Vol. 34 No. 12, December - December 2014
Index
- Growing their own way.
- Laying it on the table: fast 40 execs discuss the challenges and opportunities that keep them up at night.
- Small is beautiful: award winners thrive as the business world consolidates.
- To be continued: rather than rushing to expand Medicaid, state leaders should wait to see how the Republican-controlled Congress alters the Affordable Care Act.
- Taking a shot at fame: two Raleigh creatives pen a quirky brand to explore millenials' drinking culture.
- State government pinches its pennies.
- Christmas in July.
- Air club for men: getting up, outside and in shape together propels a movement.
- Vital signs.
- Making a difference: three prominent leaders discuss what makes North Carolina distinctive.
- Code green: nCino and Tresata aim to make North Carolina a hotspot for financial-services software.
- The forest for the trees.
- Castle Hayne--GE Hitachi.
- Kinston--DuPont.
- Pender County--TriHabitat.
- Raeford--House of Raeford.
- Wilmington--CBS Television.
- Wilson -- Mark Holmes became CEO of Cornerstone Bank and holding company CB Financial.
- Beck bounces back.
- Dunn--Fayetteville-based Cape Fear Valley Health assumed management of Harnett Health, which operates the 101-bed Betsy Johnson Hospital here and 50-bed Central Harnett Hospital in Lillington.
- Holly Springs--Novartis.
- Louisburg--Novant Health.
- Raleigh--Adam Derbyshire stepped down as chief financial officer of Salix Pharmaceuticals after the company said it is auditing its inventory management.
- Raleigh--First Citizens BancShares and subsidiary First Citizens Bank named Craig Nix chief financial officer.
- Raleigh--Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce.
- Asheboro--Technimark.
- Burlington--Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings will acquire Princeton, N.J.-based Covance for about $6.1 billion.
- Filling doughnut holes.
- Greensboro--Honda Aircraft.
- Greensboro--NewBridge Bancorp.
- High Point--Thomas Built Buses.
- Winston-Salem--BB&T.
- Battery powered.
- Charlotte--Chiquita Brands International.
- Charlotte--Laura Schulte, president of Wells Fargo's eastern U.S. community-banking operations since 2009, will retire by year-end after 32 years with the company.
- Charlotte--SPX.
- Kannapolis--Gordon Food Service.
- Salisbury--Meg Ham became president of Food Lion Nov. 1, replacing Beth Newlands Campbell, who had the job since December 2012.
- Cash marks.
- Arden--Linamar.
- Asheville--Bank of the Ozarks.
- Asheville--Mission Health.
- Asheville--The Biltmore Co.
- Robbinsville--Oak Valley Hardwoods.
- Victory and the feet: these boots are made for walking, but McRae industries won't retreat from Montgomery County anytime soon.
- Brew ha-ha: the joke is on our small business of the year its success attracts so much competition that it has to grow bigger just to stay viable.
- To seal the deal.
- Cellars market.
- The message is the medium.
- Broadening his band: more than just a media mogul, Jim Goodmon has expanded the range of Capitol Broadcasting Co.
- North Carolina's best doctors.