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Hillwood Communities has sold 20 acres in North Fort Worth to Davis Development, an Atlanta-based multifamily housing developer. The property is on North Tarrant Parkway between Ray White Boulevard and Highway 377 near Hillwood’s Heritage community. More >

Investcorp International Inc. and the Procaccianti Group have secured a $75 million refinance of the 506-room Westin DFW Airport from JP Morgan Chase Bank. More >

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned an A1 rating to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport’s $294.0 million Series 2012 C joint revenue refunding and improvement bonds and $403.0 million Series 2012D joint revenue improvement bonds. More >

Hundreds of flights have been canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport a day after tornadoes whipped through North Texas. More >

Fort Worth is getting $3 million to help test for dangerous lead-based paint in low-income housing. The money is coming from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development.

HUD says even though lead-based paint was banned in residences in 1978, there are still about 24 million U.S. homes which have the paint.

Spirit Airlines today started daily non-stop service between Boston Logan International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, and daily non-stop service between Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with continuing service to Fort Lauderdale. More >

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost trade and enhance relationships between the two regions. More >

Every day for eight years, volunteers with the Welcome Home A Hero program greeted incoming troops here. Today was the final arriving flight for the program, and so many people showed up to welcome home troops that it was hard to not step on toes.

Only a narrow path was open for soldiers and Marines to slip through to waiting buses. “I love it!” said Amanda Gamez, coming home after seven months in Kuwait with E1111 Aviation Battalion. She was grinning big as she rushed for a bus.

The hiring pace for the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the second quarter should be a healthy one, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

The company interviewed more than 140 employers in the DFW area and found that 14 percent of them plan to hire employees in the next quarter. That’s down from the first-quarter number of 20 percent. That’s comparable to ManpowerGroup’s findings statewide, where 19 percent of employers plan to hire during the April to June period.

Katie Jerzabek took a bit longer than she’d planned after dropping off her friend at DFW Airport, Wednesday. After all, how could she ignore hundreds of people marching in racetrack pattern, holding signs and chanting, “Its not fair! Its not fair!” in front of Terminal D? More >