 | January 4, 2005 -- Region's Research Muscle, Entrepreneurial Savvy Spark Innovations in Advanced Medical Care |
| January 3, 2005 -- Regional Task Force Appoints 21 CD to Create Digital Resource that Unites Research Triangle Businesses |
| January 3, 2005 -- Regional leaders discuss economic growth and global competitiveness on weekly regional economic development radio show |
| January 2, 2005 -- Furniture Company Moves from Miami to Moore County |
| December 30, 2004 -- Transcript of James B. Hyler Jr.'s Remarks on the Economy and the U.S. Open |
| December 22, 2004 – Retail Sales Climb in Vance County |
| December 20, 2004 -- Patriot Materials Building Facility on Iraq Border to Armor Military Vehicles |
| December 14, 2004 -- Delta Airlines Announces Service to New Orleans |
| December 14, 2004 -- Six Companies Selected for CED's Venture 2005 |
| December 9, 2004 -- RBC Capital Markets Executive to Keynote CED's Engage: Finance |
| December 9, 2004 -- Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA) Relocates to Raleigh |
| December 8, 2004 -- Health of Lee County: Better News in 2004 |
| December 8, 2004 -- Tomsed to Expand in Harnett County |
| December 8, 2004 -- Southeastern Transformer Buys Shell Building in Harnett County for Expansion |
| December 7, 2004 -- Entrepreneurs Discuss Offshore Outsourcing Challenges and Opportunities |
| December 6, 2004 -- 197 Wake County Teachers Earn National Board Certification in 2004 |
| December 6, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces $50 Million Investment for Granville County |
| December 6, 2004 -- North Carolina Launches Action Plan for High School Innovation |
| December 3, 2004 -- Micro Focus Opens New Durham Offices |
| December 1, 2004 -- NC Continues to Set Pace in National Board Certified Teachers |
| November 30, 2004 -- Harnett Forward Together Committee to Buy Former Textile Plant |
| November 18, 2004 -- Entrepreneurs Support CED with Cash Donations and Stock Pledges |
| November 12, 2004 -- Holshouser Honored for Service to Higher Education |
| November 11, 2004 -- Warehouse Design and Management Innovator Food Lion Chooses Research Triangle Region for Key Distribution Centers |
| November 10, 2004 -- RTI International Researchers to Evaluate School-Based Violence Prevention Program |
| November 9, 2004 -- Good Technology to Open Office in RTP, Is Hiring Sales Force |
| November 6, 2004 -- Swoozie's of Atlanta Opens at Triangle Town Center |
| November 5, 2004 -- Orvis Now Opens at Triangle Town Center |
| November 3, 2004 -- Golden LEAF Bard Approves BioNetwork Round II Grants |
| November 2, 2004 -- Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Beats Goal to Fund Aggressive, Five-Year Economic Development Campaign |
| November 1, 2004 -- Mixed-use "Gateway" Project Caps Smithfield's Downtown Revitalization |
| November 1, 2004 -- Southwest Airlines to Add Another Raleigh-Durham Flight at Chicago Midway Airport |
| October 29, 2004 -- Novo Nordisk Expands Production in the United States to Meet Increasing Demand for its Insulin Products |
| October 28, 2004 -- CED Survey: Entrepreneurs Optimistic about Business Prospects |
| October 27, 2004 -- UNC Ranked Nation's Top Entrepreneurial Campus, 5th 'Most Connected' |
| October 27, 2004 -- New Radio Show Focuses on Regional Growth and Competitiveness |
| October 22, 2004 -- U.S. News & World Report Selects RTI International to Provide 2005 "Best Hospitals" Rankings |
| October 21, 2004 -- CSFB Global Business Center |
| October 21, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces Credit Suisse First Boston to Locate Global Business Center in the Triangle |
| October 19, 2004 -- North Carolina Ranks 9th in the Nation by "Insourced" Jobs |
| October 19, 2004 -- Shodor-NCCU Partnership Awarded $2.8M For NSDL Pathway |
| October 19, 2004 -- New Stores Open at Triangle Town Center |
| October 18, 2004 -- Aqua America Selects Cary for Site of National Call Center |
| October 15, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces $1 Million Incentive Grant Award to NC to Train Biotech Workers |
| October 15, 2004 -- Four N.C. Universities Join IBM's Academic Initiative |
| October 14, 2004 -- 'Serious Games' Showcased at CED's October Tech Forum |
