Vol. 23 No. 3, March 2003
Index
- Heroes.
- Trend.
- Incentives play minor role in attracting foreign firms.
- Making an incentive live up to its name.
- Vegas bets tax slash draws Tar Heel racers.
- Brave's new world II.
- Brave's new world.
- Data Bits.
- In their full upright and locked positions.
- Jest the facts.
- Maybe they're shell shocked.
- Mercantile menace.
- Shows pluck.
- Try buttering them up.
- Won't take this lying down.
- Rainstorm dampens hotel's pay purview.
- Correction.
- Tough budget could KO boxing agency.
- Andrx.
- Andy's Cheesesteaks and Cheeseburgers.
- Bahakel Communications.
- Business software maker SmartPath has secured $3.2 million in venture capital.
- Chimerex.
- Closure Medical.
- Cooperative Bank-shares.
- Highwoods Properties.
- Ikex.
- J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital.
- Keihin Carolina System Technology.
- Learfield Communications will pay UNC Chapel Hill $2.5 million a year.
- N.C. State University.
- Southeastern Janitorial Supply and Carolina Maintenance Co.
- The average online shopper in Raleigh spends more but makes fewer purchases than one in Charlotte.
- TriQSI.
- Weavexx.
- Wirthwein makes parts for German manufacturer BSH Home Appliances.
- About two-thirds of the city's I-485 Outerbelt will be completed this year.
- American Tool Group, which makes hand tools, and Boston Gear, which makes transmission parts, will each move about 100 jobs here by year end.
- Atlantic Rim Equities.
- Bank of America.
- BB&T.
- Blue Rhino.
- Burlington Industries.
- Decore-ative Specialties.
- Duke Energy.
- Except in Gaston, households with at least three autos increased in each of the region's counties in 1990-2000.
- Four of the state's top 10 ZIP codes for political contributions from individuals are in the Triad.
- High Point Regional Health System.
- Kewaunee Scientific.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.
- Mirant.
- Oakwood Homes.
- Piedmont Natural Gas.
- Pro basketball will return to Charlotte next year with a National Basketball Association.
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings.
- RF Micro Devices.
- Targacept, a spinoff of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco aimed at finding medicinal uses for nicotine.
- Timco Aviation Services.
- Von Drehle, a maker of paper towels and tissues, has opened two of five production lines.
- Walk-On Products.
- Which doesn't fit.
- Asheville Independent Restaurant Association.
- Grassy Creek Construction.
- Harrah's Cherokee Casino.
- Northwestern National Bank has been sold to Hickory-based United Community Bancorp.
- Tracker Marine.
- Bed scores: administrators use best-hospital rankings and ratings to win market share. But what's their real measure?
- Behind the wheel: Ray Evernham won big as Jeff Gordon's crew chief. Now he's trying to score as a NASCAR team owner.
- The wright stuff: North Carolina provided not only the site, but Tar Heels played essential--if forgotten--roles in the first flight.
- Fight and flight: with 25,000 in uniform and thousands of civilian employees, military aviation is a $4 billion industry in North Carolina.
- Hubs and hubris: commercial aviation has been a lift to Tar Heel business--and caused turbulence for some of the state's airports.
- Medical complex fans city's growth.
- He sees cash flow from bioterrorism.
- She wants to ride out of town on a high-speed rail.
- She says job was hers for the asking.
- Bricks & mortar.