Business North Carolina articles from July 2004

Business North Carolina archives from July 2004

Surf's up.(Up Front)
July 1, 2004... That fishermen had recently spotted a 16-foot great white shark cruising off Oregon Inlet didn't surprise me. The weight of all that concrete and asphalt would soon capsize this stretch of the Outer Banks, I figured, spilling tons of toothsome,...

Trend.(Illustration)
July 1, 2004... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [GRAPHIC OMITTED] SOURCES AND LATEST MONTHS CITED: (1) N.C. Department of Revenue, Tax Research Division--October. (2) Respective airport managers--March. (3) Respective electric-utility...

State's tribes need an Indian uprising.(Economic Outlook)
July 1, 2004... The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians struck gold with gambling (cover story, March). But what about the state's other American Indian tribes? A report by researchers at UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Pembroke assesses the economic assets of and...

Plant expansion will add 40 jobs.(Regional Report)(Human Resource Management)(DuPont plant expansion in Bladen County)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... An expansion of a DuPont plant on the Cumberland and Bladen county line will create about 40 jobs within two years. The average wage will be $53,500 a year. About 20 contract workers also will be added. The plant, which makes plastic membranes...

Nashville.(Eastern)(American Food Resources will invest in building improvements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... NASHVILLE -- American Food Resources, which will process and distribute cheese, will invest about $6 million to upfit a building in the Nashville Business Center for its headquarters and warehouse. The new company will employ about 125 at an...

Fayetteville.(Eastern)(Tourism Development Authority, which distributes Cumberland County's hotel-tax revenue, will pay about $50,000 to local businesses that provided goods and services to the May 2003 Festival of Flight celebration)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... FAYETTEVILLE -- The Tourism Development Authority, which distributes Cumberland County's hotel-tax revenue, will pay about $50,000 to local businesses that provided goods and services to the May 2003 Festival of Flight celebration here. But...

Fayetteville.(Eastern)(R.S.J. Realty files for chapter 11 bankruptcy)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... FAYETTEVILLE -- R.S.J. Realty, accused last September by the state attorney general's office of selling mobile-home lots without clear titles, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company claimed $423,000 in assets and $3.4 million in debts....

Elizabeth city.(Eastern)(city to use convicts for municipal cleanup)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ELIZABETH CITY -- The city will get cheap labor for its street, waste and other departments in a deal in which it will use as many as 10 supervised inmates from the state's Pasquotank Correctional Institute. Cost: $1 a day per inmate.

Kinston.(Eastern)(sewage treatment plant is being constructed at Kinston)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... KINSTON -- Construction has begun on a $40 million expansion of a sewage-treatment plant that will help the region accommodate commercial and residential growth. In a related development, the Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority received...

Elizabeth city.(Eastern)(services of Pasquotank County)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ELIZABETH CITY -- Pasquotank County will pay $359,000 to remove trees downed by Hurricane Isabel at its sewage-treatment plant.

Working capital.(Regional Report)(employment statistics)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Jobs: 459,687 YTD change: (6,752) Index: 95.7 Jobs: 731,186 YTD change: (3,256) Index: 95.8 Jobs: 838,141 YTD change: 314 Index: 102.6 Jobs: 956,008 YTD change: (10,743) Index: 98.5 Jobs:...

Drug developer plans to go public.(Regional Report)(ICAgen Inc. plans to issue initial public offering)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Icagen, a Durham-based drug developer, has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $86.3 million in an initial public offering. The company, which asked for the symbol ICGN, didn't disclose an offering price for...

Oxford.(Triangle)(Royal Home Fashions Inc. opens a new distribution center)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... OXFORD -- Durham-based Royal Home Fashions, which makes home furnishings, opened a distribution center here, creating 70 jobs. The company, a division of New York-based Croscill, employs about 875 in North Carolina.

