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Burke Street Comics: 'It's supposed to be fun'
For most of the 1980s, the intersection of Brookstown Avenue and Burke Street was a destination for comic book fans in Winston-Salem, with The Comic Pages and then Heroes Aren't Hard to Find selling comics and other merchandise.
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Jim Hightower: Feeding obesity
Attention foodies: There’s a new craze in Cuisine World, and it’s going 180 degrees in the opposite direction from the much-publicized healthy-eating movement.
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Chief of GMAC Insurance division resigns
The chief executive of GMAC Insurance's personal-lines division, Larry Pentis, has resigned, the company confirmed Friday.
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Lambeth announces retirement
Donny Lambeth, a mainstay at N.C. Baptist Hospital for 40 years, announced today his plans to retire at the end of the hospital’s fiscal year on June 30.
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Krispy Kreme reports $6 million profit
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. started off its new fiscal year on a solid note, reporting net income of $6 million.
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Lowe's Q1 profit up, but cuts 2012 profit outlook
Lowe's Cos.' first-quarter profit climbed 14 percent as warmer weather helped boost sales earlier in the quarter. But the world's second-biggest home-improvement company lowered its full-year earnings forecast on Monday, saying it's still cautious because of the weak housing market and other economic conditions.
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Hospitals must adjust to health care changes, report says
A report on not-for-profit health systems by Standard and Poor's sheds a national light on the cost-cutting measures being taken by Novant Health Inc. and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
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Charlotte company to open its second solar farm in Surry County
A Charlotte renewable-energy company is preparing to begin work in June on its second solar farm in Surry County.
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The Briefcase: N.C. exports rose 8% to record high in 2011
Gov. Bev Perdue said Monday that North Carolina exports surged 8 percent to a record high of $27 billion during 2011.
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Honda Aircraft to begin HondaJet production ahead of schedule
A Honda Aircraft official says the company will begin limited production of its $4.5 million HondaJet here this year, ahead of earlier published schedules.
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Krispy Kreme signs deal to enter India
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. is expanding the international reach of its hot glazed doughnuts to India, the world's second most populous country at 1.2 billion.
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Novant outsource firm sued by employees
The company that Novant Health Inc. outsourced its medical-transcriptionist work to, Transcend Services Inc., is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by 13 employees.
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Wake Forest Baptist researches say new device helpful in treating brain injuries
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have determined that a new device for treating traumatic brain injury can reduce the size and extent of damaged tissue and prevent cell death.
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Triad manufacturing holding on, report says
Cancel the obituary. Forget the funeral dirge. Send the undertaker home. The death of manufacturing in the Triad has been greatly exaggerated.
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Business Calendar
The networking referral groups of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will meet at the following times this week:Triad Synergy will meet from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Winston-Salem chamber boardroom, 601 W. Fourth St.
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Economist: Triad will have 'modest' job growth
Winston-Salem and the Triad will lag behind the pace of a strengthening North Carolina economy during 2012, the chief economist of Wells Fargo Securities said Monday.
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The Briefcase: N.C. to get $3.5 million in drug settlement
The N.C. Attorney General's Office said Monday that Abbott Laboratories will pay North Carolina about $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it improperly marketed the drug Depakote.
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Tengion reports smaller loss for first quarter
Tengion Inc. reported Monday a smaller loss in the first quarter, primarily related to lower compensation expenses during the period.
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Millwork Products adding 50 jobs in Wilkesboro
A Kentucky door maker has capitalized on the demise of former competitor Jeld-Wen in Wilkes County to launch a subsidiary operation there.
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Bank of Carolinas posts lowest loss in six quarters
Bank of the Carolinas Corp. reported Friday a $2.7 million loss — its lowest loss in six quarters.
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Council, TDA agree to fund consultant for review of convention center
The Winston-Salem City Council and the Forsyth County Tourism Development Authority have agreed to provide $50,000 each toward hiring a consultant to review Benton Convention Center.
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Job Search - High school students can get summer jobs through persistence
This week, we'll dip into the mailbag for a question.
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Twenty-somethings get big deal: design and host Democratic National Convention website
Think of Business Empire Consulting as the brash newcomer that nominated itself for the job — and won.
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Winston-Salem vying for Big South tourney
Winston-Salem is one of four finalists bidding to host the Big South Conference's men's and women's basketball tournaments, beginning in March.
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Nine Triad companies get boost in their recycling efforts
Nine Triad companies have been awarded a combined $196,500 for their recycling efforts by the N.C. Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach.
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