Wall Street Journal reports (and WRAL’s LocalTechWire follows) that the Canadian company may seek a bailout from its home government. The 2,000 Nortel employees in the Triangle would probably appreciate that.
Fiona Morgan
Posted inNews
UNC prof helps Obama transition in record time
President-elect Obama has put his cabinet in place in record time, according to the White House Transition Project. Terry Sullivan, a professor of political science at UNC, heads the project, which studies presidential transitions over the last 30 years in order to make future transitions smoother. Obama’s transition team was the first to be advised […]
Posted inNews
Yes you can attend inauguration without a ticket
New York Times‘ Caucus Blog reports that the Presidential Inauguration Committee is opening the gates wide open: With at least 1.5 million people expected to crowd Washington for the event, his inaugural committee announced that it would open the entire National Mall to spectators. Goodbye, crazy scalpers. Now there’s just the matter of transportation and […]
Posted inNews
Newspapers make money while laying people off
The rarely discussed problem with the newspaper industry is that many newspapers are still profitable, just not profitable enough — their owners and investors aren’t willing to accept a decline in profit margins as a tradeoff for long-term viability. For evidence of this, consider Gannett, the uber-chain that owns USA Today. Its stock price falling […]
Posted inNews
Elaine Mejia: Keep estate tax alive
Only 379 of the North Carolinians who died last year owed any estate tax — which means the tax affected half of one percent of all Tar Heel estates. But nationally, that tax on estates of $1 million or more is expected to generate more than $23 billion. That’s why N.C. Justice Center’s Budget & […]
Posted inNews
Ledge, camera, action: Televise state House sessions
I’m not sure why it would cost more than $1 million to launch a video broadcast of the North Carolina House of Representatives’ daily sessions and committee meetings. But it would be money well spent. It’s long past time the General Assembly started doing what town councils have been doing for years and offer more […]
Posted inNews
Connecting the nation
Technology advocates and industry leaders are watching closely to see whether and how Barack Obama will use technology to solve a financial mess of historic proportions. After all, Obama won the election in large part because of his campaign’s unprecedented ability to organize and communicate with voters online. The president-elect has made it clear he […]
Posted inNews
Howard Clement willing to talk about sex … shop
Neighbors in the Southpoint area of Durham are greatly perturbed by the planned construction of an Adam & Eve retail outlet at the northwest corner of Fayetteville Road and N.C. Hwy 54. A petition is gathering signatures — more than 1,150 so far — protesting the sale of lingerie and sex toys at what neighbors […]
Posted inGuides
Reggie Edwards: Listening changes lives
It’s a quiet Thursday night at Walnut Terrace, a public housing community near downtown Raleigh. Inside the community center, women sit around a table laughing and telling stories while young children play in the next room. Tonight, Regelyn Edwardswhom everyone calls Reggiehas joined the weekly gathering she launched more than a decade ago. “She loves […]
Posted inUncategorized
Cable market grows in N.C.
Competition is coming to the North Carolina cable television marketthough not to the Triangle, yet. Download AT&T notice of cable franchise (PDF, 453 KB) AT&T this week entered the TV marketplace in Charlotte, launching its U-verse service, which also includes high-speed Internet and telephone service delivered over DSL lines, for the first time in North […]