Recently added articles from Business North Carolina:
Chasing stories.(UPFRONT)(www.BusinessNC.com)(newspaper Web sites )(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 01, 2008 ... My insomnia continues. The Boss wrote about it 16 months ago in this space and how it played into a change in our Web site--www.BusinessNC.com. That's when I started posting The Daily Digest, a roundup of links to the top business and politics newspaper articles across the state. One thing ...
Paper losses.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; Nash, Lynn ... Yes, times have changed for the printed press (Fine Print, August) and for the networks that have always controlled and manipulated the news with their biased views. The public has become tired of the situation, and it was only logical that other sources have come on the scene to present a ...
Rising in the East.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2008; Walston, Ellen M. ... As a 16-year employee of Pitt County Memorial Hospital, I would like to thank you for recognizing University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina in your July issue (cover story). I am proud to work for a growing and vibrant hospital that is changing Eastern North Carolina. I am so glad that ...
Nctrend.(Statistical table)
Sep 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Latest Previous Previous %change from month month year last year EMPLOYMENT Employed (000s) 4,293.84,312.1 4,303.5 (0.2) Civilian labor 4,559.64,557.0 4,519.7 0.9 force Manufacturing...
Stockwatch.(earning ratios)(Statistical table)
Sep 01, 2008 ... <Pre> HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E ratio 7/25/08 52-week(3) pricerange Hatteras Financial159.0$23.85 $18.83-27.18 RF Micro Devices 153.0 3.06 2.52-746 New Century ...
On a need-to-know basis.(FINEPRINT)(Biotechnology laboratories)
Sep 01, 2008; Gearino, G.D. ... There's a fellow living near Butner, where the federal government is considering building a germ-defense lab, who is prone to dress in a white suit and red cape with a large BS emblazoned on his chest. He's Bio-Safety Man, and he must be a scary dude. Or at least a very persuasive one. Why ...
The wages of sin taxes.(CAPITALGOODS)
Sep 01, 2008; Mooneyham, Scott ... Smoke hovered in the hallways in 1999 when farmers from across the state came to Raleigh to have their say on how legislators should use money from the multibillion-dollar national tobacco settlement. Back then, the Legislative Building was still a haven for smokers. Even on the House and ...
Thomas J. Fazio.(Golf)(Golf Course Designer )
Sep 01, 2008; Brafford, Kevin ... No living designer has more credits on Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses than Tom Fazio. His company has created 17 courses in North Carolina, among them Bright's Creek, named best new course for 2007 by the North Carolina Golf Panel. At 63, he says he has never ...
Bobby Long.(Golf)
Sep 01, 2008; Brafford, Kevin ... Six years ago, Bobby Long was described in print as "the most successful businessman in Greensboro that you've never heard of." A few months later, he and his partner made headlines by selling their specialty-insurance brokerage. Business--he's now with Granville Capital--isn't why Long, ...
E. Spencer Robbins.(Golf courses designer )
Sep 01, 2008; Brafford, Kevin ... He's no golf historian, but like many an older fan, Spencer Robbins can recall Jack Nicklaus getting the better of Arnold Palmer a time or two. And Robbins can tell another story about them that's rarely told: It involved Jack besting Arnie when nary a tee shot was struck. ...
William Mangum.
Sep 01, 2008; Brafford, Kevin ... When the textile and furniture industries landed in the rough, the brush strokes of William Mangum's water-colors became more defined. "There were a couple of projects I had devoted considerable time to that fell through. Businesswise, it made sense to look elsewhere." So the artist hit ...
Kelly Miller.(Marital property)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; Brafford, Kevin ... He married into one of the state's great golf families, and it's natural to assume that Kelly Miller married into money. While becoming the son-in-law of Peggy Kirk Bell and Warren "Bullet" Bell in 1982 had its perks, deep pockets weren't among them. "The golf business then, for a resort ...
Blackwater tightens security.(Eastern)(Blackwater USA)(Company overview)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Camden County doesn't make a splash on world maps. But changes on the world scene--not to mention domestic politics--could fuel one of its biggest economic-development engines. Blackwater Worldwide LLC, which is already the county's largest employer--700 workers--has expansion plans, and ...
Popping corn.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... This might be remembered as the year corn got creamed. Blame falling prices, soaring expenses and bad weather. The bright side? It would have been worse last year. Driven by ethanol-fueled prices, farmers planted 1.1 million acres of corn then ("Fool's Gold?" November 2007) ....
Working capital.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... EASTERN REGION Jobs: 1,063,316 YTD change: 6,421 Index: 111.3 Source: Employment Security Commission, ...
Anne's House of Nuts.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ROBERSONVILLE -- Anne's House of Nuts will expand its plant, adding 263 jobs in three ...
Fountain Powerboat Industries.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... WASHINGTON -- Fountain Powerboat Industries plans to spend $12 million to expand its factory. It will add about 250 jobs ...
Reuel.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... GOLDSBORO -- Reuel, which makes molded electrical insulators, began a $3 million expansion that could ...
EUE Screen Gems Studios.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... WILMINGTON -- New York-based EUE Screen Gems Studios is building a 37,500-square-foot film and television production stage, which it ...
The North Carolina Eastern Region Military Task Force.(Eastern)
Sep 01, 2008 ... JACKSONVILLE -- The North Carolina Eastern Region Military Task Force received a federal grant of nearly $1.6 million to plan for ...