Triad
Novant Health partnering with Ga. hospital
April 9, 2013
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Winston-Salem-based Novant Health will form an operational partnership with Augusta, Ga.-based University Health Care System that will help its supply chain and information-technology systems.
Electronic records slow growth at Wake Forest Baptist
April 8, 2013
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said its efforts to convert to electronic medical records contributed to cost overruns and lost revenues during the first six months of the 2012-13 fiscal year.
High Point chamber president leaves post
April 8, 2013
(The High Point Enterprise)
Longtime High Point Chamber of Commerce President Tom Dayvault stepped down and will pursue consulting jobs.
Bill would close electronic-cigarettes loophole
April 5, 2013
(Winston-Salem Journal)
A bill introduced in the state Senate would close a loophole that allows minors to buy electronic cigarettes. Greensboro-based Lorillard and Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American both sell those types of products.
McCrory decides to restore funding for High Point Market
April 3, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
Gov. Pat McCrory apparently has had a change of heart, deciding to propose full funding for the High Point Market next year. He previously wanted to cut the $1.65 million the furniture trade show received last year in half.
Greensboro approves incentives for TIMCO expansion
April 3, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
Greensboro City Council members voted to give TIMCO Aviation Services a $400,000 incentives grant if it builds a new hangar at Piedmont Triad Airport. The Greensboro company is still considering five other states for the $42 million project.
High Point Market battles for state funds
April 2, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
Forty leaders of the state's largest furniture companies want the state legislature to give $2 million next year to the High Point Market, a week after Gov. Pat McCrory proposed cutting last year's amount -- about $1.6 million --in half.
N.C. Zoo attendance swells on spring day
April 2, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
The N.C. Zoo in Asheboro temporarily had to close its gates Monday after its parking lot reached overflow capacity, helped by baby gorillas, an animatronic dinosaur display and good spring weather.
Novant increasing cancer drug trials
April 1, 2013
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Winston-Salem-based Novant Health is launching a new institute co-run by Forsyth Medical Center and Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte that will increase the number of clinical trials that focus on oncology.
Unemployment-insurance bill will pinch city budgets
April 1, 2013
(The Times News, Burlington)
A provision in a recently passed unemployment-insurance bill requires municipalities to set aside reserves based on their number of employees.
High Point planning commission backs industrial park
March 29, 2013
(The High Point Enterprise)
The High Point planning commission voted to support a rezoning that would allow a business park near Interstate 40.
Poll: Consumer confidence slips in North Carolina
March 28, 2013
(News & Record, Greensboro)
A High Point University poll measuring consumer confidence in North Carolina reached its lowest level since September 2011 this month.