Morrisville.(Triangle)(Trinity Ventures Ltd. plans to buy SciQuest)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... MORRISVILLE -- Trinity Ventures, a California-based venture-capital fund, plans to buy SciQuest and take it private. The $25.3 million deal is scheduled to close July 31, pending approval by shareholders and the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Trimeris.(Triangle)(Trimeris Inc.)(Roche Holding Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Durham-based Trimeris and Switzerland-based Roche, Trimeris' partner in manufacturing and selling the AIDS treatment Fuzeon, are making the drug available at commercial pharmacies. Previously, physicians had to fax prescriptions to a...

Durham.(Triangle)(SunTrust Banks Inc.)(National Commerce Bank Services Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... DURHAM -- Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks agreed to buy Memphis, Tenn.-based National Commerce Bank, parent of Durham-based Central Carolina Bank. SunTrust will pay about $7 billion in stock and cash for National Commerce, which has 489 branches...

Morrisville.(Triangle)(Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd.)(Durham International Airport Authority)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... MORRISVILLE -- Denver-based Fentress Bradburn Architects won a $29 million contract from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport Authority to complete design work on the airport's Terminal C. The airport is spending about $350 million to...

Cary.(Triangle)(Aeroglide Corp. buys National Drying Machinery Co.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CARY -- Aeroglide, which makes industrial dryers, bought National Drying Machinery, a Philadelphia-based competitor. Terms were not disclosed. It plans to close National Drying's plant in Philadelphia and add 35 jobs here, bringing employment...

Durham.(Triangle)(Starsys Research opens a new facility outside Boulder)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... DURHAM -- Boulder, Colo.-based Starsys Research, which designs and manufactures mechanical systems for the aerospace industry, opened an office here--the company's first outside Boulder. The office employs six and makes motors and...

Hillsborough.(Triangle)(F.B. Johnston Group closes its manufacturing plant)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... HILLSBOROUGH -- Chapin, S.C.-based FB Johnston Group, which makes signs, posters and graphics for customers such as Burger King and BP Amoco, is consolidating manufacturing at its headquarters. It will close its plant here and offer jobs in...

Clayton.(Triangle)(Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. closes its stores)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CLAYTON -- Jacksonville, Fla.-based Winn-Dixie Stores will sell or close its distribution center here by April 2005. If it's closed, 258 employees would lose jobs. The move is part of a corporate restructuring that includes selling or closing...

Raleigh.(Triangle)(Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC appoints Keith Reimer)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... RALEIGH -- Pepsi Bottling Ventures, PepsiCo's third-largest bottler, hired Keith Reimer as president and CEO. He succeeds Rick Poillon, who had announced his intent to retire by the end of the year. Poillon had been president and CEO since the...

High Point.(Triad)(Paxton Media Group Inc. purchases High Point Enterprise Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... HIGH POINT -- Paducah, Ky.-based Paxton Media Group bought the 50% of the High Point Enterprise it didn't own after Randall Terry, the newspaper's president, publisher and half-owner, died of cancer. Paxton had owned the other half since 1999....

RF Micro shrinks focus to grow faster.(Regional Report)(RF Micro Devices Inc. reorganizes to boost sales)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Greensboro-based RF Micro Devices realigned its business units in a move to boost annual sales to a billion dollars within three years. It posted sales of $651 million in the fiscal year that ended in March. RF Micro, which employs about 1,800,...

Burlington.(Triad)(CBL and Associates Inc. plans shopping center)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... BURLINGTON -- Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL & Associates Properties plans to build an 840,000-square-foot shopping center with six anchor stores here. CBL predicts Burlington Marketplace will generate 1,500 jobs when it opens in fall 2006.

Winston-Salem.(Triad)(BB and T Corp. appoints Kelly King)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WINSTON-SALEM -- Kelly King will replace Henry Williamson as chief operating officer of BB&T June 30. King, 55, has been president and banking-network manager.

Greensboro.(Triad)(Unifi Inc. recruits workers to its facility)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GREENSBORO -- Yarn maker Unifi will add 170 workers in July to the 810 it has in Madison, thanks to a decision by Sara Lee Branded Apparel to outsource nylon production for its hosiery to Unifi. Unifi is buying $2.6 million of yarn-making...

