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What vow is worth now.(Triad)(Wachovia merged with First Union)(Brief article)
Seven years ago, Ken Thompson promised Winston-Salem 3,000 jobs. He did it to generate support for Charlotte based First Union's takeover of Twin City pillar Wachovia, and it worked. Wachovia . . .

Roanoke Rapids.(Eastern)(Gilmore Entertainment Group)(Brief article)
ROANOKE RAPIDS -- The city agreed to pay Gilmore Entertainment Group $500,000 a year to operate Roanoke Rapids Theatre, but the two sides were still ironing out details. The city fired entertainer . . .

Diverse view.(READERSWRITE)
I noticed that all editorial photos and features in the June issue were about white men. Our state is way more diverse than that. Your Law Journal featured some white women writers, but no women, . . .

Spotlight on: Martin Posey; Marine biologist, UNC Wilmington.(Research)
They're great raw, steamed, fried, baked in casseroles or simmered in stews, but North Carolina oysters have a huge value beyond commercial fishing. Each mollusk can filter pollutants from up to . . .

Off course.(READERSWRITE)(Letter to the editor)
BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA continues to be one of my favorite reads, and the issue (April) with the golf course rankings is always greatly appreciated. As a Hickory resident and state economic . . .

Morrisville.(Triangle)(ParagonDx get approval from fda)(Brief article)
MORRISVILLE -- ParagonDx won permission from the federal Food and Drug Administration to sell its first product--a genetic test that can identify heart-attack and stroke patients likely to bleed . . .

Let market do it.(READERSWRITE)
One particular line in the April Fine Print column stuck in my mind: "Don't seek to create something the market can create more quickly and cheaply." I can only dream that this line would be over . . .

Stoplioght up ahead.(CAPTIALGOODS)(Editorial)
Each day, tractor-trailers unload goods at warehouses or stores in and around Charlotte. For many, the stop marks a brief foray into North Carolina. They've come from Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, . . .

Big three get a wake up call.(Triangle)(Triangle universities )
Ask a random sample of North Carolina residents what is the state's main research hub, and most would probably say the Triangle. With three major universities and Research Triangle Park, one of the . . .

Would work; Manufacturers say they can't afford to make furniture in America. Bob Timberlake makes sure some of his is.(COVER ST
Stacks of headless bedposts and orphaned dresser drawers exude the acrid aroma of cut, cured hardwood. The screeching of planers, sanders and saws bounces off cavernous walls that echo workers . . .

Cary.(Triangle)(Cornerstone BioPharma Holdings acquire Boston-based Critical Therapeutics )(Brief article)
CARY -- Cornerstone BioPharma Holdings, which develops and sells treatments for respiratory diseases, agreed to buy Boston-based Critical Therapeutics for about $63 million. The acquisition, . . .

Nctrend.(Statistical table)
Latest Previous Previous % change from last year month month year EMPLOYMENT Employed 4,306.6 4,306.8 4,310.5 . . .

Tillman case could undermine arbitration.(LAW JOURNAL 2008)
North Carolina has a strong tradition of encouraging pretrial resolution of civil disputes. For more than 20 years, it has been at the forefront of a national movemcnt to offer effective, . . .

Charlotte.(Charlotte)(Brief article)
CHARLOTTE -- Speed Channel paid $7 million for a one-story building that it will convert into a high-tech broadcast center and headquarters. It hopes to move in by January and plans to add about 35 . . .

Fun and games; All of the action isn't on the court. how Charlotte scores big hosting the CIAA basketball tournament.(PICTURE TH
Watching from the stands, Todd Parker groans. On the floor of Charlotte Bobcats Arena, the Fayetteville State Lady Broncos are down 20-3. When a player bobbles the ball out of bounds, he smacks his . . .

Cuts dye Unifi's quarter black.(Triad)
Earlier this year, Greensboro-based yarn maker Unifi managed its first profitable quarter since 2003. It did so partly by consolidating production, closing factories and slashing jobs in North . . .

Business north carolina index.(>STOCKWATCH)(Statistical table)
[GRAPHIC OMITTED] HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E ratio (3) 5/30/08 price 52-Week range Hatteras . . .

His heart is in it.(UPFRONT)
In one of the three straight years that Ed Martin won the Alliance of Area Business Publications gold medal for best body of work by a magazine reporter, the judges wrote: "His biggest talent? . . .

Oliver Smithies.(Research)
The call came early in the morning--4:45, to be exact--but for Oliver Smithies, it wasn't a minute too soon. For years, colleagues had told the UNC professor he was up for the Nobel Prize in . . .

Bricks & Mortar.
Even a small hospital plays a part in the big picture. Cleveland Regional Medical Center has just 241 beds, but the Shelby hospital opened a $14 million, 22,000-square-foot outpatient-surgery . . .

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