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Business briefs: Infosys founder to keynote Duke business forum
Narayana Murthy, chairman of the information technology company Infosys, is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Duke India Business Forum.
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Tech incubator shifts focus
Originally pitched as a new program to help finance start-up technology companies and speed their development, Groundwork Labs is now shifting its focus, and will take more of a mentorship role in the lives of young entrepreneurs.
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Durham biopharma company acquired in stock deal
A Maryland-based company has acquired Aldagen Inc., a Durham-based biopharmaceutical company working on cell and tissue regeneration therapies, in exchange for stock valued at $16 million.
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Company claims diagnostic test will save dairy farmers money
A Durham-based company is looking to launch a diagnostic test later this year that company officials say will help milk producers save money by allowing them to catch a bacterial infection in dairy cows quickly.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC delivers next phase of ad c...
Chapel Hill-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is launching the next phase of its “Let’s Talk Cost” advertising campaign.
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Generation Z part of ‘emerging issues’
The impact of the web-savvy Generation Z on the state’s economy and work force was the focus of the first of a two-day forum that drew business, education and government leaders to Raleigh on Monday. The Institute for Emerging Issues, a public policy group housed at N.C. State University, hosted the forum that continues today at the Raleigh Conv...
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Cempra to use $48 million in IPO proceeds to fund drug studies
Cempra Inc. officials plan to use $48 million raised in a recently completed initial public offering to carry several antibiotics that the company is developing in into the next phase of clinical trials.
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Taylor Mingos, founder and CEO of Shoeboxed, Inc.
Shoeboxed scores scanning partnership with HP
Durham-based Shoeboxed Inc. is working to make it easier for customers to move information from the paper to the digital realm.
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RTP Foundation honors emeritus board members
Two emeritus members of the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina Board of Directors received the Archie K. Davis Award recently, according to an announcement by the foundation.
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Greenfire announces downtown construction plans
Greenfire Development, a real estate development company that hit some turbulence last year following the partial collapse of the roof of one of its properties, announced Wednesday that it has new plans for construction downtown.
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Area unemployment up to 7.5%
The unemployment rate grew to 7.5 percent in the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area in December, according to new data released Wednesday by the state’s labor and economic analysis division.
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Morrisville medical device company announces FDA product cle...
TearScience, a private medial devices company in Morrisville that employs about 45 people, announced Wednesday that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its second generation evaporative dry eye treatment.
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Study: Black women in power see fewer backlashes
Black women in leadership roles do not see the same backlash against displays of dominant behavior experienced by white women and black men of power, a study co-authored by a Duke University associate professor says.
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Free online tax filing offers abound, but beware ‘hitches’
There are several free online tax filing options out there for taxpayers who meet certain income and other requirements, but consumers should keep on the look-out for “hitches,” said the president of a Morrisville-based company offering a free filing option for the unemployed.
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Blue Cross announces customer website that offers health cos...
The Chapel Hill-based health insurer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina announced on Tuesday a website redesign that allows customers to look up health care cost information.
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Gas prices expected to continue to increase
Gas prices at the pump got a boost earlier this year from a state gas tax increase and from the elimination of the federal ethanol tax break, and some officials are expecting to see prices to climb even higher in the next several months.
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Solar power
Semprius turning sunlight into electricity
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CAREER BRIEFS, Jan. 30
United Way of the Greater Triangle names vp of information technology
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Duke Energy rate increase approved for N.C. customers
A rate increase for Duke Energy Carolinas’ residential electricity customers in North Carolina will go into effect early next month, following an approval made Friday by the N.C. Utilities Commission.
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Developer plans Diamond View III construction
The real estate developer behind the downtown American Tobacco campus is planning to launch construction in April of an office building overlooking the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
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