Business

Jan. 07, 2013 @ 08:03 PM

Medicago says it can bid for government supply orders

Medicago, a Canada-based company working to develop influenza vaccines produced using tobacco leaves, announced a contract on Monday that officials said could potentially mean jobs for the company’s local plant.


Jan. 07, 2013 @ 07:49 PM

Business briefs

Durham-based Tryton Medical Inc announced Monday it has closed on $24 million in equity financing.


Jan. 07, 2013 @ 06:10 PM

Durham life sciences venture capital firm reaches investment fund goal

Hatteras Venture Partners, a Durham-based life sciences investment firm, reached its $125 million fundraising goal for its fourth investment fund with the support of a federal capital investment program.


Jan. 06, 2013 @ 07:02 PM

Durham office with multi-disciplinary autism services open

During a recent behavior therapy session in Durham, Kimberly Tyler held out two different Play-Doh molds, and asked 11-year-old Chloe Young to choose between them.


Jan. 06, 2013 @ 01:16 PM

CAREER BRIEFS

Chapel Hill firm names underwriting risk analyst


Jan. 05, 2013 @ 01:41 PM

Nostalgia led to bookstore opening

The used book and music store Circle City Books & Music that opened in Pittsboro has a connection to two book and music stores that once operated in Carrboro and Chapel Hill.


Jan. 03, 2013 @ 07:36 PM

Durham-Chapel Hill metro area November unemployment down

The Durham-Chapel Hill metro area’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down in November compared to what it was in the month last year, and its rate held steady compared with October.


Jan. 03, 2013 @ 07:28 PM

Business briefs, Jan. 4

Biogen Idec, the Massachusetts-based drug company that has operations in Research Triangle Park, announced Thursday that it will discontinue development of a Lou Gehrig’s disease treatment after it did not meet its primary endpoint in a late-phase clinical trial.


Jan. 02, 2013 @ 08:39 AM

Duke buys last of West Village buildings

A downtown building has been sold that was one of the last properties still under the control of the original developers of West Village.


Dec. 30, 2012 @ 04:29 PM

Book sale at Northgate location

There will be additional cash-only liquidation sales held in January to sell off of the book inventory of the mall’s former independent book store.


Dec. 30, 2012 @ 03:49 PM

Building up Geer Street: Developer behind plans for The Pit location buys another nearby property

The Raleigh-based developer who’s planning to open a barbecue restaurant in a former bottling company building at the corner of West Geer Street and Rigsbee Avenue has purchased another nearby property.


Dec. 26, 2012 @ 07:14 PM

Merchants see modest increase in holiday sales numbers

“We’ll take it.” That was the response that Nancy McKaig, owner of Durham’s independent boutique Smitten, had to this year’s expected holiday sales increase.


Dec. 26, 2012 @ 07:09 PM

Suzuki dealer converted into Toyota Truck Center

Following American Suzuki Motor Corp.’s reorganization bankruptcy filing and decision to discontinue new vehicle sales in the continental United States, Mark Jacobson Suzuki has been converted into a Toyota Truck Center.


Dec. 25, 2012 @ 03:48 PM

Rescue Mission thrift store to open Thursday

The opening of the Durham Rescue Mission’s new 35,000-square-foot thrift store at 3900 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd. in Durham is now set for Thursday.


Dec. 23, 2012 @ 02:48 PM

CAREER BRIEFS

Chapel Hill Realtors association swears in officers, directors