With Beats, Apple Buys A Quick Start On Smart Headphones
Apple purchased Beats By Dre this week, suggesting the company is looking at smart headphone technology — headphones that can sense what the body is doing.
Economy
Two Proposed WS Cell Tower Projects Put On Hold
The Winston-Salem City Council are delaying action regarding two new cell towers in residential neighborhoods.
The Tale of Two Tobacco Giants & Two Triad Cities
In this week's Business Report, a team of reporters from the Triad Business Journal is taking a closer look at the possible merger between Reynolds American & Lorillard Tobacco Co. and the impact the merger could have on the Triad.
Economic Upswing Has Fewer Americans Receiving Food Stamps
Last year, about 1 in 7 people in the U.S. were getting food stamps, or SNAP benefits. But the numbers have started to drop as more people find work and better-paying jobs, analysts say.
Reynolds American Attempts to Snuff Out Cigarette Crime
Reynolds American Inc. goes high tech to battle cigarette trafficking.
Reverse Food Truck Caters To Hunger Relief Programs
This summer in Minnesota's Twin Cities, a new kind of food truck is on the streets. Instead of selling food, this truck is collecting it and giving it to people who need it.
House of Raeford Farms to re-open Mocksville poultry plant
As many as 200 jobs may be returning to Mocksville with the announcement Tuesday that a chicken processing plant is re-opening.
China Turns To Africa For Resources, Jobs And Future Customers
In China's Second Continent, Howard French explores the Chinese presence in 15 African countries. The relationship goes beyond economics: more than a million Chinese citizens have migrated to Africa.
150 Years After Marx, 'Capital' Still Can't Shake Loose Of 'Das Kapital'
Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century evokes another famous tome with "capital" in its title, and makes comparisons inevitable.
For Reynolds, It's Out With The Old And In With The New
The local face of Reynolds American went through some big changes last week.