Greensboro-based VF is buying Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based Vans, a designer and marketer of shoes and clothing, and Green Sport Monte Bianco, an Italian designer and marketer of Napapijri-brand outdoor apparel.(Triad)(VF Corp.)(Vans Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Greensboro-based VF is buying Santa Fe Springs, Calif.-based Vans, a designer and marketer of shoes and clothing, and Green Sport Monte Bianco, an Italian designer and marketer of Napapijri-brand outdoor apparel. Terms of the Green Sport...

Burlington.(Triad)(Monarch Hosiery Mills Inc. plans to close its facilities)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... BURLINGTON -- Monarch Hosiery Mills plans to close its two mills here and lay off 136 workers July 9. An executive blamed cheap imports and the impending loss of major customers. The closings will leave it with 50 employees.

Asheboro.(Triad)(Randolph County Economic Development Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... ASHEBORO -- Site Selection magazine named Randolph County Economic Development Corp. one of the nation's top 20 economic-development groups in 2003.

Winston-Salem.(Triad)(Thomas K. Hearn retires from Wake Forest University)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WINSTON-SALEM -- Thomas K. Hearn, president of Wake Forest University since 1983, will retire in June 2005. Hearn took a four-month leave in December to recover from surgery and treatment of a brain tumor. Provost William Gordon acted as...

Greensboro.(Triad)(A&T State University)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GREENSBORO -- N.C. A&T State University broke ground on a $15.3 million, 74,000-square-foot science building scheduled to open in 2006. It will house the chemistry and psychology departments.

Greensboro.(Triad)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GREENSBORO -- Cone Mills, part of International Textile Group, plans to build a 400,000-square-foot plant in Guatemala. It should cost between $75 million and $90 million, open in 2005 and employ about 700.

Partnership wants racers to stay home.(Regional Report)(Charlotte Regional Partnership)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Nothing says "I love you" like an auto-racing test track and research center--as long as the objects of affection are NASCAR teams. The Charlotte Regional Partnership, a nonprofit that promotes economic development, wants the state to help...

Gastonia.(Charlotte)(Milestone Merchant Partners)(Syratech Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... GASTONIA -- The equity fund of Milestone Merchant Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based merchant bank, has purchased Rauch Industries from Syratech, a Boston-based maker of silverware and decorations. Rauch makes Christmas ornaments and employs...

Charlotte.(Charlotte)(Sonic Automotive appoints Jeffery Rachor president)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHARLOTTE -- Jeffery Rachor, chief operating officer of Sonic Automotive, is now president of the chain of automobile dealerships. He took over from Theodore Wright, who had held the job since late 2002.

Concord.(Charlotte)(Perdue Farms Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CONCORD -- Salisbury, Md.-based poultry processor Perdue Farms is expanding its processing plant. The addition will include a production line and a 20,000-square-foot freezer. Perdue will add 150 jobs to the plant's 390 by early next year.

Statesville.(Charlotte)(Advanced Tubing Technology)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... STATESVILLE -- Advanced Tubing Technology, which makes metal tubing for all-terrain vehicles and golf carts, is expanding its plant by 52,000 square feet to 130,000 square feet. Construction is expected to be finished by November. The company...

Statesville.(Charlotte)(Sonoco)(CorrFlex Graphics L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... STATESVILLE -- Hartsville, S.C.-based packaging maker Sonoco bought CorrFlex Graphics for $250 million. CorrFlex has about 330 employees in North Carolina.

Charlotte.(Charlotte)(National Gypsum Co. is planning to build a factory)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHARLOTTE -- National Gypsum, a maker of wallboard, plans to build a factory in the region that will use a gypsum byproduct from Duke Power's coal-fired plants. A site hasn't been selected, but the $100 million plant will employ about 100 when...

Charlotte.(Charlotte)(BB and T Corp's human resource management)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHARLOTTE -- After cutting 41 proofing and data-entry jobs in Whiteville, BB&T is moving the work here, which will add about 25 jobs to the 275 at the bank's Charlotte processing center.

Morven.(Charlotte)(Elite Foods Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... MORVEN -- Elite Foods plans to build a $9 million, 90,000-square-foot poultry-processing plant near here. It will employ 110. No time-table for construction has been set.

