Sony Ericsson.(Triangle)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- London-based mobile-phone maker Sony
Ericsson plans to add about 100 jobs by the end of the year at its
campus here, for a total of about 850. Most of the hires will . . .
Biolex Therapeutics.(Triangle)
PITTSBORO -- Biolex Therapeutics, which is developing treatments
for hepatitis C, withdrew plans to go public because of unfavorable
market conditions and because it had found financing elsewhere. . . .
Extron Electronics.(Triangle)
RALEIGH -- Extron Electronics plans to build a research,
development and distribution center here. The Anaheim, Calif.-based
maker of video and audio equipment will employ about 125 when it . . .
Golden State Foods.(Triangle)
GARNER -- Golden State Foods, an Irvine, Calif.-based supplier of
McDonald's, plans to build a $23.5 million warehouse that could
employ 225. It's scheduled to open in 2009 and serve about . . .
Siemens Medical Solutions.(Triangle)
CARY -- Siemens Medical Solutions, part of German electronics maker
Siemens, plans to add as many as 300 jobs here, for a total of 975,
during the next five years. It makes medical gear and . . .
Research Triangle Institute.(Triangle)
RALEIGH -- Research Triangle Institute, which does business as RTI
International, has begun adding 600 jobs at its call center here. That
will bring call-center employment to about 850. The . . .
State aid is no cure for drug maker.(Triangle)
GlaxoSmithKline opted out of a 2005 state incentive agreement that
would have paid it $1.4 million for creating 200 jobs at its plant in
Zebulon and keeping them 10 years. Spokeswoman Stefanie . . .
Working capital.(Triangle)
TRIANGLE REGION
Jobs: 919,921
YTD change: (1,874)
Index: 111.5
Source: Employment Security Commission, December. Figures are not
seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a . . .
Panel: rail is still the ticket.(Triangle)
Nearly two years ago, when it dropped its bid for federal funding
of a 28-mile, $810 million commuter-train line, the Triangle Transit
Authority made it clear that the project had been sidetracked, . . .
Fayetteville State University and UNC Pembroke.(Eastern)
FAYETTEVILLE -- The state Board of Nursing placed nursing programs
at Fayetteville State University and UNC Pembroke on probation. Only 64%
of nursing graduates at Fayetteville State passed the . . .
East Carolina University.(Eastern)
GREENVILLE -- East Carolina University wants to expand enrollment
at its Brody School of Medicine. The school admits about 70 students
each fall and wants to increase that to 120, but it hasn't set . . .
Vernon Park Mall.(Eastern)
KINSTON -- A Long Island, N.Y., father-and-son investment team
bought Vernon Park Mall from four Dare County residents for $9.4
million. It's Alex and Tommy Demetriades' first purchase in
North . . .
Poyner & Spruill.(Eastern)
CAMDEN -- Camden County hired Poyner & Spruill, a Raleigh-based
law firm, to persuade the Navy not to build a practice landing field for
jets here. The Navy also is studying sites in Gates County . . .
Progress Energy.(Eastern)
BEAUFORT -- Raleigh residents Nelson and Diana Paul asked the state
Utilities Commission for permission to build a wind farm about seven
miles northeast of here. It could generate enough power for . . .
Star-News.(Eastern)
WILMINGTON -- The local daily newspaper here cut 15 jobs, leaving
it with about 190. The layoffs were part of a companywide reduction by
The New York Times Co., which owns the . . .
Pharmaceutical Product Development.(Eastern)
WILMINGTON -- Pharmaceutical Product Development, which conducts
clinical research for drug companies, plans to acquire Russian
competitor InnoPharm. Terms were not announced. InnoPharm employs . . .
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology.(Eastern)
RAEFORD -- Pennsylvania Transformer Technology is adding 27 jobs,
nearly doubling its work force here. The company, based in Canonsburg,
Pa., makes power transformers and voltage regulators for . . .
Allegiant Air.(Eastern)
WILMINGTON -- Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air plans to add two weekly
round-trip flights this month between Wilmington International Airport
and Orlando, Fla., after it ends two weekly flights from . . .
PharmaLinkFHI.(Eastern)
WILMINGTON -- Durham-based PharmaLinkFHI opened an office that will
employ about 35 here. The contract-research organization says it picked
Wilmington for its many clinical-research . . .
Premier Trailer.(Eastern)
KINSTON -- Premier Trailer hopes to begin production of aluminum
horse trailers here this month. The company, part of Pink Hill-based
Double D Trailers, plans to employ about 55. Double D employs . . .
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