April 7, 2020

April 7, 2020 XENEX, a world leader in UV technology-based infection reduction strategies and solutions, chose AT&T* to connect their LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ which use intense pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) light to deactivate viruses, bacteria and spores on surfaces. Equipping the XENEX robots with AT&T Internet of Things connectivity provides the data XENEX and hospitals […]


April 7, 2020 AT&T* and Brain Corp are working together to support data-rich IoT applications for autonomous mobile robots as COVID-19 brings the value of automation sharply into focus. Large-scale original equipment manufacturers are using Brain Corp technology to create autonomous robots that help retailers support workers and drive value by operating safely alongside workers […]


For some perspective on the potential aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic effects on Texas, Ray Perryman gives a finance lesson. “It has to do with the difference between risk and uncertainty. We use those words interchangeably all the time. In normal conversation, that’s fine. But in economics and finance, they have different […]


Sen. John Cornyn said Monday that Congress would have to take additional steps to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. But he stressed that lawmakers and business leaders needed to maximize the $2.2 trillion relief package already approved and signed into law. “I have no doubt there will continue to be a […]

April 6, 2020

April 6, 2020 Mr. Cooper Group Inc., the Coppell-based mortgage servicer and lender, says it placed 86,000 customers on forbearance plans in the first week after Congress approved a bailout and relief package intended to help consumers through the coronavirus pandemic. The company, which describes itself as the nation’s largest non-bank mortgage servicer, disclosed the […]


With every day bringing another worrisome coronavirus statistic, the best news we heard last week came not from the White House nor the CDC, but from a garage in Waxahachie. A small business owner there named Chris Austin has developed a device that might give doctors a much-needed advantage in treating the disease. It’s a […]


Business owners and CEOs throughout North Texas are trying to keep their companies afloat until we emerge from this unprecedented global human and economic carnage. They’re cutting staff, shifting gears, reducing salaries and taking none for themselves. Many of them enjoyed robust growth in 2019 and began this year with high expectations. Now no one […]


April 6, 2020 Texas Health and Human Services announced Monday, Texas WIC, the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children, is expanding the number of food items eligible for purchase through the program. It is also updating the MyTexasWIC app to ensure Texans who need access to nutritious food will be able to […]


April 6, 2020 Dallas ISD served nearly a half-million free meals on Thursday, as the district moved to once-a-week food service in light of concerns about the coronavirus. According to official figures from the district, DISD’s Food & Child Nutrition Services department distributed 490,758 meals to 33,667 students and families on April 2, by far […]


April 6, 2020 More than 250 members of the Texas National Guard arrived at the North Texas Food Bank this weekend to help pack and distribute food across 13 counties. The effort, organized in part by Gov. Greg Abbott and the city of Plano, will help support the food bank as more North Texans face […]