Lincolnton.(Charlotte)(Kawai America Manufacturing Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... LINCOLNTON -- Kawai America Manufacturing, part of Japan-based Kawai Musical Instruments, will close its piano factory here next year. About 30 will lose their jobs.

Salisbury.(Charlotte)(Rowan Regional Medical Center)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... SALISBURY -- Construction was scheduled to begin in June on a $55 million expansion of the Rowan Regional Medical Center. The fourstory addition to the outpatient center will include a new emergency department, a women's and children's health...

Charlotte.(Charlotte)(Edwin M. Rollins)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... CHARLOTTE -- Itasca, Ill.-based insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher bought Edwin M. Rollins, a transportation- and specialty-insurance brokerage with 27 employees. Terms weren't disclosed.

Hickory.(Charlotte)(United States. Department of Veterans Affairs)(Southern Hosiery Mill Inc.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... HICKORY -- The federal Department of Veteran Affairs awarded Southern Hosiery a one-year contact worth at least $7 million to make therapeutic socks for diabetic veterans.

Duke energy.(Charlotte)(Duke Energy Corp.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Duke Energy sold eight money-losing, gasfired wholesale-power plants in the Southeast for $475 million--a fraction of what it cost the company to build them. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners II, a New York equity fund, bought the...

It might be Great Smoggy Mountains.(Western)(Great Smoky Mountains National Park dying)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A report by an advocacy group says Great Smoky Mountains National Park is dying because of pollution, insufficient government funding and encroaching development. That could weaken the western North Carolina economy, says the Division of...

Morganton.(Western)(Viscotec)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... MORGANTON -- Japan-based Viscotec Automotive Products will spend about $20 million to expand its plant here and add 140 jobs within two years, increasing its work force to about 300. It makes upholstery fabric for Toyota and Honda cars.

Wilkesboro.(Western)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WILKESBORO -- Bristol Compressors, a Virginia company that got millions of dollars in incentives in 1995 to locate an air-conditioning compressor plant in Sparta (Cover story, February 2002) won't have to repay the money, despite closing the...

Waynesville.(Western)(Haywood Vocational Opportunities)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... WAYNESVILLE -- Haywood Vocational Opportunities, a nonprofit that provides work for the disabled, will build a $5.6 million, 61,000-square-foot building to accommodate administration, training and warehousing. It will add 70 jobs to the 300 in...

ECU researcher vets net to create a school daze.(Tar Heel Tattler)(East Carolina University)
July 1, 2004... It's hard to know who would be happier if North Carolina public schools started 10 days later. Students would get a two-week reprieve from classes, and teachers would get paid the same for a shorter year. But happiest of all might be the...

What they're reading.(Tar Heel Tattler)
July 1, 2004... WHAT THEY'RE READING Amy Woods Brinkley, chief risk officer, Bank of America The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis His writing is characterized by brilliant creativity, wit, intellect, humility and theology. One of the tests of truly...

GTP boots man who questions authority.(Tar Heel Tattler)(Longistics Inc.)(Global TransPark)
July 1, 2004... Give Duane Long credit for audacity, if not political savvy. Eight months after his Raleigh-based Longistics Inc. won a state contract to run a foreign-trade zone at the Global TransPark, he tried to stage a coup. He asked a state senator to...

Business again tries to wield culture club.(Tar Heel Tattler)(The local Arts & Science Council)
July 1, 2004... People often complain that government doesn't listen. Forgive Charlotte residents if they extend the complaint to business. The city's big three downtown corporations--Bank of America, Wachovia and Duke Energy--didn't give up on a city-funded...

A big help: Eugene McQuade, the FleetBoston executive who became president of Bank of America after the merger, got a $25 million severance package when he left June 30.(Tattle Tales)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A big help: Eugene McQuade, the FleetBoston executive who became president of Bank of America after the merger, got a $25 million severance package when he left June 30. About half of it is from his employment contract with BofA--where he...

