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DALLAS, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Instruments Foundation has given a $413,000 grant to the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation (NAPE-EF) to manage and expand the impact of the highly successful High-Tech High Heels (HTHH) program. Based in Dallas, HTHH has been effectively preparing girls to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) since 2003 by working with both educators and students, primarily in two North Texas...
DALLAS, Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC), the largest technology trade organization in Texas, has named Pardeep Kohli, President and CEO of Mavenir Systems, as a finalist in the Corporate CEO category as part of the 11th Annual Tech Titans and Titan Fast Tech Awards. Mavenir Systems also is a finalist for the Titan Fast Tech Award. Tech Titans are recognized as outstanding technology companies and individuals in the North Texas area who have made...
Smartphone users access concessions deals and special offers based on precise terminal locationsDFW AIRPORT, Texas, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DFW International Airport today launched a groundbreaking new program integrating the popular "Foursquare" and "Facebook Places" location-based mobile applications with the Airport's concessions offerings. Customers who check in via social networking at any of DFW's five passenger terminals will have access to special...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas fans can purchase live event tickets from their local Walmart store. Using point of sale touch screens located in the electronics departments of 145 participating Walmart stores, fans throughout the area can browse available tickets for family shows, concerts and sporting events. Once the desired event is selected by the fan, a Walmart employee helps complete the transaction and immediately prints the tickets. "By integrating ticketing...
DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The NBCUniversal Foundation today awarded $100,000 in grants to five non-profit organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as part of the company's ongoing commitment to improving public secondary education in local communities. The recipients include: Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas - $20,000Camp Fire USA - $20,000Hispanic College Fund - $20,000Score a Goal in the Classroom - $20,000YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas - $20,000...
Air service development mission trip highlights new QANTAS service, business and tourism between Australia and Texas BRISBANE, Australia, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DFW International Airport CEO Jeff Fegan and a delegation of high level Dallas/Fort Worth area civic and business leaders are in Australia on a weeklong mission to promote the Airport and the DFW region to Australian audiences. The Premier of Queensland, Anna Maria Bligh, greeted the delegation this morning at its...
New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are still America's largest metropolitan areas, but none of the nation's 366 metropolitan areas added more people during the past decade than Houston. Based on a new extensive analysis of the 2000 and 2010 censuses by Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the Greater Houston metropolitan area grew by a whopping 1.2 million people and increased by more than 123,000 per year over the decade."Houston's growth represents more people than the...
DALLAS, June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Buy a Rheem tankless water heater from Baker Brothers Plumbing in June and it's free if the DFW Metroplex doesn't officially hit 100 degrees in the month of July. Does ignoring this offer sound like a no-brainer? It's summer in Texas. Of course it will officially hit 100 degrees in July, right? Not necessarily. Just four years ago, in 2007, the DFW Metroplex didn't record a single official 100-degree day in July. And a summer "cold front" is expected...
Airport holds ceremony to honor and thank volunteers; call goes out for more volunteer greetersDFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DFW International Airport today honored the community of volunteer greeters involved in its renowned "Welcome Home A Hero" program for completing seven years of service to incoming soldiers, and sounded a call for more North Texans to welcome home the troops. "This program has had a galvanizing effect on our...
RICHARDSON, Texas, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) announced today that G. Brint Ryan, CEO and Managing Principal of Ryan, LLC, has been elected to its board. The board's function is to advise the company about local business activities, health care developments, community relations opportunities and community priorities in Texas. Mr. Ryan holds both Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in accounting from the University of North Texas (UNT) and...
