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02/07/2024

TARRANT COUNTY NEWS 👉 Two of the four Fort Worth firefighters injured when their engine rolled at 2:30 AM Tuesday remain hospitalized. The driver was pinned and a firefighter was ejected and is in critical condition. The engine was headed to a working house fire.

PLUS scathing human resources report results in Tarrant County leadership resignation; UNT presidency turnover and more in today's newsletter.👇

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Plus:🏈 Is $7 million for a Super Bowl commercial worth it?

02/05/2024

BUSINESS NEWS TODAY 👉 DFW and AT&T Stadium will host nine matches during the 2026 World Cup but did not secure the 2026 World Cup title game. 👉 John Peter Smith Hospital deployed an AI-based, gun detection video analytics platform by ZeroEyes. 👉 Consulting firm Fitch & Associates has concluded that MedStar, which provides emergency medical services and ambulance care to Fort Worth and 14 surrounding cities, is "under-resourced".

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PLUS Higginbotham paid $330K for Leadfoot, the Grand Champion steer at the 2024 Fort Worth Stock Show Junior Sale of Champions. Watch the video in today's newsletter.

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Plus: John Zogg is Fort Worth gold🪙

02/02/2024

BUSINESS NEWS TODAY 👉 What's the REAL story behind Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil? Frito Lay's 'Groundhog Day' ads on ABC. PLUS the city of Southlake is offering an app to benefit shoppers and encourage patronage of its businesses; consumers can receive 5% cash back with NO limit for earnings.

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What's NEW in Fort Worth? 🔥 Texas whiskey maker Oak & Eden Whiskey will open a tasting room and craft bar at Shops at Clearfork on February 10. With a 1,300 bottle library, shoppers can create and buy bottles of whiskey with a personal flavor profile and customized label.

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🎓Plus: The most expensive private high schools in North TX

01/31/2024

BUSINESS NEWS TODAY 👉 Fort Behavior Health is ending its remaining adult programs PLUS GM Motors profit reports...and American Airlines flights in honor of Swift and Kelce? 🫶

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General Motors reported its fourth-quarter pre-tax profit fell 54% to $1.8 billion. For 2023, pre-tax profits dropped more than 14% to $12.4 billion compared with $14.5 billion in 2022. Revenue for the quarter was flat at $42.9 billion, but for the full year, it was up 10% to $171.8 billion. Continued demand for GM's high-profit, full-size pickups and SUVs drove gains. The six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union in the fourth quarter cost GM $900 million before taxes and $1.1 billion for the year.

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Fort Behavioral Health, a residential treatment center that shut down its adolescent programs after a Star-Telegram investigation into years of abuse and reports of neglect, is ending its remaining adult programs, according to the newspaper. Fort Behavioral's CEO is Stephen Mallick. The owner is Bobby Patton, billionaire and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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American Airlines channeled Taylor Swift in unveiling special Flight 1989 (her album) from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. Return Flight 87 is boyfriend Travis Kelce's jersey number.

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01/30/2024

TARRANT COUNTY NEWS 👉 Vogue highlights city of Fort Worth in travel column featuring news about Bella Hadid, Adan Banuelos and the Bowie House.

👉 Lockheed Martin may receive more than $30 billion in orders

PLUS what's new in business development at the Park Village in Southlake and QTS Data Centers near AllianceTexas...

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With a two-part agreement that could deliver more than $30 billion in orders to Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of fighter aircraft to NATO allies Turkey and Greece. The separate deals cover 40 F-16V multi-role fighters for Turkey and 40 fifth-generation F-35 stealth....

01/29/2024

BUSINESS NEWS TODAY 👉 👉 With a two-part agreement that could deliver more than $30 billion in orders to Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of fighter aircraft to NATO allies Turkey and Greece.

WHAT DOES THE DEAL COVER?
The separate deals cover 40 F-16V multi-role fighters for Turkey and 40 fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighters for Greece.

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