Lost in translation.(Tattle Tales)
July 1, 2004... Lost in translation: A Winston-Salem radio station declined a congressional candidate's ad that said illegal immigrants "sponge off the American taxpayer." The message wasn't the problem. It was the disclaimer: "Yo, gringo! This episode of The...

Sold food.(Tattle Tales)
July 1, 2004... Sold food: Former NBA star Magic Johnson, who owns about 70 coffee shops with Starbucks, might open another in Durham or Charlotte, but don't expect the usual fare. "I had to educate Starbucks on minorities. We don't eat scones--we have to have...

They must've gotten us mixed up with Charleston.(Tattle Tales)
July 1, 2004... They must've gotten us mixed up with Charleston: When Springfield, the hometown of television's The Simpsons, came under fire in a recent episode for being "unpatriotic," its mayor noted that Hitler City, N.C., had an image problem, too, until...

Gambling on neigh sayers.(Tattle Tales)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Gambling on neigh sayers: The chairman of the board of Carolina Horse Park in Hoke County expects a bill to be introduced next year to allow parimutuel betting at its Stoneybrook Steeplechase. But considering how lottery legislation has...

That sinking feeling.(Tattle Tales)
July 1, 2004... That sinking feeling: The chairman of the Orange County Board of Education resigned after admitting he plagiarized parts of a graduation speech. He copped parts of an address then-U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala gave in...

Data bits.(Tattle Tales)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... DATA BITS Pitt County led the state in hazardous waste per capita during 2001. Pounds per person Pitt 8,707.3 Stanly 8,258.7 Mecklenburg 5,280.5 Scotland ...

Chicken strips.(Tattle Tales)
July 1, 2004... Chicken strips: Workers at Bojangles' in Hillsborough reported that a naked, hairy, fat man pulled up to the drive-through window to pick up his order. Police found the fellow, who disputes the claim: He often tools around town without a shirt...

Percentage of delegates at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland who said that corporate social responsibility is the most important measure of corporate success.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percentage of delegates at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland who said that corporate social responsibility is the most important measure of corporate success: 5. That the reputation and integrity of a product brand is: 24. Quality of the...

Average number of hours of sleep that business travelers lose during a trip.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Average number of hours of sleep that business travelers lose during a trip: 8. Percentage more alcohol they drink: 30. Percentage more caffeine consumed: 14. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources, go to www.businessnc.com.

Percentage of Americans who say it is very likely that they will be rich in the future: 10. Somewhat likely.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percentage of Americans who say it is very likely that they will be rich in the future: 10. Somewhat likely: 21. Not at all: 30. Amount of money the average American would need to make annually to consider themselves rich: $120,000. ...

Rank of McKinsey & Co. as the place where MBA candidates most want to work.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Rank of McKinsey & Co. as the place where MBA candidates most want to work: 1. Citigroup: 2. Goldman Sachs: 3. IBM: 4. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources, go to www.businessnc.com.

Percentage of top U.S. executives who think that same-sex marriage is a key issue of the 2004 presidential election.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percentage of top U.S. executives who think that same-sex marriage is a key issue of the 2004 presidential election: 3. The war on terrorism: 10. Job creation: 29. The deficit: 23. Outsourcing: 21. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources,...

Percentage of female business executives who say golf outings are useful in predicting business behavior.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percentage of female business executives who say golf outings are useful in predicting business behavior: 70. In developing new relationships: 73. Who have closed a deal on a golf course: 23. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources, go to...

Percentage of companies who said that in 2003 they reprimanded workers who snoozed on the job.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Percentage of companies who said that in 2003 they reprimanded workers who snoozed on the job: 52. In 2002: 38. --Compiled by John MacIntyre For sources, go to www.businessnc.com.

Rank of cell phones, laptops and pagers as the devices techno-obsessed Americans say first lured them into the high-tech world.(Figuratively Speaking)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Rank of cell phones, laptops and pagers as the devices techno-obsessed Americans say first lured them into the high-tech world: 1, 2, 3. Percentage who admit that they buy a new device when the battery goes dead: 8. --Compiled by John...

