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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

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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