Vol. 35 No. 9, September - September 2015
Index
- Creative destruction: the state's global giants, while disappointing investors, paved the way for a robust economy.
- Miracle on the Haw: controlled by the Jordan family since 1927, Saxapahaw shifts from a mill village to a mix of urban cool and small-town spirit.
- Legacy costs: Yadkinville may soon lose its community hospital, a jarring reflection of North Carolina's troubling urban-rural divide and the bickering over how to divvy up sales-tax proceeds.
- Crisis assistance: with public schools struggling to improve, CEOs are convening to promote innovation.
- Kicking off: Charlottean's goal of attracting Major League Soccer requires patience and a hefty investment.
- Happy talk: Wilmington publisher is bucking trends with a sharp focus on individual neighborhoods.
- Safe at home: the state's minor league baseball teams continue to attract fans and businesses alike.
- Bonding authority: finance pro takes a shot at promoting the governor's goals.
- Rise to shine: Wake County uses its world-class educational, research and health care assets to solve the challenges that have come with its success.
- Rejuvenating revenue: spas and retreat centers profit from stressed-out professionals seeking wellness, relaxation.
- Vital signs.
- Amazon to the rescue.
- Greenville--East Carolina University.
- Raleigh--Duke Energy Progress.
- Robersonville--AR Textiles.
- Wilmington--Air Wilmington.
- Wilmington--Chiltern.
- Durham--Baebies.
- Henderson--Philips-Optimum.
- Morrisville--Lenovo.
- Morrisville--Mark Cook will become chief financial officer of Channel Advisor.
- Smoke break.
- Qorvo's Chinese toll.
- High Point--BNC Bancorp.
- High Point--HAECO Americas.
- High Point--vTv Therapeutics.
- Lexington--Ken Bell, the receiver in the ZeekRewards federal securities-fraud case, distributed $89.2 million to victims of the Rex Ventures pyramid scheme that was based here and bilked 840,000 investors out of at least $850 million (cover story, June).
- Winston-Salem--BB&T.
- Charlotte--Duke Energy.
- Charlotte--Premier.
- Charlotte--Sonic Automotive.
- Charlotte--Swisher Hygiene.
- DFA hearts CLT.
- Gastonia--Germany-based filter-maker Mann+Hummel will buy Affinia Group Intermediate Holdings, which makes filters and chassis components for automobiles, other vehicles and heavy machinery for $513.3 million.
- Asheville--HomeTrust Bancshares.
- Asheville--Moogfest.
- Franklin--Macon Bank, a subsidiary of Entegra Financial, will acquire two branches in upstate South Carolina from Union, S.C.-based Arthur State Bank.
- Think global, buy local.
- Higher education directory.
- Dancing with the stores: Lowes Foods is counting on its well-traveled CEO to defend its Tar Heel turf against larger supermarket rivals.
- Changing of the guard: GlaxoSmithKline, an instrumental force in North Carolina's textiles-to-test tube transformation, slims down as cancer expert Stephen Frye and other researchers bulk up.
- Facebook friend: Brandi Temple stitches an Internet success story from Lexington, aided by Steve Case and the king of the social networks.