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2009
- RTI to develop biomass fuel, October 28, 2009
- LEDs boost Cree's profit, October 21, 2009
- Fresh catch, net profits, October 21, 2009
- Cree plans to add 575 workers, October 9, 2009
- IBM's magnet for IT insiders, October 6, 2009
- Stimulus jolts Triangle science, October 1, 2009
- EMC Corporation to add jobs in region, September 25, 2009
- Raleigh based Smart Grid software firm, Consert, to help cut power bills, September 22, 2009
- Lenovo getting in touch with consumers, September 16, 2009
- Cree plans to issue new shares, September 9, 2009
- N.C. Biotech Center growing, September 9, 2009
- DuPont plans to grow in Bladen, August 21, 2009
- LED maker Cree reports profit growth, August 12, 2009
- Nextreme raises $8 million, July 8, 2009
- Green jobs growing swiftly, June 16, 2009
- Durham company banking on solar, June 10, 2009
- Ethan Allen to expand in N.C., June 4, 2009
- FedEx moving into new Piedmont Triad hub, June 2, 2009
- LED chip sales give Cree a boost, May 27, 2009
- Lenovo goes back to basics, May 25, 2009
- Nonprofit, Chinese in medical deal, May 20, 2009
- Cempra gets $46 million boost, May 15, 2009
- Toshiba nuclear division to add 194 jobs, April 28, 2009
- Bright View gets $4 million assist, April 23, 2009
- U.S. opens way for wind power off coast, April 23, 2009
- Cardboard maker to expand in Sylva, April 7, 2009
- Report: Coast's great for wind energy, April 7, 2009
- Tax increase rankles tobacco growers, April 2, 2009
- SAS keeps moving forward, March 31, 2009
- SAS forges ahead with Cary expansion, March 20, 2009
- Quintiles chief sees opportunities, March 19, 2009
- Dell cuts jobs in Winston-Salem and Tennessee, March 12, 2009
- Pozen beats forecast, foresees good fortune, February 26, 2009
- Lenovo's latest cuts don't reach Triangle, February 25, 2009
- Rivals Red Hat, Microsoft team up virtually, February 17, 2009
- Lenovo CEO says U.S. remains key, February 17, 2009
- Tekelec tops forecasts, February 12, 2009
- Lenovo CEO out as profit plunges revenue off 20%, February 06, 2009
- Sales rise for software maker, February 05, 2009
- Cree revenues strong, but it's bracing for future, January 21, 2009
- Covation deal worth $600,000, January 16, 2009
- 'Innovate or Die' at Triangle Game Conference, January 16, 2009
- Economists positive about Triangle's prospects, January 8, 2009
- Liquidia lands drug partnership, January 7, 2009
- Lenovo to slash 11% of work force; net of 100 jobs leaving RTP, January 7, 2009
- Two views of Lenovo, January 5, 2009
2008
- Quintiles buys lab to expand testing work, December 2, 2008
- State's biotech investment pays off, report finds, November 21, 2008
- Murdock's biotech hub taking form, October 21, 2008
- Furniture market must go on, October 20, 2008
- IBM profit up 20 percent in 3rd quarter, October 17, 2008
- CeNeRx raises $15 million for test, October 17, 2008
- Merck's interest in Durham may go beyond new plant, October 16, 2008
- Novozymes awarded $12.3 million DOE contract, October 8, 2008
- Pittsboro biotech raises money, October 7, 2008
- Hanes to close nine plants, cut work force by 8,100, September 25, 2008
- Cary Pharmaceutical Awarded Three Patents, September 24, 2008
- In scramble mode no more, Nextreme parties hearty, September 13, 2008
- Cary getting 513 jobs via HCL Technologies, September 10, 2008
- Red Hat makes strategic purchase, September 5, 2008
- Altria Said to Be in Talks With Tobacco Maker UST, September 4, 2008
- Homeland Security funds new terrorism institute, September 2, 2008
- RTP Posts $1 Billion Summer, Launches Next Five-year Strategic Planning Initiative, September 2, 2008
- Furniture Town Rebounds, WUNC Radio, August 25, 2008
- Cree's latest light show: Revenue beats forecast, August 13, 2008
- Research Triangle Region-based Cree Leads Global LED Market, August 7, 2008
- IBM Unveils Plans for $360 Million Data Center in North Carolina, August 1, 2008
- With weak dollar, exports skyrocket, June 27, 2008
- Red Hat sales rise; big clients renew, June 26, 2008
- What Google Earth doesn't show you, May 21, 2008
- Lenovo exploits ties to Games, May 14, 2008
- Durham tops Raleigh, list says, May 14, 2008
- Aviation company announces Kinston expansion, May 14, 2008
- Project in works for TransPark, May 13, 2008
- Morrisville tech firm's earnings are up, May 7, 2008
- Cisco's profits fall less than expected, May 7, 2008
- SAS Buys Language Software Company, March, 18, 2008
- Liquidia Gets New CEO, March, 14, 2008
- Lenovo- Building the Perfect Laptop, February 14, 2008
- Sony Ericsson Adding Jobs in RTP, February 12, 2008
- Cree Buying Co-founders Company, February 08, 2008
- SAS Revenue Tops 2 billion, February 05, 2008
- Lenovo-IBM join up on server deal, January 24, 2008
- LabCorp and Duke to work on cancer test, January 18, 2008
- Reports say VW looking at N.C., January 17, 2008
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Duke Corner
Duke professor comments on engineering outsourcing debate
ON THE AIR Sociology professor Gary Gereffi, director of Duke's Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness, spoke on Jan. 10, 2006 on WUNC Radio's "The State of Things" about the current engineering outsourcing debate. Listen to archived audio, available http://www.wunc.org/tsot/. Listen here
Gereffi and Wadhwa lead study on engineering degree production in the US, China, and India
Professor Gereffi and Vivek Wadhwa lead a study of engineering degree production in the U.S., China and India. A summary appeared in Science, as "Engineered Numbers?" on January 6, 2006. The full report, "Framing the Engineering Outsourcing Debate: Placing the United States on a Level Playing Field with China and India," is located at the Master of Engineering and Management Program site at the Pratt Institute, Duke Univerisity.
Duke panel
"Global Outsourcing: Threat or Necessity to U.S. Competitiveness?" Duke University, April 13, 2004.
Feature Stories
IT outsourcing and North Carolina (2-part series by Anne Krishnan in Durham Herald Sun, Nov. 13-14, 2004)- Anne Krishnan, "White-collar Jobs Once Outside the Global Economy Are Heading Overseas," Herald Sun, November 13, 2004.
- Anne Krishnan, "Wipro extends outsourcing boundaries," Herald Sun, November 14, 2004.
Furniture's fading future in North Carolina (3-part series in Durham Herald Sun, Feb. 15-17, 2004)
- Anne Krishnan and Paul Bonner, "A fading future: The furniture industry - a pillar of the state's economy - may soon be gone," Herald Sun, Feb. 15, 2004.
- Anne Krishnan, "Not made in America: The industry may be upset with foreign competition, but for consumers, the bottom line is the bottom line," Herald Sun, Feb. 16, 2004.
- Anne Krishnan and Paul Bonner, ""The new labor market: Furniture industry, workers must develop new skills," Herald Sun, Feb. 17, 2004.
