Carrollton-based Universal Power Group to purchase assets of Monarch Hunting Products
The transaction is expected to close in January 2009.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Dallas-based Worksoft to acquire Test Factory LLC
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
Plano-based GENBAND acquires NextPoint Networks
The acquisition is just one of a series for the firm.
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
AMR Corp. sells American Beacon
The lucky buyer is Light House Holdings, Inc.
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008
Fort Worth-based Cano to sell Pantwist for $42.7 million
Pantwist was created in 2006.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
Fort Worth-based XTO Energy completes merger of Hunt Petroleum
XTO forked over about $2.6 billion in cash plus stocks to complete the merger.
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Addison’s Glazer’s Distribution merges with Southern Wine & Spirits
"What are we going to do today Brain?" "The same thing we do every night Pinky: try to take over the world."
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
Richardson-based Cirro Energy acquired by Dominion Retail
Cirro currently services around 52,600 customers.
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Dallas-based GW Equity sells off Texas Garden Services to private investor
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
Coppell-based Minyard’s to sell Carnival brand, 37 stores
Carnival's new owners will be Grocers Supply, owners of Fiesta.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Dallas architecture firm THA acquired Wells Janousek Architects
The two firms have already worked together previously.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Irving-based Healthvision acquires Medisolution’s Healthcare Products and Services Division
The company hopes to serve over 3,000 customers after the acquisition.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Dallas-based Access Pharmaceuticals to acquire MacroChem Corp.
MacroChem's portfolio includes Pexiganan and EcoNail.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Dallas-based GW Equity sells Concise Data Management Inc. to FaceTime Strategy
Concise Data Management is also based in Dallas.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Dallas-based Hicks Acquisition Company to combine with Graham Packaging in $3.2 billion transaction
The combined enterprise will not have the words "Hicks" or "cracker" anywhere in the title.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Dallas-based CompuCom Systems to acquire North American operations of Getronics
The combined firms would have an annual revenue of $2.1 billion.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dallas-based Tenet to sell interest in Broadlane
Proceeds will be approximately $155 million.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Dallas-based Staubach Co. sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for $727 million
The long-awaited sale is finally official.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Dallas-based GW Equity sells off Houstech Inc. to private investor
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Fort Worth-based GEV Group buys 5,000 acres of Barnett Shale property
Located in Tarrant, Denton, and Wise counties, the property was facing foreclosure.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Fort Worth-based XTO Energy to acquire Hunt Petroleum
Deal is for $4.19 billion of cash and stock. Yes, that's billion with a B.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Dallas-based ACS acquires Transportation Management Systems
ACS forked over $42 million for the navigation systems company.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Dallas-based law firm Baron & Budd, P.C. files suit to stop sale of EDS to Hewlett-Packard
Baron & Budd allege that the terms of the sale agreement are unfair to EDS shareholders.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Dallas-based poop scooping business Pet Butler sold for $1.2 million
Dog poop is now worth its weight in gold.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Dallas-based PHNS acquires AmeriVault Corp.
The company hopes to expand its data protection reach.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Houston-based Rick’s Cabaret buys Dallas adult nightclub Platinum Club II
It'll be "rebranded" as a Club Onyx and cater to African-American men.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
UPDATED: Plano-based EDS reportedly being sold to Hewlett-Packard
EDS will now be called "EDS - an HP company". Catchy.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Dallas-based Quickoffice announces the acquisition of DynoPlex
DynoPlex recently launched the first native Microsoft Office suite for BlackBerry devices.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Dallas-based GW Equity sells Pyramid Technologies to Hanover Partners
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Dallas-based ACS to acquire CompIQ Corporation
ACS expands its healthcare and insurance payer capabilities.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Plano-based Perot Systems to acquire Germany’s HighQ-IT
The company is hoping to expand its European footprint.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Plano-based Alchemy Creative acquires ownership of Poetry Pals
Poetry Pals has been used in over 6000 Montessori schools.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Dallas-based Ascendant Solutions announces the sale of Medicine Man Pharmacies
The company acquired Medicine Man pharmacies in 2004.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Dallas-based Alliance Data terminates merger agreement with Blackstone Affiliates
Blackstone wasn't acting fast enough for Alliance.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Garland-based Raytheon IIS acquires software company SI Government Solutions
SI makes security software for the U.S. intelligence community. That's all you need to know, capiche?
Friday, April 18, 2008
Plano-based Layered Technologies to acquire FastServers.net
Newly combined assets include managed and unmanaged hosting, cloud computing, and virtualization technologies.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dallas-based Blockbuster tells the whole world that it wants to buy Circuit City
Blockbuster wrote a fan letter to Circuit City on February 17. Which Circuit City totally ignored. So now Blockbuster is blabbing its secret crush to everyone.
Monday, April 14, 2008
VCG Holding to buy Jaguar’s Gold Club in Dallas
The nightclub went for $6.8 million.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Fort Worth-based Dickies acquires Kodiak Group Holdings
Kodiak is Canada’s leading manufacturer and distributor of work and outdoor footwear.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Dallas-based Centex sells its Hometeam Pest Defense to Rollins, Inc.
Rollins operates Orkin and other pest companies.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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