While construction on its $4 billion plant is underway in Chatham County, Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast began trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday as Black Spade Acquisition Company shareholders agreed to approve the merger with VinFast Thursday.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With the shocking news that the PGA will merge with the Saudi Arabian LIV tour, the game of golf is set for radical change. Check out the new rules that will be adopted for the new tour:
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2023 @ 4:06 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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“Critics agree: The VinFast VF8 is very, very bad,” read the headline in the car-focused outlet Jalopnik.
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Endeavor, the company behind UFC, announced a new worldwide combat sports behemoth created by a merger with WWE.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 3:58 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Officials with the United States Surface Transportation Board approved the merger of Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Railway Limited on Wednesday, marking the first combination of major rail companies in two decades.
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2023 @ 3:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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Hold onto your wallets, the Attorney General has failed the patients and taxpayers of North Carolina yet again. There is widespread evidence that mergers make hospital care less affordable and less safe.
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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JetBlue and Spirit Airlines announced a $3.8 billion merger on Thursday, one day after merger negotiations between Spirit and Frontier Airlines collapsed.
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 3:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The merger will create the fifth-largest health system by revenue in the U.S.
Published: Monday, May 16th, 2022 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The proposed merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health into a six-state medical behemoth pocketing $27 billion in annual revenue raises many red flags.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 11:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina think tanks join forces, creating the southeast’s most powerful voice for personal and economic freedom
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 12:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The two main factors that should be considered when evaluating how hospital mergers affect a health-care market for patients are prices and quality.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 5:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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"With the stresses of aging infrastructure and recent proof that storms can devastate water infrastructure, we must provide utilities with funding to strengthen water and sewer systems,"
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 @ 10:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It’s no secret that Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized country in the world
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 4:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is raising red flags about a proposed merger between publicly owned ECU Physicians, the medical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and Vidant Medical Group, a private entity that would assume controlling interest
Published: Sunday, April 1st, 2018 @ 12:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The mega-deal combining daily operations at UNC Health Care and Atrium Health has collapsed, killing in the cradle what would have been one of the nation's largest health systems
Published: Monday, March 5th, 2018 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell wants UNC Health Care to post a $1 billion performance bond guaranteeing medical costs would not increase for State Health Plan participants, or hit state taxpayers in the wallet, if the system enters into a proposed partnership with Carolinas HealthCare
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 @ 11:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could be home to one of the largest hospital behemoths in the nation if UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System finalize their partnership agreement. On a combined $14 billion operating budget, the two systems manage 50 hospitals and employ 90,000 people.
Published: Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has dismissed the lawsuit between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly over the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The past six years have brought significant change in North Carolina government and policy
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 @ 10:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After two rushed committee meetings Tuesday, Senate Bill 68 seems on its way to quick passage. The floor vote on the measure merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission is on Thursday’s House calendar
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of the most prominent liberals in the Senate have joined forces to take on the big banks as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has announced that he is teaming up with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to co-sponsor her bill that would reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 6:51 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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In February, American Airlines agreed to merge with US Airways, the dominant airline in the state with its largest hub in Charlotte. The announcement sparked some concern, as recent airline mergers often have led to the elimination of a major hub as the two carriers combined their operations.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At 6:45 p.m. tonight, the Beaufort Regional Health System hospital board voted to recommend accepting an offer from University Health Systems to lease the Washington-based hospital.
Published: Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 @ 11:27 pm
By: BCN
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Community Health Systems has withdrawn its offer to take over the Beaufort Regional Health System.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
By: BCN
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Advocates for a BRHS affiliation with UHS held an animated, well attended rally today in a parking lot across from the hospital.
Published: Saturday, January 8th, 2011 @ 3:02 pm
By: BCN
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Along with most of the residents of Beaufort County, I'm glad to see that the BRHS Board of Commissioners is preparing to commence negotiations with all four of the bidders who submitted responses
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
By: John Murphy
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Community Health Systems is once again a potential affiliation partner for Beaufort Regional Health Systems and will be active in the negotiation process, which could begin Nov. 8.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2010 @ 5:47 pm
By: BCN
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As the Beaufort County Medical Center struggles to understand its predicament, the New Hanover Medical Center says no to a merger.
Published: Sunday, June 20th, 2010 @ 10:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Was it a private meeting with only the Washington Daily News having access? We mean to find out.
Published: Saturday, June 19th, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Too much labor supply; not enough demand
Published: Thursday, June 10th, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
By: BCN
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He withdraws motion after strong dissent from fellow commissioners
Published: Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
By: BCN
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