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Cary-based Connexion Technologies declares bankruptcy

The company, which also operates under the name Capitol infrastructure, recently laid off two thirds of its employees. It also faces a wrongful termination lawsuit.

Cary-based Connexion Technologies files for bankruptcy

The company, which also operates under the name Capitol infrastructure and is led by former Cary Mayor Glen Lang, recently laid off two thirds of its employees.

Novo Nordisk to expand US work force by 15%

The healthcare company, which operates a manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C., currently has 685 job openings across its international business operations.

IBMers lack 'intestinal fortitude' to picket?

Lack of suport for Alliance@IBM protests ignites some anger and frustration at union's website. Even a media outlet wants more Big Blue workers to speak out.

Layoffs people

W-S tech firm to add 212 jobs, could receive $4.4M in incentives

Inmar, which already employs some 640 people in North Carolina, will invest $24.5 million to expand its operations in Winston-Salem.

Union head a 'lonely voice' in picketing shrinking IBM campus

However, Lee Conrad, a long-time IBM employee who quit to try to organize a union to represent Big Blue workers, says his trip to RTP was a victory because he helped raise awareness of job cuts and off-shoring.

Lee Conrad protests job cuts at IBM

Drug firm Targacept to slash 46% of work force

The Winston-Salem based firm is slashing its workforce by nearly half, part of a restructuring plan that comes one month after its lead drug candidate, a depression drug, failed the last of a series of phase 3 clinical trials.

Targacept's Headquarters

North Carolina makes Top 10 in clean energy jobs

Eight new clean energy projects in North Carolina were announced in the first quarter of 2012, which together could create nearly 2,300 new jobs - giving the state a No. 8 ranking by Environmental Entrepreneurs.

Environmental Entrepreneurs

High-tech job openings in NC surge to pre-recession level

The daily average of advertised job openings in March soared more than 20 percent from February to 5,670, the North Carolina Technology Association says. That's the highest number since July of 2007 before the recession hit and more than double that of two years ago.

High-tech job openings in NC surge to pre-recession levels

The daily average of advertised job openings in March soared more than 20 percent from February to 5,670, the North Carolina Technology Association says. That's the highest number since July of 2007 before the recession hit and more than double that of two years ago.

NC IT job openings surge.

National web services firm opens RTP office, hires 7, plans regional hub

Web.com, which focuses on driving sales leads to small- and medium-sized businesses, sees the Triangle as the first step in taking its growing sales force directly to customers.

IBM layoff total reaches 1,877 with another work group hit

Another work group is hit by job cuts, bringing the total in the latest round of reductions to 29 groups and 1,877 layoffs. The numbers are based on documents provided by workers to the union seeking to represent Big Blue employees.

CEO: RTP firm's nanotechnology will revolutionize medicine - and more

At Nanotech Commercialization Conference in Durham, Liquidia CEO Neal Fowler says his firm's technology will first change medicine and then materials science.

Nano particles at Liquidia.

IBM layoff total keeps climbing, could top 2,500

Another work group is hit by job cuts, bringing the total in the latest round of reductions to 28 work groups and 1,860 layoffs. The numbers are absed on documents provided by workers to the union seeking to represent Big Blue employees. However, a poster says more than 2,500 cuts were made.

Manufacturer's pledge could lead to raises for Chinese workers

Foxconn Technology's promise comes as Beijing is pushing foreign companies to share more of their revenues with Chinese employees. It follows a report by a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. that found Foxconn was regularly violating legal limits on overtime, with factory employees working more than 60 hours per week.

FoxConn workers in China.