| October 13, 2004 -- MCNC-RDI Develops Innovative Flexible Display Technology for US Army |
| October 11, 2004 -- MCNC-RDI Awarded Contract to Improve Infrared Sensing Systems for US Department of Defense |
| October 10, 2004 -- Industrial Chemical Manufacturer Selects Harnett County for Expansion |
| October 7, 2004 -- RTI International, UNC to Establish Health Promotion Economics Center of Excellence |
| October 7, 2004 -- Raleigh-based INC Research Expands European Operations |
| October 6, 2004 -- 'Start-up Grid' Pilot Program Helps Entrepreneurs Create New Companies, Jobs |
| October 5, 2004 -- Governor Easley Unveils Motorsports Economic Impact Study: $5 Billion Impact to NC Economy & 25,500 Jobs |
| October 5, 2004 -- Biotechnology Companies Convene to Examine Industry at GeneSpace 2004 |
| October 4, 2004 -- IBM Unveils First Biometric ThinkPad, Offering Security at Your Fingertips |
| October 4, 2004 -- Quality of Life, Worker Training Attract Automotive Supplier AW North Carolina Inc. to Research Triangle Region |
| September 30, 2004 -- Carolina Receives Lion's Share of New Medical Research Grants |
| September 30, 2004 -- Duke University Professor Named NIH Pioneer Award Winner |
| September 30, 2004 -- CED Confirms Over 60 Panelists for Entrepreneur '04 Conference |
| September 27, 2004 -- Biolex Celebrates Opening of its New cGMP Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility |
| September 23, 2004 -- KBI BioPharma Advances Proprietary Bioprocessing Technology into Applied Biopharmaceutical Development |
| September 23, 2004 -- Northgate Redevelopment & Expansion |
| September 23, 2004 -- Church tapped to lead Warren County economic development |
| September 17, 2004 -- Static Control Opening New Imaging Distribution Center |
| September 16, 2004 -- D.H. Griffin Construction Wins Demolition Contract at Raleigh-Durham International for New Terminal C Construction |
| September 15, 2004 -- RTI International to Acquire Three Divisions of MCNC's Research and Development Institute |
| September 14, 2004 -- Bayer CropScience Creates Seed Treatment Business Unit in RTP |
| September 13, 2004 -- AlphaVax Announces New Vaccine Grant |
| September 2, 2004 -- David Winwood Takes Helm of NC State's Centennial Campus |
| September 1, 2004 -- Region's Advantages Attract Expansion from Network Appliance |
| August 31, 2004 -- Kerr-Tar Regional COG Receives the National Association of Development Organization's Innovation Award 2004 |
| August 30, 2004 -- Site Selection Magazine Names Progress Energy to List of "Top Utilities for Economic Development 2003" |
| August 30, 2004 -- Wake County - NC State Partnership Takes Aim at High-tech R&D Jobs Through Precision Marketing Initiative |
| August 26, 2004 -- N.C. State Scientist Gets $2 Million Grant to Explore Plant Proteomics |
| August 26, 2004 -- Former FCC Official Blair Levin to Keynote InfoTech 2004 |
| August 26, 2004 -- New Local Website Created for Angels and Entrepreneurs |
| August 20, 2004 -- Carolina Ranks Fifth Among Public Campuses for Student Accessibility |
| August 20, 2004 -- UNC's Total Research Receipts Jump 7.5% During Fiscal 2004 |
| August 19, 2004 -- RDU Posts Positive Passenger Numbers for Seventh Straight Month |
| August 18, 2004 -- Greater Triangle Regional Council Names New Leaders |
| August 17, 2004 -- UNC Receives National Grant to Create Software Aiding Geothermal Energy Development |
| August 16, 2004 -- Lee County EDC Endorses "Amendment One" to Allow Local Self-Financing Bonds |
| August 10, 2004 -- Cree to Expand Manufacturing and R&D Operations In Research Triangle Region |
| August 10, 2004 -- CED Introduces Entrepreneur '04 Conference |
| August 9, 2004 -- SAS Leads Data Mining and Data Warehousing Access Tools Markets |
| August 5, 2004 -- UNC Receives Grants for New Telescopes in Chile; Remote Access will Benefit State Schools, Students |
| August 5, 2004 -- Clinical Cancer Hospital Approved for UNC Hospitals |
| August 2, 2004 -- Crescent State Bank To Open Full Service Branch in Sanford |
| August 2, 2004 -- FDA Approves GSK's New HIV Medication EPZICOM |
| August 2, 2004 -- Region's Agricultural Biotechnology Cluster Growing New Jobs |
