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NCDOT to hold meeting in Winston-Salem for minority, small businesses<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/news/post-road-money_8727*100.jpg?v=1'>Is your company a small and minority-owned business interested in breaking into the transportation industry?
The N.C. Department of Transportation is hosting an outreach meeting from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on May 24 in Winston-Salem for small and historically underutilized businesses interested in subcontracting opportunities related to transportation projects in eastern North Carolina.
NCDOT is seeking small and minority-owned businesses that specialize in activities such as hauling and trucking,...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Kernersville golf course to be auctioned in June<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/news/post-Pine-Knolls-Golf*100.jpg?v=1'>Pine Knolls Golf Club, Kernersville's only golf course, will be auctioned next month with a starting bid of $600,000.
The 151-acre golf club was purchased in 2006 by Graham Ruttle and Pearse Mahon for $2.8 million, and includes a swimming pool, a 2,600-square-foot pavilion and 4,937-square-foot clubhouse. The club will be auctioned June 13 at the Marriott Winston-Salem at 460 N. Cherry St. by Racebrook Marketing Concepts and its auction affiliate, Sheldon Good & Co.
Ruttle and Mahon are brothers-in-law,...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>ECU plans dental school at Davidson County Community College<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/post-stateofdavidson4*100.jpg?v=2'>East Carolina University?s School of Dental Medicine is partnering with Davidson County Community College to build a $3 million, 8,000-square-foot dental center on the community college?s Lexington campus.
The facility will be one of 10 such dental centers statewide, which were established in part to address the shortage of dentists in rural, underserved communities. The first center opens in Ahoskie on June 28. Other locations named to date include Elizabeth City, Lillington, Spruce Pine and...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>State of Davidson: Unemployment belies job opportunities<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/post-StateofDavidson1*100.jpg?v=3'>Davidson County faces some steep uphill battles: thousands of furniture, textiles and manufacturing jobs lost, a 10.5 percent unemployment rate and a population where 30 percent of adults do not have high-school degrees.
But there are opportunities out there, according to business, education and economic development leaders speaking at The Business Journal?s State of Davidson event, held Thursday morning at Davidson County Community College.
Around 35,000 workers leave the county every day to...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Duke Energy wants to pilot rate cuts for large customers<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/Duke%20Energy%20HQ%202%20315*100.jpg?v=2'>Duke Energy Carolinas proposes spending about $13 million in shareholder money on a one-year pilot program to offer a 6 percent rate cut to large commercial and manufacturing customers in North Carolina.
The program's aim is to help business customers that are having trouble in the current economy. But it also might also keep large customers from buying power from other sources.
If the one-year pilot is successful and demonstrates benefits for the state and for Duke?s customers beyond those that...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>On the eve of Facebook's IPO, a look at the Triad's recent IPOs<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/11-FACEBOOK-ipo*100.jpg?v=1'>Facebook is going to make a lot of people millionaires Friday when it finally goes public, though if you're not an insider or blessed with connections, you probably won't be one of them.
But the Triad has had a few IPOs over the years too. Few being the operative word lately, since just a handful of Triad-based firms have braved the IPO market since 2008. One of those, regenerative medicine firm Tengion, only moved its headquarters to Winston-Salem recently and wasn't based in the Triad when it...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Greensboro considering purchase of former YWCA buildingGreensboro is considering buying the former YWCA property in downtown Greensboro, according to the News & Record.
The City Council authorized staffers to explore that possibility in a closed session on Tuesday. The city already owns the property around the 23,000-square-foot building, including the Greensboro Public Library and the Greensboro Cultural Center.
The YWCA has had the building for sale since 2009 after it moved to Spring Garden Street to reduce costs. The original asking price was $3...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>North Carolinians are financially stressed<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/stressed%20office%20worker%20315-0-64-251-251*100.jpg?v=1'>Felt financially stressed through the start of 2012? You're not the only one.
North Carolina ranked 12th in the United States for its financial distress level in the first three months of the year, according to the latest CredAbility Consumer Distress Index.
Atlanta-based credit counseling agency CredAbility reported North Carolina has an overall distress score of 67.1 on the index, which is based on five categories: employment, housing, credit, household budget and net worth. A score below 70...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Warren Buffett buying Media General newspapers, including Winston-Salem Journal<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/warren%20buffett%201%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>Warren Buffett is buying the majority of Media General's newspapers, including the Winston-Salem Journal, Eden News, The Reidsville Review and the Danville (Va.) Register & Bee.
Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., for the purchase of 63 daily and weekly newspapers and new financing. Most of the newspapers are in the Southeast. The sale, for $142 million in cash, does not include Media...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Slideshow: Phillips Building in Winston-Salem illustrates obstacles in renovations<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/news/post-Phillips-Building-3-0-550-377*100.jpg?v=1'>Developers and architects face unique issues when renovating downtown buildings, including necessary structural adjustments, amended building codes, new seismic requirements and inefficient mechanical, electrical and other operational systems.
