Vol. 36 No. 6, June 2016
Index
- A drew view: a rare mix of humor, candor and vision has made Tom Drew one of our state's more colorful characters.
- Trains, pains and gains: an old cotton-mill town near the South Carolina border is a hotspot amid Charlotte's sprawling growth.
- A road to nowhere: a protectionist streak runs wide this summer, causing harm long after election season is over.
- Show and tell: North Carolina businesses work hands-on with teachers and students to help retire future workforce shortfalls.
- Money ball.
- Trash talk: Sealed Air's Ilham Kadri shines a spotlight on the unsung heroes of offices and hospitals.
- Horsing around: Tryon International Equestrian Center expands, proving North Carolina is more than a one-horse state.
- A monthly snapshot of North Carolina's economy.
- Princely plans.
- Alamac Investors.
- Del Monte Foods.
- Duke Energy.
- East Carolina University.
- Koolbridge Solar.
- Select Bank & Trust.
- Drone zone.
- Aurobindo Pharma.
- BASF.
- Duke University.
- G1 Therapeutics.
- Mountaire Farms.
- Quintiles Transnational Holdings.
- State Employees' Credit Union.
- Still in the picture.
- Hanes gains.
- Honda Aero.
- ITG Brands.
- Qorvo.
- Shareholders of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts got an extra-sweet treat when the company said it was being acquired by JAB Holdings, the Netherlands-based investment fund owned by Europe's billionaire Reimann family.
- Fertile crescent.
- Ally Financial.
- Aquesta Bank.
- Chris Cecil.
- Delta Apparel.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals.
- Frontier Capital.
- Passport.
- Setting the stage.
- Caterpillar.
- Demmel.
- Entegra Financial.
- U.S. Precision Construction.
- Keeping the beat: cardiac care in North Carolina is improving, thanks to better treatments and expanded services.
- Modern medicine: North Carolina health care providers are leading oncology treatment advances.
- Moore money: small-town guys with big-city experience, Mike Mayer and Richard Moore are turning First Bank's sights on urbanites.
- Mighty oak: Wilmington-based Live Oak Bank's success relies on software that has aided its climb in a struggling industry.
- 100 Financial: largest banks and credit unions based in North Carolina.
- Picking up the pace: Four Tar Heel CEOs revved their companies' engines as bank industry M&A and expansions accelerated.
- Gunning for growth: as Northern states enact tougher gun laws amid repeated shootings, North Carolina welcomes a growing cadre of large and small gunmakers posting a combined $2 billion in sales.
- Gun powered: improving technology has made firearms manufacturing more precise while enabling smaller companies to compete with gunmaking giants, including Sturm, Ruger & Co.
- All for one: businesses, schools, developers and municipalities cooperate to make the Triad's economy stronger.