| July 30, 2004 -- Parata Moves to New Headquarters in Durham |
| July 30, 2004 -- SAS Lauds Passage of N.C. Research and Development Tax Credit Legislation |
| July 30, 2004 -- Serenex Secures $ 8 Million in Extension of Series B Financing |
| July 28, 2004 -- R.H. Donnelley to Acquire SBC Communications' Directory Publishing Business |
| July 28, 2004 -- SciQuest Finalizes Acquisition by Trinity Ventures |
| July 27, 2004 -- Department of Defense Selects IBM Supercomputer for Navy to Triple Computing Power |
| July 27, 2004 -- Network Appliance Receives State Grant to Expand in RTP |
| July 27, 2004 – Industry Visionary Flip Filipowski to Keynote InfoTech 2004 |
| July 27, 2004 – Regional Leadership tapped for Economic Development Board |
| July 27, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces Network Appliance's 361 New Jobs for the Research Triangle |
| July 23, 2004 -- September 18 Inauguration of Duke University President Richard Brodhead |
| July 21, 2004 -- New Air Service Connects Triangle to Indianapolis |
| July 21, 2004 -- Duke and Frankfurt University Sign Pact to Create Dual-Degree, Executive MBA Program |
| July 21, 2004 -- RTI International Awarded $ 2 Million to Develop Clean Biomass Fuel Technology |
| July 21, 2004 -- Unitive and Amkor Technology Reach Agreements on Acquisition |
| July 20, 2004 -- Northwest Airlines Announces Major Expansion from Indianapolis to RDU International |
| July 19, 2004 -- Hosted Solutions Acquires Redundant Networks Raleigh Area Data Center and Client Base |
| July 19, 2004 -- CED Selects 20 Demo Participants for InfoTech 2004 |
| July 19, 2004 -- SunTrust, NCF Announce Post-Merger Structure for Key Markets |
| July 19, 2004 -- Lee County Poised to Attract Jobs |
| July 18, 2004 -- Funding Approved for New Cancer Hospital at UNC |
| July 15, 2004 -- Senator Elizabeth Dole Announces $17.2 Million in Funding for Triangle Transit Authority |
| July 15, 2004 – School Gives Workers Marketable Skills and a Leg Up in the Job Market |
| July 13, 2004 -- Salix's XIFAXAN™ Ships to Wholesale and Retail Customers |
| July 13, 2004 -- Sports Radio 850 The Buzz Re-Signs the NFC Champion Carolina Panthers for Exclusive Play-by-Play Radio Rights |
| July 9, 2004 -- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory to Open |
| July 6, 2004 -- SAS Wins ETL Market Share from Competition |
| July 6, 2004 -- TriVirix Announces Purchase of Medtronic Facilities in Copenhagen and Salt Lake City |
| July 2, 2004 -- Supply & Demand Chain Executives Names SAS Among 'Top 100 Companies' |
| July 1, 2004 -- Charles River Laboratories and Inveresk Create Leading Global Partner to Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry |
| July 1, 2004 -- Salix Acquires Rights to Anusol-HC® And Proctocort® Products From King Pharmaceuticals |
| July 1, 2004 -- Charles River Laboratories and Inveresk to Combine to Create a Leading Global Partners to the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry |
| July 1, 2004 -- 2004-2005 NCEDA Board of Directors Named |
| July 1, 2004 -- NuMarkets Announces eBay Consignment Drop Off Selling & Shipping Centers Expansion into Research Triangle Region Marketplace |
| June 29, 2004 -- Triangle Town Center Announces New Retailers |
| June 29, 2004 -- Nortel Networks Transfers Supply Chain Operations to Flextronics |
| June 29, 2004 -- Engineer at NCSU Wins EPA Grant to Study Landfill Contaminants |
| June 28, 2004 -- Bayer Biological Products Donates Kogenate® FS to World Federation of Hemophilia |
| June 28, 2004 -- Stanley Star Gives $ 3 Million to Duke Law School |
| June 21, 2004 -- Paradigm Genetics Receives Fast-Track Contract from NIH for Liver Toxicity Research |
| June 18, 2004 -- Center for Smoking Cessation Research Established at Duke |
| June 17, 2004 -- ISAGRO Reinforces its Presence in America |
| June 10, 2004 -- $3 Million Gift Endows UNC's School of Journalism, Mass Communication |
| June 10, 2004 -- Wake County Based Textile Research Firm Receives Grant |
| June 8, 2004 -- RTI Helps Technology Transfer of NASA Aluminum Alloy to Improve Evinrude Outboard Motors |
| June 8, 2004 -- North Carolina Biotechnology Center Provides Zen-Bio, Inc. $150,000 Small Business Research Award |
