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NC Innovation Fund managers eye more startup investments 27 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
Inside the NC Innovation Fund, Part Three: The people charged with managing North Carolina's Innovation Fund know there is a "high risk" profile for investing in early-stage companies. But they contin...
China arrests Briton, American linked to GSK investigation 27 Aug 2013 | 03:52 pm
The detentions coincided with the announcement in July of an investigation into possible bribery of doctors by employees of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. That prompted suggestions their case...
Digital currency Bitcoin group briefs wary US agencies 27 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm
Members of the Bitcoin Foundation brief representatives of agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,...
As search for new CEO begins, Microsoft seeks to reassure its workers 27 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
Microsoft is telling employees that a reorganization plan by departing Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer will go ahead, seeking to reassure senior managers who are concerned that the search for a ...
AT&T nearly doubles broadband speed in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro 27 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
Facing increasing competition for high-speed net users, AT&T's U-verse Internet and TV service now offers download speeds up to 45 megabits and upload potential to 6 megabits. And more speed is planne...
Durham firm Novan Therapeutics lands $7.8M federal contract for burn treatment project 26 Aug 2013 | 08:33 pm
Novan Therapeutics is focused on development of nitric oxide advanced healing technology for potential use as a treatment for a variety of injuries, infections and chronic wounds.
Why PR is your best marketing tool - and how to use it 26 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
Vivek Wadhwa: When I founded my own business, Relativity Technologies, in 1997, I gave PR precedence over marketing and decided we would talk about whatever the media was interested in. My employees a...
NC Biotechnology Center publishes statewide directory 26 Aug 2013 | 08:09 pm
The updated 2013 NCBiotech Company Directory is now available in partnership with Business North Carolina, in both print and electronic formats. From 32 core bioscience companies identified in 1984, t...
Argos Therapeutics goes international in raising $42.5M 26 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
The Durham-based life sciences firm lands investors from Russia and Korea as it looks to bring its cancer immunotherapy to market. Intersouth Partners and Aurora Funds also participate in the round.
Startup Factory partners mulling expansion outside Triangle 26 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
First came a name change for their tech business accelerator. Now partners Dave Neal and Chris Heivly are considering the possibility of taking their Startup Factory concept to other markets.
