Bricks & mortar.
One of only three existing Jacobean Tudor buildings in the U.S., it
has adopted many guises through the years. Built as a luxury hotel in
1927, this Southern Pines landmark was a training command . . .
Food for thought: what's cooking at Johnson & Wales
University teaches students and adds zest to Charlotte's financial
district.
Late in the afternoon, along West Trade Street just a few blocks
from the heart of Charlotte's financial district, there rises a
sweet aroma. It's the smell of success, though not the . . .
Of arms and men: losing a limb in Iraq leads a Durham industrial
designer on a quest to help amputees get a better grip on
thing
Capt. Jonathan Kuniholm crouches, low and quiet, as he and three
dozen other Marines advance through a thick palm grove along the
Euphrates River. The platoon is looking for Iraqi insurgents who a . . .
The meat of the matter: the labor movement's future might
hang on what happens at this giant packing plant near the tiny town of
Hermillio Sosa steps into the pulpit of First Baptist Church in
Fayetteville, ready to tell his story but unable to speak many words his
audience will understand. Beside him, a man repeats his . . .
North Carolina's best golf courses.(SPECIAL SECTION)
Golf is a difficult game to play well, so why should anyone think
that ranking golf courses is easy? Well, to sum it up: It's not.
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Just as the . . .
North Carolina's dry heaves.(CAPITALGOODS)
Landscapers and lawn-care companies feel picked on these days. They
really shouldn't. They may soon have plenty of company when it
comes to how water, or the lack thereof, affects businesses in . . .
Minding market forces.(FINEPRINT)
Perhaps you look at the embarrassing debacle in Roanoke Rapids
involving the publicly financed theater overseen by Randy Parton and
think, "Well, when you lie down with third-tier country . . .
Spotlight on: Tony Plath; Associate professor of finance, UNC
Charlotte.(Financial Services)
How did an associate professor at UNC Charlotte get to be the go-to
guy for commentary on North Carolina-based banks, showing up not only in
the Tar Heel press but in such national publications as . . .
Keith A. Luedeman.(Financial Services)
CEO, GOODMORTGAGE.COM, CHARLOTTE
With a bachelor's in math and computer science from Clemson,
Keith Luedeman, 43, worked for IBM and several up-and-coming high-tech
companies before starting . . .
Wade Reece.(Financial Services)(Company overview)
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
BB & T INSURANCE SERVICES INC. RALEIGH
Career: 30 years with BB & T. Graduated from N.C. State on a
Saturday, moved to Wilson Sunday and went to work as a management
trainee . . .
R. Scott Anderson.(Financial Services)
CEO, BANK OF GRANITE GRANITE FALLS
Early lesson: Born in Louisville, Ky., and raised in Charlotte, he
got a bachelor's in psychology at Carolina and took one of the
first jobs he was offered: . . .
Luis Pastor.(Financial Services)
CEO, LATINO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, DURHAM
When Luis Pastor began volunteer work with Latino Community Credit
Union in September 2000, it was meant to be a temporary gig. He and his
wife had . . .
Land-of-Sky Regional Council.(Western)
ASHEVILLE -- A study coordinated by Land-of-Sky Regional Council, a
planning organization for Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania and Madison
counties, calls for state and local regulation of . . .
Johnson's Cattle Auction.(Western)
CANTON -- Johnson's Cattle Auction planned to open here by the
end of March and sell cattle on Wednesdays. Western North Carolina has
not had a livestock market since June, meaning producers had to . . .
Custom Packaging.(Western)
ARDEN -- Lebanon, Tenn.-based Custom Packaging plans to spend $4.5
million on machinery for its corrugated-box factory here. It is adding
12 workers to give it nearly . . .
Parkway Bank.(Western)
LENOIR -- Jim Sponenberg, 64, replaced Gary Clawson, 46, as CEO of
Parkway Bank. Sponenberg was a former executive at Central Carolina Bank
and SunTrust Bank. Clawson resigned in January after . . .
Earth Fare.(Western)
FLETCHER -- Jack Murphy, 60, succeeded Mike Cianciarulo as CEO of
the Earth Fare grocery chain. Murphy, a board member, is former CEO of
Rockville, Md.-based Fresh Fields Natural Grocery. . . .
Change in consumer taste plucks poultry plant's
jobs.(Western)
Too many people want to pick up hot chicks. After about 20 years
selling refrigerated roasted chicken, Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Foods
Inc. will close its Wilkesboro roasting plant, idling 410 . . .
Working capital.(Western)
WESTERN REGION
Jobs: 494,315
YTD change: (5,941)
Index: 101.7
Source: Employment Security Commission, December. Figures are not
seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a . . .
Economic impact of Cherokee casino leaves the
reservation.(Western)
Gambling, proponents predicted, would be the biggest boon to
western North Carolina since the other one--Daniel--crossed the Blue
Ridge. Sin, critics cried, calling it the road to perdition . . .
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