UNCG will be a player in Triad.(Triad)
Linda P. Brady, 60, replaces Patricia Sullivan as chancellor of UNC
Greensboro this month. For the past two years, she's been senior
vice president and provost at the University of Oregon. Before . . .
George Bednarz.(Triangle)(Yellow Pages publisher appointed George
Bednarz)(Progress Energy appoints Mark Mulhern)(Brief article)
CARY -- George Bednarz will become president and chief operating
officer of Yellow Pages publisher R.H. Donnelley Sept. 1. Peter
McDonald, 57, will retire. Bednarz, 54, is vice president of . . .
New Jersey.(Triangle)
DURHAM -- New Jersey-based Merck plans to spend $300 million to
expand its vaccine factory and add at least 150 jobs, for a total of
400. Construction is scheduled to begin this winter and end in . . .
Lumberton -- Piedmont Natural Gas.
LUMBERTON -- Piedmont Natural Gas plans to build a $300 million
storage center for liquefied natural gas in Robeson County. The
Charlotte-based utility hopes to pick a site by September and . . .
Navassa -- Brunswick.
NAVASSA -- Brunswick shut down its boat factory for one month and
cut 50 of 300 jobs. It blamed slow sales. The Lake Forest, III. -based
manufacturer eliminated 1,000 jobs . . .
Morrisville -- AMR.(Triangle)
MORRISVILLE -- AMR, parent of American Airlines and American Eagle,
will cut 10 flights to four cities from Raleigh-Durham International
Airport in November. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company . . .
Engineous Software.(Triangle)
CARY -- Engineous Software, which develops programs for product
design, agreed to be purchased by French software developer Dassault
Systemes for $40 million. The deal was expected to close in . . .
Working capital.(Triangle)
TRIANGLE REGION
Jobs: 927,826
YTD change: 903
Index: 112.5
Source: Employment Security Commission, April, Figures are not
seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a . . .
Clinton -- Embarq.
CLINTON -- Embarq will close its call center in September, idling
63. The center handles residential sales and customer service for the
Overland Park, Kan., phone . . .
Kinston -- Sanderson Farms.
KINSTON -- Sanderson Farms postponed plans for a factory that would
employ 1,500. The Laurel, Miss.-based poultry processor, which was to
begin construction this year, blamed rising feed prices. It . . .
Two's company.(Triad)
Is there room for two aerotropolises in one state? Henry Isaacson,
chairman of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority, says there is. State
leaders have been trying for more than a decade to build . . .
Research triangle park.(Triangle)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- Danish chemical maker Cheminova is moving
its U.S. headquarters here this month from Wayne, N.J. It will employ
about . . .
Henderson -- Clarcor.(Triangle)
HENDERSON -- Clarcor plans to close its Purolator air-filter plant
here this month, idling more than 130. The Franklin, Tenn.-based company
blamed high fuel prices and low demand. It will shift . . .
RDU flights take a nosedive.(Triangle)(Raleigh-Durham
International Airport will drop 15% and flights will drop 19%)
Last summer, Raleigh-Durham International Airport was flying high.
Its 243 daily departures in July represented a 9% increase from the
previous year. Since then, it has lost altitude, giving back . . .
Kinston -- Reliance Industries.
KINSTON -- Reliance Industries plans to open a $215 million resin
factory by the end of 2009. It will employ more than 200. The Mumbai,
India-based company could receive up to $6.2 million in state . . .
Working capital.(Triad)
TRIAD REGION
Jobs: 765, 975
YTD change: 1,018
Index: 100.2
Source: Employment Security Commission, April, Figures are not
seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a . . .
Durham -- Freudenberg Nonwovens.(Triangle)
DURHAM -- Freudenberg Nonwovens laid off about 50 employees at its
U.S. headquarters here, leaving it with about 230. The German textile
maker blamed high petroleum costs and weak . . .
Patheon.(Triangle)
DURHAM -- Patheon will move its headquarters here by the end of the
year and set up a research center in Research Triangle Park. The
Toronto-based drug developer is moving to accommodate U.S. . . .
Police coverage.(Triangle)(Durham officials defend cops in Duke
case)(Brief article)
Durham officials say the Police Department was just following the
orders of a state employee, former District Attorney Mike Nifong, when
it charged three Duke University lacrosse players with rape . . .
Laurinburg -- ArvinMeritor.
LAURINBURG -- ArvinMeritor will add about 50 jobs at its factory
here during the next three years, bringing employment to more than 250.
The Troy, Mich.-based maker of truck parts also will add 13 . . .
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