Vol. 35 No. 6, June - June 2015
Index
- The math doesn't add up: schools filled with disadvantaged students struggle to boost achievement.
- Coasting on its laurels: no longer besieged by pirates or privateers, Southport retains a charm that attracts tourists seeking a laid-back, fishing-town vibe.
- Saving it forward: state lawmakers, while focused on cutting costs and bad regulations, should take advantage of a better economy and job market to bolster the rainy-day fund.
- Dancing with the startups: HQ Raleigh co-founder spreads his entrepreneurial strategy around the Tar Heel state.
- Down on Main Street: Kannapolis city leaders plan to lift their quaint downtown by buying up property.
- Opportunity lost: research shows poor children in most of North Carolina won't escape poverty.
- Hip transplant: a noted name in orthopedic surgery builds up an innovative community college.
- Vital signs.
- Race to the top: North Carolina must invest in science and technology education to build a stronger, more capable workforce.
- Feeling buzzed: the Charlotte Hornets attracted a swarm of new attention, even as the team lost some sting.
- Select intelligence.
- Pharmaceutical Product Development.
- Roll the credits.
- UNC Wilmington.
- Paragon of virtue.
- Bronto Software.
- CBC.
- Innocrin Pharmaceuticals.
- North Carolina Community College System.
- Validic.
- Bridging troubled waters.
- Avgol.
- Bank of the Carolinas.
- Greensboro Partnership.
- ITG Brands.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
- Varrow.
- Sterling sharpening.
- Bad Daddy's International.
- Daimler Trucks North America.
- Duke Energy.
- Novant Health.
- O'Neil Data Systems.
- American Emergency Vehicles.
- Asheville Regional Airport.
- Avery Dennison.
- Heading south.
- HomeTrust Bancshares.
- Lab Escape.
- Lees McRae College.
- UNC Charlotte.
- Plain Blaine: State Employees' Credit Union has soared to $30 billion in assets by keeping it simple and bucking conventional financial wisdom.
- Back on track: North Carolina banks and credit unions are reporting big profit gains after working through most of their recession-era troubled loans.
- 100 Financial.
- Bounty hunter.
- Family ties: the Capels have stitched together a business producing braided rugs for nearly a century.
- The Charlotte Cotton Mills.