Choose color scheme

Raleigh Triangle Local and Business News

  • Denmark-based pharmaceuticals company acquires Raleigh manufacturing plant

    Xellia Pharmaceuticals announced Monday it has acquired Fresenius Kabi’s manufacturing plant in Raleigh. The facility is the Denmark-based company’s first in the United States.

    The acquisition includes an ongoing manufacturing agreement between Xellia and Fresenius Kabi. Xellia will continue to manufacture products, such as medicines and transfusion technologies, at the site for Fresenius Kabi. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

    Headquartered in Copenhagen, Xellia Pharmaceuticals…

  • LivingSocial CFO John Bax to step down

    John Bax will step down this month as chief financial officer of LivingSocial Inc., leaving a role he’s held since 2010. Dan Federico, LivingSocial’s treasurer and vice president of finance, has been tapped to replace the outgoing CFO.

    Bax has commuted to D.C. for years from Oklahoma, and plans to move with his family to Scottsdale, Arizona, after he leaves LivingSocial. In an interview Monday afternoon, he said he will to take on a new venture in “in a consumer product field” unrelated to (and…

  • Why Raleigh should top this tech jobs list

    Raleigh has snagged another list – this time as one of four “alternative cities” for finding great tech jobs.

    “Alternative,” see, because we’re not New York or California, says listmaker Tech Republic.

    “No worries,” the article reads. “You’ve got lots of options.”

    We know.

    Specifically, the list give the top spot to Provo, Utah, citing its GoogleFiber and high concentration of tech companies.

    Nashville, Tenn., dubbed a “Southern ‘it’ city,” gets number two (“the…

  • Cary construction company gets contract for Owens Corning plant in Gaston County

    Global Engineering and Construction Group of Cary will handle construction management, engineering and procurement duties for the $120 million Owens Corning composite tissue plant planned in Gaston County.

    Owen Corning (NYSE:OC) announced in October that it will build the 110-employee plant in Gastonia. Production is planned for 2015.

    Global Engineering is a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) of Zug, Switzerland.

    Roberto Penno, CEO of Global Engineering, says landing the job shows…

  • N.C. universities that have the best return on investment

    College affordability has been a hot topic for years now, as legislators and chancellors tussle over how the split between college education should be divided among students and taxpayers.

    While that certainly won’t be resolved today – or possibly ever – Payscale takes a look at the 20-year return on investment from more than 1,300 colleges and universities throughout the nation, including nearly 30 here in North Carolina.

    Duke University ranks as the No. 1 school in terms of ROI. At a cost…