7/16/2008
Convergys to Acquire Intervoice
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) and Intervoice, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTV) announced today that the Boards of Directors of both companies have approved a definitive merger agreement under which Convergys will acquire Intervoice for $335 million in cash or $8.25 per share. The consideration represents a premium of 24 percent to Intervoice's closing stock price on July 15, 2008, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the agreement. Convergys expects the acquisition to be accretive beginning in 2009 on a non-GAAP basis, excluding amortization and one time costs.
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5/27/2008
UTD Technology Program to Link Faculty and Students to Entrepreneurial Resources
UT Dallas is reinventing how it commercializes its intellectual property by establishing an office to help researchers create companies and move their inventions from the lab to the marketplace.
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4/18/2008
TechQuest Aims to Pair Cos. with Investors
A local trade group has launched a program to pair up large local companies with inventors of technology they might find helpful.
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2/29/2008
UT Dallas to be Hub for New Nanoelectronics Research Consortium
Two years from now nanoelectronic breakthroughs in university labs throughout Texas could be commercialized and ready for market, thanks to more than $14 million in new research funding to the University of at Dallas.
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2/21/2008
MTBC Members Invited to Participate in InterLink’s Annual Regional Workforce Survey
Each year InterLink surveys employers throughout the Metroplex and publishes a brochure which identifies those occupations determined to be in high demand or critical need for high skill, high wage opportunities at least five years in the future. The sixteen county region’s public school districts and community colleges use InterLink’s information for planning Career and Technology programs.
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6/4/2007
Update on Emerging Technology Fund in the Texas Legislation
The reauthorization of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, House Bill 1188, passed and is awaiting Governor Perry's signature. This will give the state options on how to invest in emerging growth companies. This bill will set aside money to match in the support of 7 regional centers of innovation and commercialization around the state.
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