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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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</div>CEO tells energy professionals EPRI is hiring in CharlotteThe 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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</div>McKesson expands at Four Resource SquareMcKesson 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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</div>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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</div>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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</div>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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</div>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.
Permits to begin new homes fell to a 715,000 annual pace in April, pulling back 7 percent from a pace of 769,000 permits in March, which was the fastest since September 2008. Permits in March also were revised...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>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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</div>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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</div>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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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.
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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.
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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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State of Davidson: Unemployment belies job opportunities
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/post-stateofdavidson4*100.jpg?v=2'>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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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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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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Greensboro considering purchase of former YWCA building
Greensboro 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.
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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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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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Slideshow: Phillips Building in Winston-Salem illustrates obstacles in renovations
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/news/post-Phillips-Building*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.
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Maria College names new president
Maria College has named Dr. Lea A. Johnson as the third president of the college, effective July 1.
Johnson currently is dean and associate professor at the School of Business Administration at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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New York state holding energy forum May 22-23
The state Public Service Commission and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority are holding a two-day statewide conference on energy affordability at the Albany Marriott.
The Low-Income Forum on Energy (LIFE) will provide details on energy efficiency programs, assistance for bill payment and consumer protections.
Commission Chairman Garry Brown said the forum also provides an opportunity for service providers to share information with customers.
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Nurses union sets new leadership rules
Members of the New York Nurses Association voted today to turn the century-old union over to the leadership of working, bedside nurses.
About 2,500 bedside nurses?representing about 7 percent of NYSNA?s statewide membership?gathered in Manhattan to set a new course for the Latham-based organization.
Under the new NYSNA rules, only working bedside nurses may serve as elected leaders of the union, with full power to set the course of the organization. Previous NYSNA allowed supervisors, with...<div class="feedflare">
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More positive signs for Albany, national housing markets
The improvement in the Albany, New York, regional housing market will continue, judging by the comments today from the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors.
Lawrence Yun told Realtors gathered at a forum in Washington, D.C., for the trade group?s mid-year legislative meeting that positive underlying factors in the national economy are helping drive demand in new and existing homes.
?Historically high housing affordability conditions, ongoing job creation, a solid stock market...<div class="feedflare">
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Slow growth keeps Albany metro shy of pre-recession job mark
Uneven hiring last month in the Capital Region's private sector leaves the area still striving to recover all the jobs it lost during the recession?two years after the low-point in employment.
Businesses and nonprofits added a net of 2,500 jobs from April 2011 to April 2012, an increase of 0.7 percent. The data were released Thursday.
That rate is slower than the growth occurring in upstate, all of New York state and also the U.S. over that same span.
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Entrepreneurs gain insights on growing businesses at Malta workshop
Entrepreneurs starting businesses have access to mentoring and training without having to spend any money.
That was the message Tonya Crew wanted to get across to those attending her workshop at Local Lift, an event for entrepreneurs held at TEC-SMART in Malta, New York.
Crew is a small business developer and counselor with the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region.
She directed attendees to organizations such as SCORE and the Small Business Development Center, that provide startups with assistance.
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Port of Albany awards maintenance services contracts
The Port of Albany has awarded maintenance contracts for electrical services and overhead door services.
Four companies?Kasselman Electric Co. Inc.; Harold R. Clune Inc.; AA Electrical Services; and McBain Electric bid on the electrical services contract. (See chart below for bid information)
Rich Hendrick, general manager of the port, said that because the bids were so close, the Port District Commission decided to accept all the bids and award work on a rolling basis.
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Trans World stock up on news of profitable 1Q
Editor's note: Trans World stock closed Thursday at $2.95 a share, up 44 cents, or 17.5 percent.
Shares in Trans World Entertainment Corp. rose sharply in mid-day trading today as the owner of the FYE music and video chain reported a profitable first quarter.
At 2 p.m., Trans World stock (Nasdaq: TWMC) was trading at $2.93 a share, up 42 cents, or 16.7 percent, with trading volume heavier than usual.
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New York state approves land bank application
The board of Empire State Development Corp., New York's economic development arm, Thursday approved a joint application from Schenectady County, the city of Schenectady and the city of Amsterdam to create one of New York?s first land banks.
Land banks have the power to buy, hold, manage and develop foreclosed, vacant and abandoned properties.
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Verizon Wireless to curb unlimited data plans
Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless is taking another step to stop unlimited data plans, with a top executive from the carrier saying Wednesday that it will no longer allow customers to keep their unlimited data plans when they upgrade to its high-speed mobile network, known as 4G LTE, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.<div class="feedflare">
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