Insteel shares decline 22% as wiremaker waits for infrastructure spend
It was a tough week in Mount Airy, where Insteel shares declined 22% after its quarterly profit declined 49% from a year earlier.
Art of the deal
Brick and mortar retailing is dying, right? Merchants Art Pope and Wilson Sawyer take a differing view.
Grow baby, grow
Annual list of top economic-development projects runs the gamut, from aircraft mechanics to financial analysts.
Bubbling over
On its 100th anniversary, Cheerwine, the oldest family-owned soft-drink company in America, bests Big Soda.
Cato credo
The Charlotte-based women’s apparel company looks to get back on track.
Light plight
Durham-based Cree gets back to its core business of LEDs.
Going whole hog
Making sausage is big business, but a bigger deal might be producing hogs for human organs.
18 Holes with Jeff Harris
The CEO of Furnitureland South talks plays a round with golf writer Mike Purkey.
NEWS AND VIEWS
Does the N.C. Chamber quash business leader support for Gov. Cooper?
Gov. Roy Cooper asked business leaders to oppose a state budget he deemed "fiscally irresponsble." Few heeded his call.
5 questions for Michael Mazzola
Michael Mazzola is the new director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNC Charlotte
Good Karma
Personal-finance company Credit Karma opens East Coast hub in Charlotte.
ACROSS THE STATE
A Wireless to invest $5.6M in Raleigh HQ, hire 250
(Triangle Business Journal)
Snyder’s-Lance to lay off more workers
(The Charlotte Observer)
Mission Health signs deal with Cigna
(Mountain Xpress)
Duke Energy Carolinas seeks rate hike
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
BAT completes $54.5B takeover of Reynolds
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Brighthouse Financial sees rise in annuities; inks loan with BofA
(NC Business News Wire)
United Way of Cape Fear Area names new CEO
(Wilmington Business Journal)
Fewer Triangle entrepreneurs plan to boost hiring
(WRAL TechWire)