| June 8, 2004 -- Researchers Help Lead Effort Against Threat of Bioterrorism |
| June 7, 2004 -- KBI BioPharma Opens Lab Space and Launches Biopharmaceutics Practice |
| June 3, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces Harris Microwave Communications HQ and 258 New Jobs for Durham |
| June 1, 2004 -- BWAY Corporation Announces Plastic Packaging Acquisition |
| June 1, 2004 -- Institute: Economic Goals Must be Broader, More Innovative |
| June 1, 2004 -- Biological Agents and Infectious Diseases: Research Triangle Region Mobilizes to Lead the World in Developing Effective Responses |
| May 28, 2004 -- Synthon Opening Facility in RTP |
| May 28, 2004 -- Johnston County gets $4 million loan to create biotech training center |
| May 27, 2004 -- RDU Gears Up for Busy Summer Travel Season
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| May 27, 2004 -- USGA loves Moore County for women's and men's U.S. Open tournaments |
| May 26, 2004 -- FDA Grants Marketing Approval for Xifaxan™ (Rifaximin) |
| May 26, 2004 -- RDU and American Airlines Mark 10th Anniversary of Transatlantic Flight |
| May 25, 2004 -- North Carolina Hospitals Receive Grant to Fight Bioterrorism |
| May 25, 2004 -- Recession is Over, State of the Research Triangle Region Strong |
| May 24, 2004 -- Carolina Hurricanes Launch Special 2004 Entry Draft Website |
| May 24, 2004 -- Planning and Impact of the 2005 U.S. Open to Lee County |
| May 21, 2004 -- Research Triangle Region delegation markets region to biotech industry |
| May 19, 2004 -- Independence Air Arrives at RDU |
| May 18, 2004 -- Cree and Sumitomo Sign Contract for $160 Million of LED Chips |
| May 18, 2004 -- Research Triangle Foundation of NC Announces Rick Weddle as New President & CEO |
| May 18, 2004 -- US Commerce Department Honors RTRP's Regional Initiative with Top National Award |
| May 14, 2004 -- Kauffman Foundation Awards $300,000 to UNC for Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp |
| May 12, 2004 -- Senator Dole Announces Grants Totaling $78.4 Million to North Carolina for Housing and Community Development |
| May 12, 2004 -- Progress Energy President & CEO Bob McGehee Elected Chairman of the Board |
| May 11, 2004 -- Art.com Wins Stevie™ Award in 2nd Annual American Business Awards |
| May 10, 2004 -- Price, NCCU Announce $1 Million in Funding |
| May 5, 2004 -- Crosswinds Cafe Lands at RDU |
| May 4, 2004 -- RTI International to Lead Bioinformatics to Model Infectious Disease Outbreaks |
| May 4, 2004 - STATE BOARD APPROVES UNANIMOUSLY BIOTECH GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS |
| May 3, 2004 - Huge Merck Win Highlights Collaboration, Advances Regional Cluster Strategy |
| April 30, 2004 - Harnett Delegation Completes Economic Development Mission to Sweden |
| April 29, 2004 -- U.S. Department of Commerce Names Research Triangle Regional Partnership as Finalist for 2004 Excellence in Economic Development Awards
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| April 27, 2004 -- Developers Market the Region to Site Selection Consultants in Greenville and Charlotte in May |
| April 23, 2004 - Research Triangle Region and State's Biotech Cluster Showcased at World's Largest Biotech Convention |
| April 21, 2004 -- CED Venture Report: North Carolina Remains in Top Ten in Venture Investing |
| April 21, 2004 -- Aeroglide Acquires National Drying Machinery Company |
| April 20, 2004 -- New Full-Service Emergency Department Planned at WakeMed North Healthplex |
| April 16, 2004 -- Friday Institute Breaks Ground at Centennial Campus |
| April 16, 2004 - Rural Counties in Research Triangle Region Enjoy Job and Investment Rebound |
| April 13, 2004 -- Governor Easley Announces 175 New Jobs for Harnett County |
| April 12, 2004 - Greater Triangle Regional Council Releases Air Quality Recommendations |
| April 12, 2004 -- State of the Research Triangle Region event set for May 25 |
| April 6, 2004 -- Greater Triangle Regional Council Releases Air Quality Report and Regional Strategies |
| April 5, 2004 -- Pharmaceuticals: Prescription for Prosperity |
| March 30, 2004 -- Aventis and Amphora Discovery Enter Global Discovery Collaboration |
| March 29, 2004 -- Research Triangle Region's technology promoted on 30,000 air flights in May
