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Sagent CEO Chris Marshall. [Composite image; Source: Mr. Cooper Group/Business Wire]
Mortgage Servicing Co. Sagent Names Its Board Chair as New CEO
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 5, 2026
Chris Marshall—a mortgage, banking, and fintech leader who previously served as vice chairman and president of Dallas-based Mr. Cooper—will work closely with customers to implement Sagent’s end-to-end Dara platform at scale, the company said.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 31, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 25 with a total of 135 patents granted.
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Reports: Texas Stock Exchange Settles Trademark Dispute Over ‘TXSE’ as Backing Grows to $270 Million
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 16, 2025
The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange has resolved a trademark dispute with the Toronto Stock Exchange over its “TXSE” branding, The Texas Lawbook reported. Separately, Bloomberg reported that total funding for TXSE Group, the exchange’s parent company, has reached $270 million with new backing from Goldman and Bank of America.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 10, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 4 with a total of 156 patents granted.
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Hologic's 3Dimensions mammography system [Photo: Hologic]
TPG and Blackstone To Acquire Women’s HealthTech Co. Hologic for Up to $18.3B
by Lance Murray | Oct 21, 2025
"Hologic is an outstanding global leader in advancing women’s health, with a longstanding reputation for groundbreaking and high-quality medical device and diagnostic products," said Blackstone's Ram Jagannath.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Sep 9, 2025
The bank's Support Services team fills a critical role in BOA—acting as an in-house consulting firm for every line of business.
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by Lance Murray |
May 28, 2025
With $1.86 billion raised since 2018 and recent product launches, the North Texas life science company founded in 2008 is preparing for a public debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, following a $168 million growth capital round in April.
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McWane, Inc. has received a newly granted patent for "Remote Monitoring of Water Distribution System," invented by Carrollton-based Brian Morrow and Colleyville-based Charles Kitowski. The patent describes a system that uses sensors on a fire hydrant to measure water characteristics and transmit data remotely over a network. [Image sources: USPTO Patent #12196736, istock background]
This week, newly granted patents also include:
- 7-Eleven's hand detection trigger for item identification
- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' data labeling system and method operative with patient and clinician controller devices disposed in a remote care architecture
- American Heart Association's methods for predicting post-surgical cardiovascular events
- Bank of America's multi-computer system for performing vulnerability analysis and alert generation
- Catenate's personality analysis for selection of courses, colleges, and/or careers
- Docusign's blockchain-based network transitioned by a legal contract
- Frontier Communications' augmented reality environment for providing instructions for repairing a PON device
- Highway App's secured platform for managing transportation logistics
- Intellective AI's cognitive information security using a behavior recognition system
- KoiReader Technologies' yard mapping and asset tracking system
- Musarubra's system for detecting cyberattacks impersonating legitimate sources
- NCH's detecting biofilm growth in water systems
- Summer Institute of Linguistics' multilingual dialogue interactions using dynamic automatic speech recognition and processing
Patented: McWane’s Remote Monitoring of Water Distribution and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 18, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 14 with a total of 154 patents granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 20, 2024
First reported by D CEO, Mike Hoque and Mike Ablon have the iconic 72-story tower and four surrounding city blocks under contract, planning a $350 million redevelopment that includes a luxury hotel, street-level enhancements, and a potential new financial district in downtown Dallas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 4, 2024. 153 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store, Apple's enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things), ATT Intellectual Property I's facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network, Avohdah's automated gesture identification using neural networks, Bank of America's dynamic unauthorized activity detection, and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 31, 2024
Formally known as the Entrepreneur of Color Credit Enhancement Fund, the program will provide loan guarantees and loan-readiness assistance to growth-oriented businesses.
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Fort Worth's planned National Juneteenth Museum is designed by the New York office of Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group. [Rendering courtesy City of Fort Worth]
Bank of America Awards $1M Grant to Fort Worth’s National Juneteenth Museum
by David Seeley | Jul 25, 2023
"The National Juneteenth Museum will be a social and economic anchor in Fort Worth that will serve as a catalyst for community education and growth," Mike Pavell, Bank of America Fort Worth president, said in announcing the $1 million grant.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2023
The DEC Network, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is gearing up for its 2023 State of Entrepreneurship event—the first-ever in Frisco. Dubbed 'the Super Bowl for Entrepreneurs' in North Texas, the annual gathering brings together game-changing startups and innovative business leaders.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Carlos M. Pelayo has been appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer of Coppell-based Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
Pelayo will lead the company’s legal department and corporate governance functions and will serve on the executive leadership team....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 27, 2023
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA Inc. announced that Betty Jotanovic will be president of Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships where she will be responsible for all aspects of Santander Consumer’s Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships.
Jotanovic will report to Bruce Jackson who recently was named head of the Santander US Auto business and CEO of Santander Consumer....
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