40% of Workers at Durham's GE Plant are Vets

Nearly 40 percent of workers employed at the GE plant in Durham are veterans of the Armed Forces.

Source: Triangle Business Journal

Internet to Become World's 5th Biggest Economy by 2016

If the Internet was a country, its gross domestic product would be the world's fifth largest by 2016.

Source: Boston Consulting Group

Ellington's "In a Setimental Mood" Composed in Durham

Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" was composed on the spot at the N.C. Mutual Building in Durham, NC to pacify two women who were giving a friend some unspecified "trouble."

Source: North Carolina Miscellany Blog

Twitter Growing Faster than Facebook in US

Twitter's growth in the US surged above Facebook in 2011 at a pace of 31.9 percent compared to Facebook’s significantly lower 13.4 percent.

- MediaBistro