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SAS co-founder billionaires rebuild some of their net worth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:31:38 -0500

In latest Forbes billionaires list, Jim Goodnight’s net worth increases to $6.9 billion and John Sall grows his holdings to $3.4 billion. However, fortune of N.C. Research Campus owner David Murdock drops again.

CED picks nine more companies to present at venture conference

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:47 -0500

Eleven life science firms have already been selected for April 20-22 event in Pine Hurst.

Turning negatives into positives in social media

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:28:35 -0500

Opinion: When your business in criticized, be forthright, correct mistakes quickly, and show your customers you care. Social media is merely an extension of the connections we make offline, and the way we do business online should mirror the best practices we’ve learned in the offline world too.

Quintiles expands lab in London, will open India facility this year

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:41 -0500

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Siemens Energy to add 825 jobs in Charlotte

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:55:38 -0500

Company will receive nearly $22 million in tax rebates from North Carolina plus a $1 million grant. Siemens plans to invest some $130 million, add a new office building.

Venture Briefs – A top VC uses blog to generate wider dealfow; CA pays $350M for cloud computing firm; Battery closes on $750M fund

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:02 -0500

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CommScope to cut 85 jobs at Newton, N.C. plant

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:20:54 -0500

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RTI launches $2M genomics, health and environment research center

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:35:37 -0500

The Molecular Epidemiology, Genomics, Environment and Health will focus on how genetics and interaction with environment affect human health.

Lenovo plans its own cellphone-laptop device, chairman says

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:15:12 -0500

Liu Chuanzhi says Lenovo’s new mobile PC and phone combo will launch in April. Meanwhile, CEO Yang Yuanqing tells Reuters the world’s No. 4 PC maker would “like to be more productive” in the mobile Internet.

Videogame Update – New OnLine service to stream games on ‘cloud’; Sony unveils motion controller ‘Move’; Video game sales likely fell in February

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:11:40 -0500

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Hot Off the Wire – Net naming agency reconsiders ‘xxx’ domain; Huge botnet taken down; Google to digitize historic books in Rome, Florence

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:04:18 -0500

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Siemens Energy plans to bring hundreds of jobs to Charlotte

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:24:02 -0500

According to media reports, Siemens is planning to announce Thursday that it will invest some $130 million and add more than 600 jobs to its Charlotte operations.

N.C. Dell workers qualify for federal assistance

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:07:41 -0500

Since jobs at Winston-Salem plant are being offshored, Dell workers can receive help through Trade Adjustment Assistance program.

Urgent message to states: Innovate in IT or else

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:10:54 -0500

Opinion from Vivek Wadhwa: California and other states lumber along with antiquated, expensive IT systems, leaving them on the outside of innovation.

Financial reports: Salix revenues surge in 2009; PokerTek reports sales drop

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:42 -0500

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‘Social media is a beast’ – So how can your business tame it?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:51:54 -0500

‘Old folks can do it too,’ says one attendee about Twitter, Facebook and other tools after Social Media and Your Business event. Key takeaways: Social media is both an opportunity and a risk; don’t be afraid, and be authentic.

In tough climate, GSK dedicates plant to fight elephantiasis

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:56:39 -0500

Drug giant invests $300,000 in facility that will make the product worth $13.5 million that it donates to treat Lymphatic Filariasis. GSK says the plant represents “a significant scale up” of manufacturing geared to program.

‘Who’s Cisco?’ New RTP site exec recalls a humble birth

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:23:33 -0500

As Cisco celebrates the 15th anniversary of its campus opening in the Triangle, new Ste Executive Joe Novak remembers when no one knew who Cisco was or what it did. Novak, one of Cisco’s first four employees in Raleigh, now oversees a 4,300 worker operation.

Google, N.C.? UNC-CH, Carrboro, Chapel Hill want Google Net

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:33:34 -0500

Unlike in Topeka, however, town and university leaders haven’t renamed their communities after the search engine giant in preparing a bid for broadband test bed.

Tweet this from Epic: Three more hints about Gears 3

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:53:49 -0500

Unreal Tournament 3, Unreal engine 3, and now triple tweets possibly about Gears 3 from Epic’s Cliffy B. The saga continues, but for how much longer?