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| March 29, 2004 -- Advanced Animal Diagnostics Joins the BD Technologies Incubator |
| March 25, 2004 -- NC State, UNC-Asheville Launch Joint Degree Program in Mechatronics |
| March 25, 2004 -- Cree, Inc. Acquires Gallium Nitride Substrate and Epitaxy Business from ATMI, Inc. |
| March 24, 2004 -- Durham Gets Set for Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
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| March 24, 2004 -- Gift Basket Operation Announces Move to Sanford, Plans Expansion |
| March 22, 2004 -- Red Hat is the First to Sign an Agreement with IBM PowerTM Systems |
| March 22, 2004 -- Ohio-Based Lubricant Manufacturer Moving Headquarters Production to Lee County |
| March 18, 2004 -- Architectural Vision for Terminal C Unveiled |
| March 18, 2004 -- Chatham County Economic Development Proudly Launches New Web Site |
| March 17, 2004 -- Henderson, NC is Recognized as One of Top Small Towns for Economic Development |
| March 17, 2004 -- Kinkos Grand Opening in Raleigh |
| March 16, 2004 -- Research Triangle Region courts site selection consultants in April |
| March 10, 2004 -- North Carolina Boosts Efforts to Lure Biotechnology |
| March 8, 2004 -- Military Armor Manufacturer Moves to Sanford and Begins Expansion |
| March 8, 2004 -- Regional Task Force Launches Five-year Plan to Create 100,000 Jobs in the Research Triangle Region |
| March 1, 2004 -- Co-Chairs Named for Raleigh Chamber's Ambitious New Five-Year Economic Development Campaign |
| March 1, 2004 -- Research Triangle Region plans Boston, Detroit recruiting missions |
| February 27, 2004 -- Ray Ogden tapped to head Moore County economic development |
| February 23, 2004 -- Kekas Named Interim Director of Centennial Campus |
| February 23, 2004 -- Wake County Schools in Forbes Top Ten |
| February 20, 2004 -- McNeal Named 2004 National Superintendent of the Year |
| February 20, 2004 -- U.S. assistant commerce secretary praises innovative job creation strategies under way in the Research Triangle Region |
| February 19, 2004 -- Lee County Industrial Park Expansion on Schedule |
| February 13, 2004 -- BPB Announces Expansion of US Wallboard Capacity |
| February 13, 2004 -- Gov. Easley Announces More Than 200 Jobs For Person County |
| February 11, 2004 -- North Carolina Biotechnology CenterPresents Strategic Plan To Gov. Easley |
| February 8, 2004 -- Orvis to Open Large Format Store at Triangle Town Center |
| February 4, 2004 -- Raleigh Selected for American Red Cross Service Area Seven Headquarters |
| February 2, 2004 -- Legislators applaud Research Triangle Region model for creating jobs |
| January 20, 2004 -- Bed Bath & Beyond® Will Open Store at Triangle Town Center |
| January 19, 2004 -- Research Triangle Region plans February missions to recruit investment |
| January 16, 2004 -- Study will measure Wake Tech's economic impact |
| January 15, 2004 -- Synthon Reaches Agreement with GSK and Paves Way for Launch of PEXEVA™ |
| January 14, 2004 -- Incara Clears Toxicology Hurdle, Makes Initial Draw on $5 Million Financing |
| January 14, 2004 -- SAS Announces Scientific Pilot Collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| January 13, 2004 -- Governor Easley Welcomes Canadian Consulate Office to Raleigh |
| January 13, 2004 -- etrials Secures $5 Million Series A Financing |
| January 13, 2004 -- Closing Gaps: A Final Step for New Event Center |
| January 12, 2004 -- Sears to Standardize on IBM's Most Advanced Retail Point-of-Sale Technology |
| January 12, 2004 -- NC State Wins $4.3 Million Grant for Pest-Management Center |
| January 12, 2004 -- IBM Breaks U.S. Patent Record |
| January 11, 2004 -- IBM Point-of-Sale Solutions Declared Industry Leader |
| January 7, 2004 -- Pfizer Provides Major Support for UNC's Program on Health Outcomes |
| January 6, 2004 -- SAS in Top 10 of Fortune's '100 Best Companies to Work For' |
| January 6, 2004 -- Norak Enters Research Evaluation Agreement with National Cancer Institute |
| January 5, 2004 -- Zipcars are Coming to UNC Campus in Effort to Improve Traffic Flow, Increase Convenience |
| January 5, 2004 -- Partnership Means Big Business for Centennial Campus |