December 2015
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Statewide: Charlotte region, December 2015
Monthly report of business news from the Charlotte region.
Throwaway success
WINNER: SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
For generations, textile mills dotted the Carolinas, including Charles...
Clean-up crew
RUNNER-UP: SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
When October’s record rains stopped falling, Terry Kennedy’s phone...
Paint by numbers
RUNNER-UP: SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
by Cameron Walker
By his own admission, Zeb Hadley was...
Preaching to the choir
My Billy Graham credentials match a lot of folks who grew up in Protestant...
Tax cut nirvana
Here’s a near-universal experience for parents. Your family is visiting an out-of-town relative or...
Statewide: Triangle region, December 2015
Monthly report of business news from the Triangle region.
Statewide: Eastern region, December 2015
Monthly report of business news from the Eastern region.
Statewide: Triad region, December 2015
Monthly report of business news from the Triad region.
McAdenville’s yarn
In December 1956, a small group belonging to the Men’s Club in McAdenville got...
Statewide: West region, December 2015
Monthly report of business news from the West region.
Statewide: Food for thought
It hasn’t stopped the presidential candidates from hatin’ on them, but most hedge-fund managers...
NCtrend: Blowing smoke
by Clayton Hanson
Once marketed as a way to quit smoking, e-cigarettes and “vaping” have...
NCtrend: Gassing up
Winners in Duke Energy Corp.’s $6.7 billion purchase of Piedmont National Gas Co. aren’t...
NCtrend: Dining dynamo
If you have eaten out recently, there’s a good chance Phil Friedman, 69, had...
Going to the dogs
RUNNER-UP: SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
Pet care is a $60 billion business that has...
