DURHAM -- Duke University's Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics has announced the confirmed speakers for the eighth annual Fuqua School of Business & Coach K Leadership Conference, "Leading In Times Of Uncertainty," Oct. 19-21.
The event will bring together proven chief executive-level leaders, moderated by Duke faculty, to speak on topical and relevant organizational practices.
The confirmed speakers include a number of executives from companies based in or with facilities in the Triangle, including:
n Michael Capps, president, EPIC Gaming Company.
n Sandy Carter, vice president, Software Group Channels, IBM.
n Blair Sheppard, dean, The Fuqua School of Business.
n Jim Whitehurst, president and CEO, Red Hat.
Also speaking will be Mike Krzyzewski, Duke's head basketball coach and executive-in-residence of the Fuqua/Coach K Center.
Airlines adding holiday travel
MINNEAPOLIS -- Several big airlines this week have added $10 surcharges for most of their tickets for travel on three busy days around Thanksgiving and New Year's holidays.
American and United airlines added the charge for most of their fares for travel on Nov. 29, the Sunday after Thanksgiving, as well as Jan. 2 and 3. On Friday US Airways Group Inc. matched the surcharge, and FareCompare.com said Delta Air Lines Inc. added it, too.
Spokespersons for Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. both said they had not added the surcharge.
Bancorp plans to add N.C. jobs
CHARLOTTE -- Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp plans to expand its North Carolina presence, adding to the financial firms moving in after layoffs by Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co.
The Charlotte Observer reported Friday that U.S. Bancorp plans to add up to 70 jobs in Charlotte by the end of next year as it launches a corporate banking and bond-trading operation. Charlotte's bruised financial services industry is also getting a boost from hiring plans announced by GMAC Financial Services and Morgan Stanley & Co.
U.S. Bancorp vice chairman Dick Payne says the country's sixth-largest bank by assets was attracted by the talent pool Bank of America and Wachovia formed in building Charlotte into what was the country's No. 2 banking center.
-- From staff, wire reports
