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Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. Read More: Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, California.

Irving-based 7-Eleven now owns all of the Stripe convenience stores and Laredo Taco Company restaurants in the country. CEO Joe DePinto is welcoming them into "the family" and looking to how it bolsters the company's food offerings.

Such a facility could attract big-name artists to the city about 30 miles north of Dallas, providing more entertainment options in an area that has seen tremendous residential and commercial development in recent years. Millions of dollars in spending and hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected each year, according to economic development officials.

The new partnership will operate out of Belltower's studio at 525 S. Highland St. They have likened the deal to a marriage.

North Texas homebuilders were busy with starts in the first three months of the year, but closings lagged behind. Read on for the latest conditions in the new build market and check out our ranking of the largest North Texas builders.

So So Spiffy focuses on staging properties in both the residential and commercial realms. The owner called Austin, which has an ever-hot luxury home scene and a glut of nice office space for lease, a "dynamic and creative city."