March 10, 2005

Carolina in the News

Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina
people and programs cited recently in the media:

National Coverage

Tax Panel Explores Decline Of Corporate Tax Base
The Wall Street Journal
Corporate taxes are declining because of sophisticated tax planning, use of stock options, and the global economy outpacing an income tax designed for the industrial age, a leading tax expert said Tuesday...."The corporate tax base is under attack from many directions," Douglas Shackelford, professor at University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, said in prepared remarks before the Federal Advisory Panel on Tax Reform.
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Godwin Gave It the Old College Try
The Washington Post
Some players would be bitter about it all. Pass up a $1.9 million signing bonus -- from the New York Yankees, no less -- and attend college instead....He didn't sign, instead playing baseball and football at UNC.

State & Local Coverage

Bank of America board nominates 2 directors
The Charlotte Observer
Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday that its board has nominated two new directors for election at the company's April 27 shareholder meeting....Looking to join the board are Bob Tillman, retired chairman of Lowe's Companies Inc., and Steve Jones, dean of the Kenan-Flagler school of Business at UNC Chapel Hill.

Entrepreneurs lending hand at Duke, NCSU, UNC
Triangle Business Journal
Area university students are getting a crash course in entrepreneurship from top business executives who have created successful companies of their own....The area's three large universities - North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University - all have started entrepreneur-in-residence programs to give students, and in some cases faculty, hands-on experience in becoming a business or social entrepreneur.

'Burbs boom, business looms
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As developer Ed Pryor puts it, Chatham County is 15 miles to anywhere....Highway expansion leading to major employment centers has also helped draw attention to the area, said David Salveson, director of the Program on Smart Growth and the New Economy at UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for Urban and Regional Studies.

Issues & Trends

Basketball Madness Charges Into City
The Washington Post
Ed Taylor grew up in a small North Carolina town, nothing but tobacco and cornfields, and like most people he knew, he went to N.C. State University because he liked the basketball team. He still drives from his home in Alexandria back to Raleigh for games every chance he gets. Now a little bit of home is coming to him, and today he'll need only to head downtown to try to land tickets.

ACC chiefs, D.C. pols hobnob
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
After dashing through a dozen meetings with constituents, three committee hearings and a news conference, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr paused Wednesday afternoon for a brief TV taping....[James] Moeser asked for support for the university's Citizen Soldier program, which coordinates services for families of National Guard and Reserve members.

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