Coca-Cola Bottling jumps 10% in a week, has soared 265% in 5 years
Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated was the best-performing Carolinas stock last week, gained 10%. It has jumped 265% in the last five years.
Perks at work
Pingpong tables to paid sabbaticals — creative fringe benefits keep workers happy at this year’s Best Employers in North Carolina.
Board games
Will an increasingly partisan tone at UNC System's governing board produce results — or just rancor?
Higher cred
Trained by Texas and national politics, Margaret Spellings tackles the state's most important job.
Picture this: Metal head
Charlotte drum manufacturer shows steely resolve competing against larger rivals.
NEWS AND VIEWS
N.C. growth over last decade didn’t top the charts, PNC economist says
North Carolina's economy grew by 8.6% over the last decade, a modest rate change compared with other East Coast states.
Shuford family donates $18M to UNC Chapel Hill entrepreneurship program
Hickory's Shuford family, which owns a large tape business, made a record $18 million gift to UNC Chapel Hill's College of Arts & Science.
Eshelman’s latest investment success
G1 Therapeutics, North Carolina’s newest public company is off to a strong start after raising $105 million on May 16. To no one's surprise, Wilmington investor Fred Eshelman is a big winner.
ACROSS THE STATE
Monroe truck-parts company to build $40M factory, add 100 jobs
(Charlotte Business Journal)
Court rules against Well Fargo in tax-credit case
(The Associated Press)
Blue Cross seeks 22.9% rate hike on ACA plans
(Raleigh News & Observer)
Coke Consolidated to invest $4M in new Triad facility
(Triad Business Journal)
Lenovo ends five quarters of revenue declines
(Raleigh News & Observer)
Triad mill targeted for $58M redevelopment
(Triad Business Journal)
Red Hat to acquire San Francisco cloud-computing firm
(Seeking Alpha)
N.C. Ports names new operations chief
(Wilmington Business Journal)
