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Judges set for 14th Annual Top Women in Business awards
The 2018 judges for Business Today’s 14th Annual Top Women leadership awards include women leaders from the worlds of business and politics in Lake Norman and Cabarrus. All are prior winners and include: Cabarrus County Commissioner Diane Honeycutt; Business Today columnist Cheryl Kane; Cornelius-based Champion Tire executive Shelley Mahl, Cabarrus County real estate […]
Aquesta Financial reports gains in recurring net income for second quarter
Aquesta Financial Holdings second-quarter net income was $2.031 million this year compared to $482,000 during the second quarter of 2017. This year’s results include a one-time after-tax gain of $1.7 million on the sale of Aqusta Insurance. There were also one-time transaction costs which reduced earnings by $292,000. Normalized earnings were $622,000, a 29.0 percent increase over […]
Balancing act: Sales management includes knowing when to cut
Managing a sales force is tough—-note the word force, as in source of power, influence or strength. But if the energies of an individual sales professional are weakening your team or draining you of time and wasting your own energy, you need to redirect that person’s force in a more appropriate direction or release it […]
A tale of two markets: New Sotheby’s BIC is industry leader at 35
Lake price points higher,but it takes longer to sell. By Dave Yochum. The new Managing Broker at Sotheby’s in Cornelius grew up in modest circumstances in Elkin. An industry leader, he gets his work ethic from his father, a truck driver who still puts in 40 hours a week at the age of 71. Jason […]
Public meetings remain before path for Hwy. 73 is finalized
By Dave Vieser. Development along Hwy. 73 near Beatties Ford Road is stuck in the slow lane awaiting a decision on the preferred path for widening the key east-west connector. The road—much of it two lanes—supports commerce and commuters from Lincolnton to Huntersville to Concord and points east. The NCDOT and local towns have talked […]
Home prices continue their upward climb in Charlotte
July 10. By Dave Yochum. Home-price gains moderated just a little in April, a sign that the hot, hot market for mid-priced homes may be one-word hot, thanks (or no thanks) to rising mortgage rates.A new Case-Shiller report says Charlotte home prices rose .8 percent April over March, vs. 1 percent March over February. […]
Behind bars: Distiller doubles 2017 output
July 9. By Dave Yochum. Southern Grace Distilleries in Mt. Pleasant is adding a second shift to handle the increasing demand for the award-winning Bourbon it distills in an old state prison. And half-way through 2018, Southern Grace revenue this year has already surpassed all of 2017, says Leanne Powell, CEO of Southern Grace. The […]
Aquesta Financial sells insurance unit
July 2. NFP, one of the nation’s largest insurance brokers, has acquired Aquesta Insurance Services. It is estimated the sale will result in an after tax gain to Aquesta’s parent company, Cornelius-based Aquesta Financial Holdings, of approximately $1.7 million or 43.1 cents per share. NFP will continue to operate from the current Aquesta Insurance locations, […]
Newsmakers Breakfast July 11 taps into business side of beer
Lake Norman’s economic developer in chief, along with two beer industry leaders, will be the Newsmakers Breakfast speakers July11 at The Peninsula Club. Joining LKN economic developer Ryan McDaniels are Andrew Durstewitz, founder of D9 Brewing Co.and Ray Hutchinson, Head Brewmaster at 11 Lakes Brewing. Both craft breweries are located in Cornelius. Craft breweries are […]
LKN Chamber Expo moving from Davidson to Huntersville
Huntersville Mayor John Aneralla says he is excited to have the Lake Norman Chamber Expo come to the new Huntersville Recreation Center in November. A mainstay of spring, the Lake Norman Chamber Business Expo is moving from Davidson College to the $6 million facility in Huntersville Oct. 11, as first reported by Business Today back […]
