stuffed animals, toys, games, and books that are given to children who are patients at Children’s Health in Dallas and Plano. This year, Integrity invited the public to join the toy drive. For every single toy donated, Integrity donors matched the donation with two additional toys for a total presentation of over 26,000 donated items.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 19, 2023
Some people think it's a drag to go to the office. But what if right outside your workplace there's a $10 million new Katy Trail Ice House on wooded grounds with three barbecue smokers, a ranch theme, and seating for 1,200 people?
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by David Seeley |
Dec 18, 2023
Frisco is the No. 1 city in the Lone Star State and the No. 7 city in the U.S. in its number of roundabout intersections. That's according to a story by Susan McFarland in the Dallas Morning News. Citing data from Kittelson & Associates, the DMN says Frisco has 61 roundabouts, with four more under construction and 16 in the design phase.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 15, 2023
Chip-loving spirit fans have spent their adult lives dividing their loyalties between bags of crunchy chips and bottles of spirited spirits—until now. This week, Plano-based Frito-Lay announced the launch of the first-ever Doritos Nacho Cheese spirit, in a collaboration with Copenhagen-based Empirical spirits.
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