Cary

MetLife Will Move 2,600 Jobs To North Carolina

Jessica Jones — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:16:01 +0000

The insurance giant MetLife will move 2600 jobs from six states to North Carolina as it seeks to consolidate its operations.

The company plans to make Charlotte its national headquarters for its retail business. Cary will become the company's global technology and operations hub.

Cary Introduces Virtual Water Meter

Will Michaels — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:42:35 +0000

Customers of Cary's public water utility can now monitor how many gallons they use on an hourly basis. The town invested $172,553 in a system that updates water usage online. Cary Financial Director Karen Mills says the new system is meant to make customers more aware of how much water they're using or wasting.

"They can see what's going on with their usage, understanding, for example, their irrigation usage if they have an automated system; when it's running, how long it's running," Mills says.

Cary Loses Indie Film Landmark

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Lovers of independent and foreign film have lost a landmark. Cary's Galaxy Cinema is closed as of today. A developer reportedly plans to replace the theater with a Harris Teeter supermarket. Meena Jeyakumar is president of Hum Sub, a local Indian-American cultural organization. She says the Galaxy became a cultural hub for her community.

Early Voting Packs NC Polling Places

Leoneda Inge — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thousands of people packed polling places across the state yesterday as early voting began.

North Carolina Central University’s drum-line led a parade of voters in Durham to the student union where they could vote early. Leotrice Pegues is a senior at NCCU. She was excited about casting her vote early. Pegues didn’t get to vote in 2008 because she forgot to switch her registration.

Cary's Dex One In Merger - Layoffs Likely

Isaac-Davy Aronson — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:05:00 +0000

A North Carolina Yellow Pages publisher is continuing its transition into digital marketing through a merger with a Texas rival. Cary-based Dex One and Dallas-based SuperMedia have both emerged from bankruptcy in recent years, as the market has moved from print phone books to the Internet.

SuperMedia chief Peter McDonald says the marketing needs of small businesses today go far beyond an ad in the Yellow Pages.

Cary Looking Into Removing Red Light Cameras

Catherine Brand — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:54:00 +0000

The red-light camera program at select intersections in Cary could be eliminated over multiple concerns, among them complaints the system is wrongfully issuing citations. The system is operated by the company Redflex. It collects nearly 90-percent of the revenue from traffic violations captured by the cameras. Town Manager Ben Shivar says local officials have have been less than impressed by the company's performance.

Raleigh Metro Shines in Economic Recovery

Leoneda Inge — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0000

The latest unemployment numbers released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce show an increase in most of the state's 100 counties. And when you cross county lines and combine cities into metro areas, the jobless rate still seems to be on the rise again. But there is one area of the state that continues to out-perform all others, the Raleigh - Cary metropolitan area.

McCrory Makes Campaign Stop In Cary

Gurnal Scott — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:35:00 +0000

Republican Pat McCrory brought his campaign for governor to the Triangle yesterday.

Pat McCrory: I need your help. This is going to be a fight.

Gurnal Scott: Some of McCrory's supporters who came to see him in Cary may find that hard to believe. New numbers from left-leaning Public Policy polling show him with a seven-point lead on Democratic candidate Walter Dalton. McCrory took time to talk his goals should he win in November. He says a top priority is creating opportunities for people to find jobs.

Companies Meet To Discuss Cyber Attacks

Gurnal Scott — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Business leaders met in Cary today to discuss security threats to their corporate networks.

Gurnal Scott: No business is immune to cyber attacks. Several locally-based companies took part in an exercise to see how vulnerable computer systems can be. Cyber technology expert Joan Myers says breaches are expensive.

Joan Myers: It's up to a trillion dollars just last year in lost intellectual property.

Olympic Drama In Cary

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:30:00 +0000

The Olympic Table Tennis trials were held in Cary over the weekend. The sport’s premier event provided plenty of drama.

Dave DeWitt: Like every sport, table tennis has its quirks and traditions. What’s obvious right away to anyone new to the elite level of table tennis is, these athletes are loud. Each player has his or her own personal word or phrase they like to shout. For American Ariel Hsing, that word is “sa.” It must have worked, because Hsing won the first Olympic team slot.