In a side room at Old Parkland, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, left, and Houston philanthropist John Arnold compared notes for the Texas Business Hall of Fame's Creators 2025 speaker series. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography]
Cuban and Arnold told an audience of businesspeople at Old Parkland Wednesday that high healthcare costs have multiple causes—and that efforts to significantly reform the system are likely to take a while.
Texas still reigns as the state hosting the most Fortune 500 companies. Plus, this year's list breaks a glass ceiling with 52 women at the helm of Fortune 500 companies.
The proposed acquisition was announced in September, with CVS Health beating out other big-name suitors in a bidding war last summer. “This transaction advances our value-based care strategy by enhancing our presence in the home,” CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch said. Reuters reported that the deal's closing was delayed by a Department of Justice review over antitrust concerns.
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Ribbon Communications, Texas Brand Bank, Evolve Biologics, and COMSoverign Holding Corp., Warrior Connection, T.D. Jakes Foundation, Mindzie, the City of Fort Worth, UT Arlington, Allied Electronics and Automation, KTA Media Group, My Possibilities, and more.
Beating out other big-name contenders like Amazon in the bidding battles, CVS Health is set to acquire Dallas’ Signify Health.
The Rhode Island-based company behind the national chain of pharmacies has inked an agreement to acquire the local tech-enabled home health services firm for $30.50 per share—a deal valued at around $8 billion.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines made a trio of charitable commitments to observe the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The airline and its CR Smith Museum, located at American’s Fort Worth campus, said they’ve made their 9/11 collection available to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City....
Seventeen-year-old Minh Nguyen is building xOrbita, an autopilot platform for satellites. Not in a classroom but in the real world. That on its own would be quite a feat.
But Nguyen’s company said he recently stepped up his burgeoning entrepreneurship as the youngest person ever accepted into the prestigious EWOR fellowship program for early-stage startups....
University of North Texas alum Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, donated $20 million to launch a college specializing in AI and advanced analytics at UNT.
The Denton university said the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics will concentrate on the development, application and responsible use of AI, intelligent systems and data analytics....
Fort Worth-based American Airlines made a trio of charitable commitments to observe the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The airline and its CR Smith Museum, located at American’s Fort Worth campus, said they’ve made their 9/11 collection available to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City....
Seventeen-year-old Minh Nguyen is building xOrbita, an autopilot platform for satellites. Not in a classroom but in the real world. That on its own would be quite a feat.
But Nguyen’s company said he recently stepped up his burgeoning entrepreneurship as the youngest person ever accepted into the prestigious EWOR fellowship program for early-stage startups....
University of North Texas alum Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, donated $20 million to launch a college specializing in AI and advanced analytics at UNT.
The Denton university said the Anuradha and Vikas Sinha College of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics will concentrate on the development, application and responsible use of AI, intelligent systems and data analytics....