Recently added articles from Business North Carolina:
Data errata.(UPFRONT)(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 2009; Kinney, David ... Talk about leading with your chin: On this page last month, I lamented the loss of craftsmanship and commitment to getting it right in much of what passes for journalism these days. No sooner had the magazine begun hitting mailboxes than I got an e-mail from Bill Carroll, a senior ...
Pols mugged mall.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Prophet, F.E. ... Without a doubt Charlotte-Mecklenburg elected leaders, past and present, contributed to the demise of Eastland Mall (cover story, October). Development goes unchecked. Look at any map and you'll see where low-income or affordable housing has been directed to the east and west sides of ...
Realtors' retort.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I take issue with columnist G.D. Gearino's statement in the October issue that real-estate brokerage is an obsolete field in today's society. There are 37,500 Realtors in North Carolina who obviously feel otherwise, as they help people every day navigate the myriad steps required to buy or ...
Up Front's look back.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I enjoyed your column (Up Front, October). The days of pulling border tape, cutting rubylith and waxing down copy are long gone from offset printing. Hardly anyone remembers molten lead. Digital has made it easier but has certainly done away with the craftsmanship of putting ink on paper ....
'Allege' means just that and no more.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Ellis, Nick ... I am Randy Parton's attorney and want to point out a blatant misstatement in the article about Rick Watson (cover story, September). The article said: "Dismissing the suit, Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled that [Roanoke Rapids businessman Jim] Garrett had no legal standing ...
NC trend.(Statistical data)
Nov 01, 2009; ... <Pre> Latest Previous Previous % change month month year from last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,031.6 4,039.9 4,249.3 ...
Stock watch.(Statistical data)
Nov 01, 2009; ... <Pre> HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E ratio (3) 9/25/09 price 52-week range Highwoods Properties 213.64 $29.91 $14.65-36.75 Investors Title 116.96 32.75 17.14-44.89 Cree ...
Grading U.S. choice.(FINEPRINT)
Nov 01, 2009; Gearino, G.D. ... Without meaning to, two North Carolina banks this year turned themselves into unwitting participants in a business-school case study that MBA candidates will chew on for years to come. In fact, let's kick this off by framing the topic as an exam question: What decision made individually by ...
Going green by degrees.(CAPITALGOODS)
Nov 01, 2009; Mooneyham, Scott ... In 2002, supporters of what was deemed model clean-air legislation saw new requirements on the state's power companies as something unimaginable a few years earlier. The big boys, Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp. and Raleigh-based Progress Energy Inc., had agreed to the landmark Clean ...
Deficit spending.(Statewide)
Nov 01, 2009; ... No matter how you slice the data, North Carolina's unemployment-insurance trust fund is hurting. Stubbornly high jobless rates mean more people filing unemployment claims and drawing benefits, and less money has been coming in from employer taxes. Excluding federal extensions, unemployment ...
What happened to FoR ENC.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... Residents of Eastern North Carolina might be skeptical about an ivory-tower institute in Chapel Hill taking on the work of a homegrown foundation formed to boost the largely rural local economy. But by some accounts, the affiliation two years ago of the Foundation of Renewal for Eastern ...
Sea watts going on.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The race is on to harness the wind along North Carolina's coast. Duke Energy and UNC Chapel Hill are teaming to place as many as three wind turbines in Pamlico Sound, probably near Avon, by October 2010. The pilot project, which could generate up to 10 megawatts of power, builds on a UNC ...
Eastern region.(Working Capital)
Nov 01, 2009; ... EASTERN REGION Jobs: 1,003,375 YTD change: (18,558) Index: 105.0 Source: Employment ...
New Bern.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... NEW BERN -- CenturyTel planned to close its Embarq call center by this month, idling about 100. The Monroe, La.-based telephone ...
Fayetteville.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FAYETTEVILLE -- Time Warner Cable closed a call center here, putting about 80 out of work. The New York-based provider of phone, Internet and ...
Wilmington.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... WILMINGTON -- The City Council terminated its contract with Wilmington River Group, which had planned to build a hotel with ...
Jacksonville.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... JACKSONVILLE -- Onslow County hired Christopher White as director of Albert J. Ellis Airport. White, who oversaw airport ...
Southport.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... SOUTHPORT -- Progress Energy shut down both reactors at its Brunswick Nuclear Plant for a little more than a week in late September while workers ...
Rocky Mount.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... ROCKY MOUNT -- Startup Digital Repair says it will employ 40 within three years here and ...
Farmville.(Eastern)
Nov 01, 2009; ... FARMVILLE -- Ham Produce bought a 600,000-square-foot building that used to be a textile mill. The Snow Hill-based vegetable grower hasn't said ...
