Thousands of local workers navigate layoffs and other shake-ups that thin out weak companies, give rise to new employers in the region, and restock opportunistic competitors with a highly trained work force.
Modified: 02/09/10 05:13:56 AMYour most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat-panel TV or computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the mirrors.
Modified: 02/05/10 10:25:56 PMGlaxoSmithKline, one of this region's largest private employers and the foundation of North Carolina's pharmaceutical industry, will continue to shrink.
Modified: 02/05/10 05:43:01 AMIBM is promoting its spanking new $362 million cloud computing center here as its greenest data center yet - and for good reason.
Modified: 02/05/10 07:25:25 AMCisco Systems blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it left the recession behind.
Modified: 02/04/10 12:03:43 AMComputers: What appeals to me about a supersize iPod Touch - which is more or less what Apple brought into the world last week - are the possibilities of that lovely 9.7-inch touch screen.
Modified: 02/03/10 05:40:00 AMDrugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, which has cut hundreds of Triangle jobs in the past two years, will announce another large round of layoffs Thursday when it reports its latest financial results, a British newspaper reports.
Modified: 02/02/10 07:02:35 AMApple has generated a lot of chatter with its new iPad tablet. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.
Modified: 01/29/10 05:01:03 AMYou're forgiven if you didn't spot Ping Fu during the State of the Union address Wednesday night. The CEO of Triangle-based Geomagic was there, but she gave up her seat next to first lady Michelle Obama.
Modified: 01/29/10 05:53:09 AMAfter being given the cold shoulder by Cary, a British manufacturing company chose Durham as the place to build a factory and create 155 jobs over the next three years.
Modified: 01/29/10 05:51:58 AMApple, trying to revolutionize the publishing business in the way the iPod transformed the music industry, unveiled a tablet computer that will start at $499.
Modified: 01/28/10 06:21:09 AMA small Durham company developing tests for personalized cancer therapy has raised $10.5 million in financing.
Modified: 02/05/10 07:54:48 AMChinese PC maker Lenovo exceeded analysts' expectations and achieved its highest worldwide market share ever last quarter because of surging sales in China and emerging markets.
Modified: 02/05/10 12:21:00 AMCisco Systems blew past its own forecast for the latest quarter, reporting its first sales increase in a year as it left the recession behind.
Modified: 02/04/10 12:03:43 AMComputers: What appeals to me about a supersize iPod Touch - which is more or less what Apple brought into the world last week - are the possibilities of that lovely 9.7-inch touch screen.
Modified: 02/03/10 05:40:00 AMRoad Worrier: No, they weren't bragging - as some indignant readers supposed - about their texting and telephoning exploits behind the wheel.
Modified: 02/02/10 07:15:23 AMThe computer chip used to power Google's new smart phone was born in the Triangle.
Modified: 01/30/10 05:36:51 AMApple has generated a lot of chatter with its new iPad tablet. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.
Modified: 01/29/10 05:01:03 AMApple has generated a lot of chatter with its new iPad tablet. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.
Modified: 01/29/10 05:01:03 AMApple, trying to revolutionize the publishing business in the way the iPod transformed the music industry, unveiled a tablet computer that will start at $499.
Modified: 01/28/10 06:21:09 AMContact N&O business staff
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