March 2018
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Mission Health CEO sees hospital consolidation as inevitable
Chart-topping reviews and a payments scrap with North Carolina’s biggest insurer have raised Mission Health Chief Executive Officer Ronald A. Paulus’ national profile.
N.C. public radio makes noise amid media tumult
Charlotte’s WFAE and other News-heavy nonprofit stations pick up the pace amid a media shakeout.
Engineer Boody calls for heat bill relief
Frustration at the costs of heating and cooling his home prompted Harry Boody’s lifelong crusade to rein in energy bills.
Scot Wingo’s Spiffy car service cleans up
Scot Wingo’s latest venture gets cars spiffed-up in a marriage of technology and elbow grease.
New leader, same strategy at AmWINS
Scott Purviance expects few changes at AmWINS when he succeeds founder Steve DeCarlo as CEO on May 1.
Garland factory finesses fashion for Brooks Brothers
At a tiny byway in the center of North Carolina’s pork and poultry industries, Garland workers fashion preppy shirts for the one-percenters.
Goldsboro hustles to find rooms at an inn
Local leaders hope the Maxwell Center, opening this month in Wayne County, will attract regional conferences and trade-group gatherings.
Merger opens new door at Ply Gem
Cary-based Ply Gem sells about $2 billion of vinyl siding, windows and other products annually but isn't thriving.
State employee health care is in a $34 billion hole
The state’s banker is itching to fix North Carolina’s biggest long-term financial problem. Will state workers and retirees bear the brunt?
Acclaimed Raleigh lender Triangle Capital hits a rough spot
Heirs of iconic Raleigh families, Garland Tucker III and Ashton Poole split over the direction of their much-lauded financing business.
Perelman-backed vTv Therapeutics bets on anti-Alzheimer’s drug
As aging Americans face Alzheimer’s, High Point’s vTv Therapeutics races to find a treatment.
Name game at Piedmont Triad International Airport
Renaming an airport doesn’t take off smoothly in the Triad.
Housing may be Asheville Mall’s next sale
For nearly half a century, western North Carolina shoppers have flocked to Asheville Mall on Tunnel Road for their sartorial needs.
Elon University launches engineering programs
Three of the top four majors for career prospects are in engineering fields.
Could Atrium, UNC Health Care deal unify North Carolina?
A pending partnership of two big health care businesses offers a chance to prove that mergers can have a public payoff.
NC resorts combine business and pleasure
Combining work and vacation is a growing trend among travelers.
Manufacturing makes great progress in the state
Education, attitude and technology lead manufacturing in N.C.
Food science centers pack multi-billion dollar impact
N.C. agribusiness is expected to get a boost through two initiatives.
Slim Jim marketer cooks up plant-based alternative
Improved Nature cooks up meat’s replacement in a world hungry for a solution.
Butler Farms uses hog waste, solar power to generate energy
Tom Butler is a Harnett County farmer, environmentalist and, now, his own electric utility.
N.C. community colleges form pathways to jobs
N.C. community colleges are the pathway to employment.
Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite honors the state’s top lawyers
Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite honors the state’s top lawyers based on annual voting open to all active members of the N.C. State Bar.
