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• Position: TRIAD REGION - Economic recovery of Lorillard Tobacco Company - Brief article

The Triad may trail some North Carolina metro areas in the pace of economic growth, but it leads in the number of highly rated chief executive officers, according to Institutional Investor magazine. The publication cited VFs Eric Wiseman and Lorillard's Murray Kessler as the best CEOs in their respective industries based on ratings by 2,250 money managers and industry analysts. Both companies are based in Greensboro. A third CEO, David Congdon of Thomasville-based Old Dominion Freight Line, ranked among the top three CEOs in the airfreight and surface-transportation sector. No other North Carolina executives made the 2015 list. The magazine considered eight attributes, including quality of answers to inquiries and transparency of financial reporting. Shares in the three...