CJMW Architecture and New Atlantic Contracting Inc. came across many of these issues when beginning renovation of the Phillips Building, a 40-year-old space in downtown Winston-Salem.
The nearly 270,000-square-foot building includes six stories of office...<div class="feedflare">
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Judge: American Airlines can cut workers' pay, benefits ahead of union vote
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/AmericanAirlines_TPAEvents*100.jpg?v=1'>American Airlines can cut wages and benefits of some employees who are considering joining a union, Bloomberg reports. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane denied a request from passenger service agents for an order prohibiting American from changing employment terms just ahead of their vote on joining a union.
American's parent company, Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp. is seeking $1.25 billion in annual labor savings for the airline as it moves through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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CEO tells energy professionals EPRI is hiring in Charlotte
The Electric Power Research Institute is hiring about 30 people ? largely engineers and technicians ? this year as it starts a five-year expansion plan in Charlotte's University Research Park, says EPRI Chief Executive Michael Howard.
Howard was the featured speaker Wednesday at the the Young Professionals in Energy. The meeting was sponsored by the Charlotte office of McGuireWoods ? which has more than 80 lawyers in in its energy practice across 11 states. The meeting was held in the law...<div class="feedflare">
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McKesson expands at Four Resource Square
McKesson Corp., a health-care services and information-technology company, has expanded at Four Resource Square, a five-story office building in Charlotte's University Research Park.
McKesson previously occupied 58,696 square feet, and its new lease expands the company's space to 75,057 square feet. The company moved into the building on David Taylor Drive in 1999.
Four Resource Square totals 151,849 square feet and sits on more than 9 acres. The development's vacancy rate is 24%. The asking rental...<div class="feedflare">
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Warren Buffett buying Media General newspapers
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/warren%20buffett%201%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>Warren Buffett is buying the majority of Media General's newspapers, including the Concord Independent Tribune, the Statesville Record & Landmark, the Mooresville Tribune, the Hickory Daily Record and the Lake Norman Navigator, all located in the Charlotte region.
Media General Inc. (NYSE: MEG) announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., for the purchase of 63 daily and weekly newspapers and new financing. Most of the...<div class="feedflare">
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Charlotte company Zander Guinn Millan wins design contract for Democratic National Convention credentials
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/queen_city_agenda/DNC%20SteveKerrigan%20ZanderGuinnMillan%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>Democratic National Convention organizers tapped Zander Guinn Millan Inc. of Charlotte to design the official credentials for the September event here.
Democratic National Convention Committee made the announcement at a 2 p.m. press conference today, touting ZGM as a woman-owned company.
Melanie Guinn-Buchanan ? the ?G? in ZGM ? attended and noted that her boutique firm was predominately led by women. Indeed, ZGM?s own web site promotes its six top executives, of which four are women.
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Horizon Lines adds 400 refrigerated containers for Hawaii shipping
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/ShippingContainers_ACBJ-Stock-Art-109-0-268-268*100.jpg?v=1'>Horizon Lines Inc. is adding 400 refrigerated containers to its shipping business in Hawaii.
The containers, designed to keep perishables fresh, are now in Tacoma, Wash. They include several features that Horizon (OTCQB:HRZL) has added, including enhanced insulation, stronger floors and greater durability. The containers also have added security features to detect unauthorized access.
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Housing starts up 2.6% in April
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/dallas/homeconstruction*100.jpg?v=1'>Homebuilders nationwide were busier in April, breaking ground for new homes at a 717,000 annual rate. Starts rose 2.6 percent from a revised March level of 699,000, which was stronger than the previously reported 654,000 pace, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Fifth Third maps out NASCAR debut
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/queen_city_agenda/FifthThirdCar%20racing%20NASCARHallofFame%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>Fifth Third Bank seems to be getting the hang of this Carolinas thing. On Monday, the bank became a NASCAR sponsor with a four-race agreement to place its logo on the hood of the car driven by current Daytona 500 champ Matt Kenseth.
But the real driver behind the deal seems to be geography of another kind: where the bank does business. Roush Fenway Racing, owner of Kenseth?s car, has struggled to land corporate backers in recent months, a sign of how much harder it has become for race teams to...<div class="feedflare">
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Charlotte Knights' ballpark pitch in extra innings
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/Knights%20site%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>Tinkering continues on a request from the Charlotte Knights for $8.5 million in city money to help pay for a new stadium uptown. Charlotte Center City Partners president Michael Smith, who began working to bring baseball uptown in 2005, remains confident City Council will approve the proposal next month.
?We continue to evaluate the concerns of City Council because this is so close and it?s such a great project,? Smith told me after making a presentation to United Way backers this week. Recent...<div class="feedflare">
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Duke Energy proposes rate-cut pilot for large customers
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/Duke%20Energy%20HQ%202%20315*100.jpg?v=2'>Duke Energy Carolinas proposes spending about $13 million in shareholder money on a one-year pilot program to offer a 6 percent rate cut to large commercial and manufacturing customers in North Carolina.