His group thinks lobbying can be a wise investment.(People)
July 1, 2004... Richard Bryant wants North Carolina to avoid the problems stockbrokers and money managers face in large financial centers such as New York, where regulators have cracked down on unscrupulous trading practices and relationships with analysts....

Duke CFO sees light at end of the tunnel.(People)
July 1, 2004... After 31 years with Duke Energy Corp., David Hauser says his travels with the company have given him some of the most rewarding experiences of his career. The High Point native has been to Peru, Brazil, Indonesia and Australia and has chatted...

She keeps her best work under cover.(People)(Carolyn Sakowski)(Company Profile)
July 1, 2004... When John F. Blair died in 1986, Carolyn Sakowski decided not to let the Winston-Salem publishing house he founded in 1954 die with him. Sakowski had been with the company only nine months, but she and a colleague approached Blair's sister and...

Steel maker strikes while the iron is hot.(Money Matters)
July 1, 2004... Nucor Corp. makes rolled steel, but lately it seems to be rolling pure gold. After complaining for years that foreign competitors were unfairly undercutting its prices and grabbing business, Charlotte-based Nucor (NYSE: NUE) has suddenly found...

Critics of UNC system mourn Fox on the run.(North Carolina State University Chancellor,Mary Anne Fox, resigns)
July 1, 2004... As one of the nation's top physical organic chemists, N.C. State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox knows a thing or two about chain reactions, and her decision to pack her bags for California set off a conflagration in Raleigh and Chapel...

Teams pitch downtown ballparks as home runs.(Sports Section)
July 1, 2004... They came from Cleveland last winter to do what Charlotte Knights management couldn't: find a place downtown to build a baseball stadium and public money to help pay for it. Tom Chema, president of Gateway Consultants Group, and his chief...

Doffing the mill houses: doing that, Pharr Yarns begins to relinquish its role as laird of what could be America's last mill village.(Feature)
July 1, 2004... Sixty-two residents--about 10% of McAdenville's population--sit on metal folding chairs in the town's 55-year-old community center. A mirrored disco ball hangs above them, motionless and ignored on a rusted hook among the rafters of the large...

Critical condition: doctors and lawyers maul each other over medical malpractice. It's a real mess, but is it a real crisis?(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... The little girl cries, thrashing her head. The sedatives she's been given have little effect--she gets more agitated. Reluctantly, the plastic surgeon tells nurses to strap her onto a papoose board, a straitjacketlike device that restrains...

Beat the clock: saving--or losing--a patient is often just a matter of minutes in UNC Hospitals' emergency department.(Picture this)
July 1, 2004... It may have been his first ride on a helicopter. But, unconscious after driving his truck over an embankment the height of a three-story building, he won't remember his noisy landing on the roof of the hospital. Another patient--a paralyzed...

The state's Best Doctors: these are the specialists that physicians say they'd go to if they needed to see a doctor.(Feature)
July 1, 2004... Best Doctors Inc., a Boston-based company that rates physicians, takes a direct approach in determining the best doctors: It asks those in practice to whom they would turn if they or members of their families needed a specialist. More than...

Carolina Ear and Hearing Clinic, PC.(2004 Doctor Profiles)(Dr. McElveen)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
July 1, 2004... 3100 Duraleigh Road, Suite 300 Raleigh, NC 27612 (919) 876-4327 * Fax: (919) 876-6800 Web: www.carolinaear.com Dr. McElveen specializes in the treatment of pediatric and adult ear disease and skull base tumors. A graduate of...

Cardiovascular Center University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina.(2004 Doctor Profiles)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
July 1, 2004... 600 Moye Blvd. Greenville, NC 27858 (252) 744-4822 * Fax (252) 744-3051 Web: www.heart.uhseast.com Dr. Chitwood is the director of the Cardiovascular Center at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina. He is also an...

ID Consultants, PA.(2004 Doctor Profiles)(Dr. Tanner)(Brief Article)(Advertisement)
July 1, 2004... 4539 Hedgemore Drive, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28209 (704) 331-9669 * Fax: (704) 331-0736 Dr. Tanner focuses his practice on general infectious diseases and providing antibiotic infusion care as well as travel medicine. He...