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Jason W. Taylor, founder and president of CodeLaunch. [Video still: CodeLaunch]
Finalists Named for 2025 CodeLaunch World Championship at Gilley’s Dallas
by Lance Murray | Nov 5, 2025
Plano-based CodeLaunch has been at the forefront of fostering startup growth by merging seed accelerator competition with a unique approach called “venturetainment”—featuring a blend of live music, comedy, panels, and networking. Here are the six finalists who'll be competing amid that high-energy mix on Nov. 12.
by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2025
Arlington-based FlexXray said the acquisition marks its first European operation. The company's advanced X-ray inspection technologies and CT capabilities enable it to detect most foreign material in food and beverages down to 0.8 mm or smaller.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 21, 2025
Titanium has asset-based trucking operations and logistics brokerages servicing Canada and the United States, with approximately 850 power units, 3,000 trailers, and 1,300 employees and independent owner operators.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 2, 2025
Irving-based McKesson Corp. has finalized the sale of its Canada-based Rexall and Well.ca businesses to Birch Hill Equity Partners, a mid-market Canadian private equity firm.
McKesson said the deal enables it to focus capital deployment and prioritize investments expanding its strategic oncology and biopharma growth platforms.
The deal, which was announced in September, closed on Dec....
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MobileComm, a global telecom engineering firm, was founded in 2002. California-based IT services firm UST said the acquisition and the integration of Mobilecomm's more than 1,300 employees will "significantly strengthen" its telecommunications practice and position it to continue its growth in the sector.
Dallas-Based MobileComm Acquired by California Company
by Lance Murray | Aug 29, 2023
MobileComm, a global telecom engineering firm, was founded in 2002. California-based IT services firm UST said the acquisition and the integration of Mobilecomm's more than 1,300 employees will "significantly strengthen" its telecommunications practice and position it to continue its growth in the sector.
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by Lance Murray |
May 3, 2023
Improving, a Dallas-based modern digital services company, has acquired Jump Analytics, a technology firm specializing in advanced analytics and corporate performance management, with offices throughout Canada. Improving said the transaction is expected to increase its annualized revenue exceeding $290 million and will further its geographic reach throughout North America.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 24, 2023
Richardson-based Cariloop, a comprehensive caregiver support platform, has expanded its support services to Canada.
“Expanding to the Canadian market is a major milestone for our company and our employer clients,” Chief Growth Officer Julie Devine said in a statement....
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![Barnston Agtech showed off its swarm farming robotic driverless tractors at the Barnstorm R&D Center in a recent YouTube video. [Video screenshot]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Barnstorm-AgTech-Swarming-Robot-Tractors-360x203.jpg)
by Lance Murray |
Dec 28, 2022
Barnstorm Agtech, a Canadian startup developing driverless robotic tractors known as 'Barnstormers,' has closed on a $217,500 equity capital raise through Fort Worth-based Harvest Returns' investment platform.
The company, co-founded by a fourth-generation farmer and a robotics expert, plans to deploy 'swarms' of the tractors as a service to farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Canadian Prairies to address chronic labor scarcity and other "pain points" of traditional tractor systems.
The company, co-founded by a fourth-generation farmer and a robotics expert, plans to deploy 'swarms' of the tractors as a service to farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Canadian Prairies to address chronic labor scarcity and other "pain points" of traditional tractor systems.
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Six Takeaways on What the USMCA Means to Texas and the World
by Dave Moore | Dec 15, 2020
Texas has a special trade relationship with Mexico and Canada, with the two countries employing roughly 1 million Texans and the relationship resulting in $270 billion in trade annually. You can find more takeaways from the United States and these countries' trade representatives below.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Jul 2, 2020
The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), formerly the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), launches at a tough time as supply chains are strained in the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting the right goods into the right hands has become a question of resiliency, experts say. The virus has accelerated urgent change in supply chains as they must quickly adapt—within days, in some cases.
“What used to be possible with just a pencil, and pen, and paper is now impossible to operate” without technology, analyst Piotr Marczewski says.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 8, 2019
Deep Ellum’s ‘gritty, authentic feel’ lures everyone from small retailers to giant tech firms like Uber.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 18, 2019
Ripple will make up to a $50 million investment in MoneyGram as the industry moves toward what might be the future of international money transfers.
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International Expansion: Plano Startup Patents Car Odor-Elimination Tech, Builds on Marijuana Legalization
by Alex Edwards | Jan 22, 2019
Update | NuVinAir combines science and innovation to create its patented line of odor eradicators. With 5,000 percent growth this year and a newly launched Canadian distributorship, the company says it's on its way to becoming the new industry standard.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 10, 2018
The Plano-based company says the acquisition helps it address the evolving needs of law enforcement agencies, from small municipalities to large counties.
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by Blair Welch |
Oct 31, 2018
The "largest barbecue chain in the world" is about to get even bigger with its first-time international expansions. It's blazing new trails, making capital investments in things like information technology, real estate, and logistics.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 21, 2018
The companies were selected becaue they exhibit strong entrepreneurial experience and ability to solve retail’s biggest challenges.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