The program's aim is to help business customers that are having trouble in the current economy. But it also might also keep large customers from buying power from other sources.
If the one-year pilot is successful and demonstrates benefits for the state and for Duke?s customers beyond those that...<div class="feedflare">
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See who attended HBJ's CFO VIP reception ? Slideshow
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Reese-Koehler-Smith*100.jpg?v=1'>The Houston Business Journal kicked off Celebrate Enterprise 2012 ? a week of events celebrating capitalism ? with a VIP reception honoring its finalists for Best CFOs of the Year.
Finalists and sponsors of the Best CFOs awards mixed and mingled at a May 16 VIP reception at The Tasting Room in the Galleria area.
Around 50 people attended the exclusive event, which included several CFO award alumni.
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Preview: An insider's slideshow guide to HBJ's Celebrate Enterprise
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/COVER*100.jpg?v=1'>Houston, are you ready to celebrate capitalism?
Houston Business Journal's Celebrate Enterprise event is our week-long way of recognizing Houston's business leaders and to honor the city's spirit of entrepreneurship.
Click through the slideshow at right to see a preview of each event, panelists and topics.
Now in its sixth year, Celebrate Enterprise kicks off May 22 and features eight events over four days, covering relevant topics from energy to health care, and including the recognition...<div class="feedflare">
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Air fares are on the rise at IAH, Hobby
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/nashville/airplaneBNAnsh*100.jpg?v=1'>Air fares at George Bush International Airport (IAH) and Hobby Airport in Houston both increased from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Louisville Business First, an affiliated publication, compiled a database of the average air fares for the 100 largest U.S. airports based on the bureau?s statistics.
The average air fare at IAH grew from $425 in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $494 in the...<div class="feedflare">
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BCM receives Susan G. Komen cancer research grant
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/BCM_Logo_RGB1*100.jpg?v=1'>Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $5 million from Susan G. Komen for three new breast cancer research grants, including a prestigious Komen Promise Grant.
The Komen Promise Grant is a three-year award for a total of more than $4 million to study restoration of endocrine therapy sensitivity in recurrent breast cancers.
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Historic rig leaving Galveston harbor
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Ocean-Prospector-2*100.jpg?v=1'>After 14 years docked in the Galveston harbor, the Ocean Prospector is getting back to work.
The Ocean Prospector was the world?s first self-propelled semisubmersible drilling rig when it was designed and built in 1971. Today, its technology is a standard in the industry.
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Houston First releases short list for new convention hotel
Well, that didn?t take long. Less than a month after Houston First Corp. released the list of developers interested in building a 1,000-room convention center hotel downtown, five groups have already been eliminated from consideration.
The short list of potential developers still in the running was selected by Houston First?s consultant and staff members before a request for proposal process. The groups were announced this week at Houston First?s board meeting.
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Social Madness nominations are in, now what?
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/sociallogo-CAROUSEL*100.jpg?v=1'>Nominations have closed for Social Madness presented by Capital One Spark Business, and the Houston Business Journal raked in close to 100 of them. Now, the fun can begin.
For those companies concerned about not hearing an update about the social media competition, fear not! American City Business Journals, our parent company, is currently in the process of reviewing and approving nominations.
Nominated companies will be notified of their approval before the next phase of the competition begins...<div class="feedflare">
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California firm buys Wynhaven multifamily community
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/houston/news/Logo_MIG*100.jpg?v=1'>MIG Real Estate LLC has bought its first Texas property, Wynhaven at Willowbrook, a multifamily community in Houston.
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate investment company is expanding its investment strategy and looking into opportunities in the Sunbelt and the Western U.S., the company said in a May 16 statement.
Wynhaven is a 372-unit community located at 9611 Grant Road near State Highway 249 and Beltway 8. It currently has an occupancy rate of 96 percent.
The local submarket experienced...<div class="feedflare">
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Inside Mitt Romney's Houston Stage Stores connection
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/romney%20mitt*100.jpg?v=1'>I spoke to Michael Glazer, CEO of Houston-based Stage Stores Inc., this week about how he?s settling into his new role at the helm of the home-grown apparel retailer.
It didn?t come up in conversation, but Stage Stores has a distinct connection to Mitt Romney's former business dealings while the Republican presidential candidate worked for private equity investment firm Bain Capital.
Bain Capital purchased Stage Stores' predecessor known as Specialty Retailers Inc. in 1988 for $300 million...<div class="feedflare">
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Houston's American InfoSource buys Ascension Capital
American InfoSource LP has bought Ascension Capital Group Inc., an Arlington-based bankruptcy service provider, for an undisclosed amount.
Ascension Capital Group was a subsidiary of Encore Capital Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ECPG).
The deal capitalizes on Houston-based American InfoSource's success in the unsecured bankruptcy market and Ascension Capital Group?s position in the secured market, the companies said. Ascension Capital Group?s services include negotiating consumer bankruptcy plans, monitoring...<div class="feedflare">
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