As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Hot stories for June 24-29 included: Wake County’s commissioner said the proposed $1.9 billion entertainment complex in Raleigh would produce 6,000 jobs; Durham startup Get Spiffy is going national after raising more than $10 million in capital; We researched 15 Triangle companies to see what employees were saying about their CEOs and workplaces—here’s what we found; Brazil revoked its previously announced approval of the merger between IBM and Red Hat—here’s our analysis of what that means.
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Here’s a look back at 75 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week:
MONDAY June 24 Headlines:
- Bitcoin soars past $11,000, is up 170 percent this year
- CED Accelerate Series aims to educate startups on sales, capital, recruiting & more
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- Here’s your local meetup guide to 100+ groups in the Triangle
- Malik, Kane promise $1.9B, need public support for entertainment, retail, residential project in downtown Raleigh
- Meatless Farm products coming soon to a Whole Foods near you
- NC headliners this week, part I – in the Triangle: LoRa Bootcamp, RTP AgBio + AgTech, Raleigh Chamber & more
- NC June headliners, part II: ECU entrepreneurship, Data Science Lab, INTech Charlotte, more
- On the horizon: 70+ events across NC in July + deadline info
- Report: Brazil approves $34B IBM-Red Hat merger
- Senior Facebook exec welcomes idea of government regulation
- TechWire week in review: $1.9B development plan; an Epic vacation; ‘female Viagra’ drug; high-tech jobs
- Tests: Super-fast 5G + ‘robo-glove’ could save your life in an emergency
- Triangle headlines: ChannelAdvisor, Duke Energy Renewables, Innovate Biopharma, Avioq, AMS
- Verizon takes ‘super-app’ approach for its revamped media group
- Wake commissioner: $1.9B soccer development project would produce 6,000 jobs
- We love startups: 2 studies note booming growth in RTP – our Guide, calendars can help
- What recession? Most small business owners – especially millennials – plan to expand
TUESDAY June 25 Headlines:
- Duke University, McKinney sign new long-term lease agreements with American Tobacco Campus
- Kane, Malik make case for stadium as stimulus to development south of downtown Raleigh
- ‘Falcon Heavy’ carries 24 satellites into orbit for SpaceX
- Get ready online shoppers – Amazon Prime Day now runs 48 hours
- How big is Downtown South at $1.9B? 10 PNC Arenas, 20 RBC towers, even more than most pro stadiums
- New drug behemoth: AbbVie buying Allergan for $63B
- Startup SNP Therapeutics merges gene testing with personalized nutrition
- Piedmont Triad honors ‘Body-on-a-Chip’ team, life science leaders at BioNight
- Raleigh startup Insightsoftware moves to new HQ, looking to hire 40
- Sources: Layoffs hits Cary’s Global Knowledge; company acknowledges job transfers, new ‘operating model’
- Spectrum, which is testing 5G wireless tech, opens 2 more stores in Triangle
WEDNESDAY June 26 Headlines:
- Apple launches candidate guide via news app to preview Democratic debates
- Exclusive Q&A: Scot Wingo’s go-national strategy for Spiffy but keeping the scrubbing
- Get Spiffy raises more than $10M, plans to go national, adds fleet management service
- Headlines: Fortnite suit; ad-free internet?; Epic’s exclusives; AT&T sets 5G pace; GE vs. Cree
- ‘It’s not going to be my daddy’s farm:’ 5 megatrends that will reshape agriculture
- NCSU study: Internet is not proving to be an equalizer for all job seekers
- Red Hat millionaires: Watch for workers to cash out if IBM’s $34B acquisition wins approval
- Report: How automation, robotics could lead to more income inequality
- Report: Robots will replace 20M manufacturing jobs by 2030; NC will take big hit
- Robot vulnerability index: Factoring why NC is likely to suffer big job losses
- Target, eBay take aim at Amazon Prime Day with their own deals
- ‘We have the meats’ Arby’s counters meatless craze with ‘megetables’
THURSDAY June 27 Headlines:
- Analyst: Has Lenovo really turned the corner?
- Amazon’s latest option: Buy online, pick up at Rite Aid
- Another step closer: EU approves $34B IBM-Red Hat merger
- Apple acquires self-driving vehicle startup that was set to shut down
- Bitcoin surges past $13,000 then falls; cryptocurrency regulation talk grows
- Credit Suisse opens new building in RTP as part of $100M, 1,200 new job expansion
- Examining human-in-the-loop AI: People working with smart machines to solve problems
- Fake meat Slim Jims? ConAgra latest to eye tasty plant-based proteins
- Red Hat-IBM merger mysteries: Will Hatters really remain separate? Layoffs? Will execs stay?
- iPhone designer is leaving Apple to form own company
- Looking to buy a house in the Triangle? Here’s what you need to know.
- Lowe’s picks Charlotte for high-tech hub plus 1,600 new jobs
- Several more Square 1 execs join Signature Bank’s Venture Banking Division
- Teaching next-generation cybersecurity is NCSU professor’s goal
- Triangle nanotech firm Liquidia restructures big GSK drug development deal
- UNC Health Care launches one-click mobile app enabling video visits
- US military turns to private sector for biodefense, biomedical shopping list
- Will banning e-cigs really make people healthier?
FRIDAY June 28 Headlines:
- Amazon, concert provider: Taylor Swift headlines Prime Day Concert
- Apple to make new PC in China, not US; its shares to no longer top key index
- Brazil revocation of IBM-Red Hat deal approval likely to delay closing, attorney says
- CEO to Wall Street: At Cisco, culture counts
- CrossComm CEO Don Shin: Why I returned to Durham, and what comes next
- Reports: Brazil revokes approval of IBM-Red Hat deal, to review again
- Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill receives a makeover
- Survey: Nearly half of LGBTQ employees have yet to come out at work
- Triangle headlines: Zift, Sensus, Parexel, Talos, Infinia ML, CommScope
- Workers speak out about their bosses, good and bad – and CEOs are listening
- Worst and best places to work in Triangle’s tech hub? Employees have their say …
Weekend Headlines:
- Analysis: What’s happening behind closed doors as $34B IBM-Red Hat merger deadline nears
- Chew on this: Wrigley heir of gum legacy turns his attention to cannabis
- NCSU scientists find antibiotic resistant Salmonella; new outbreak hits 62 people in US
- Trump’s U-turn on Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei – what happens now?
- Want a Tesla? Time is running out on $7,500 federal tax credit
