Vol. 35 No. 3, March - March 2015
Index
- Madness indeed: college hoops has its allure, but the thrill is fading.
- Big top in the Capitol: with tightropes to walk, knives to juggle and a new ring leader, the Republican-led General Assembly is poised to provide some valuable entertainment this session.
- Stepping on the gas: ex-Halliburton exec uses energy expertise to influence the state's fracking debate.
- Cranking it up: North Carolina's new economic-development leader has autos on his mind.
- Old college try.
- Uncommon bonds: the state may take on more leverage to add roads, renovate older buildings.
- Flour power: rising demand for gluten-free products adds to the mix at Mills River food company.
- Vital signs.
- Rising in the east: buoyed by a major university dedicated to transforming its region, eastern North Carolina is becoming a favored spot for new and growing businesses.
- Betting the farm on biotech: companies use science to improve crops, livestock and other farm products.
- Doing more with less.
- ArroGen.
- Biotest Pharmaceuticals.
- Cape Fear Community College.
- Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas.
- Principal Solar.
- Red light or Greenlight.
- Wilmington International Airport.
- CoLucid Pharmaceuticals.
- Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Kane Realty will develop and build a 133-room Marriott hotel in North Hills.
- Dorothea Dix Hospital.
- G1 Therapeutics.
- Hospira.
- Trading spaces.
- Supplemental income.
- BB&T.
- Cone Health Medical Group.
- Ecolab.
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
- Reynolds American.
- Thomas Built Buses.
- Cult following.
- Carolina Premier Bank.
- CommScope Holding.
- Duke Energy.
- Family Dollar Stores.
- Grant Thornton.
- Toshiba.
- Asheville Savings Bank.
- Fontana Village Resort.
- Hauling off.
- Plum Print.
- Western Carolina University.
- Bright ideas: the state's best employers have many to show they appreciate their workers--and not just with generous 401(k) plans.
- Bigger, if not better: North Carolina hospitals are quickly forming partnerships, creating huge systems and raising questions over the impact on competition and small-town economies.
- The best of health.
- Passive aggressive: treasurer Janet Cowell favors a bolder plan to ensure the state's pension stays among the nation's strongest.
- Buck starts here: Spruce Pine's Bailey family expands beyond its trademark stoves.
- Bricks & mortar: places where business happens.